Posted by: MiroSri21
Why should I pay? If Battlefield 2 has punkbuster AND stats a lot of stats for free after you buy the game. Other games also have this so why should you have to pay just because it's an outdated game and now coming to the pc, but you also have to buy Vista.
No other games have a stats system as comprehensive as Halo 2's. Just look at the sort of stuff that's recorded.
Posted by: Minjita
And while I recognise some want stats and matchmaking, if thats made complusory, that would be another big, money grabbing mistake. But by all means, make it an option, that would be a good idea. Loads of people want stats.
I agree. PC gamers are completely different to console gamers, and aren't used to paying to play games online (I'm ignoring MMORPGs, as they're special). Plus, when you pay for Xbox Live, you feel like you're getting a lot more than you would with a single game.
Posted by: Aj6627
Not a crappy one like the XBL one that takes a while to ban people, and that doesn't ban by IP or even better, ban the XBOX.
The banning tools that Halo 2 use are automatic, and ban people as soon as they have collected enough evidence that the person has been cheating. Unfortunately, though, said person won't be banned until they sign out of Xbox Live, so it can seem to take longer than it actually does. And the fact that Xbox Live has two month trials doesn't help the problem.
Xbox Live bans are a completely separate issue. It's good to note that only Xbox Live are able to ban individual Xboxes from the service - Bungie can only ban individual Gamertags from Matchmaking.