- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: SimonJester753
Carrot or stick? There ain't no stick we can use against MicroSoft, Bungie, Gearbox, and in my case, MacSoft. They made the game, got our money and are on to other things. We need a carrot. Yeah, I've heard about how some people think we're owed something because some loser made a working aimbot, the netcode stinks, etc.
We need to use a carrot. What can we offer? For one thing, loyalty. We're fanatics or we wouldn't be here complaining. Apple has this kind of loyalty– I'd saw my arm off before switching platforms. MicroSoft isn't used to that in their customers.
The other carrot, more important than the first is $$$$$$$. Let's face it– if you made a product and people had a problem with it several years down the road and you saw the product as a dead end misfit, would you do anything? They figure anyone playing on a PC or Mac is not playing on X-Box. They'd rather have us pony up for an X-box and the monthly fees.
Maybe we can convince them that we'll pay. Pay for fixed netcode, pay for an anti-cheating fix, maybe pay fees for good bungie servers where real TKers get bounced. Non-Bungie servers could still operate for free. That would give Bungie insentive to have the best servers– why pay to play if you can get as good or better for free?
You paid about $50 for the game, played it for a couple of years for hours on end. What would you pay to make this the game you always wanted? I'd pony up another $50. If Halo dies, I'll have to find another game and cough up $50 and it may have it's own problems. I'd rather get this game fixed.
I know the idea of paying more money to a company that you may feel you've been screwed by is not fun, but as the old saying goes," money talks and B.S. walks."
If we are going throught that kinda trouble just to get halo pc fixed, why dont we just tell them that we'll all pitch in $100 for a port of halo 2? it would have all of those issues resolved and on top of it all it would have that nice eyecandy, what you asked for simonjestor is just impractical. but its not like i dont want these issues resolved either, dont get me wrong im as you described "a loyal halo fanatic"
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