I am truly disappointed with Bungie and MS at this point. I bought a game, knowing that I'd spent $60 for the quality I have grown on and loved in gaming with the Halo series (since Halo: CE, and everything in between). However, not only is my "system" plagued with the massive Disc Read Errors (which, might I add, is far from a "small" scale - there are owners of every xbox model with this problem!), and MS only fixing this problem with a $120 fee. Which, btw, the only workaround for is a filing of a complaint to the BBB, a serious enough case that MS will GLADLY fix your console for FREE over. After all of this, and the near lack of support from Bungie or MS other than "Call Xbox support" is problematic in itself. But then to release "old" content that could've been added to the disc, (or even better, making Reach TWO discs to resolve the MASSIVE DREs, like ODST), and then to pump them out for $10 with zero additional content (achievements are what you make of them, gamerscore does not equate to anything other than bragging rights) is a slap in the face. After the day is done, in order to get the full experience that was promised, some (not all) will end up paying nearly $300+ to be able to do. For everyone here saying $10 isn't much, try paying for college, working, bills, etc. The only ones here who think this is all easy are spoiled kids.
For the utter lack of content on the disc (in the form of Firefight and MP at least - I still can't play the entire campaign), the Bungie community deserves SOMETHING more than the same. Once enough people refuse to buy the content, it will either be free (SOME Halo 3 maps) or stay at the same rate (MOST Halo 3 maps). Or be extorted like they've already done with their software and MS (why the BBB complaint IS serious. Or with ODST forcing H3 players to buy JUST to play). And for all those here who claim this ISN'T a money grab - this game sold how many copies? I am a Software Engineering major, I know about manhours involved in coding. But the effort by Bungie is not nearly what people are making of it. I absolutely LOVED H:CE and H2. The TRUE bungie team imo, as H3, ODST, and REACH have shown that the quality standard (the FUN of the GAME, the customer support, etc) has fallen. Out with a bang indeed.