- prometheus25
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Old school Bungie, born and raised,
In the Septagon is where I spend most of my days.
Relaxin', maxin', posting all cool,
Talking about Halo, life and some school.
Got in one little argument, and the mods got scared,
they said "You're gonna get banned and your member title'll be bare!"
Posted by: Tom T
Posted by: prometheus25
Anyone trying to argue that a link to 343i being a poor choice because it'd be advertising a competitor is being silly. The gaming industry isn't a market in which a good or service is provided once, so advertising isn't nearly as important as you are making it out to be. Not to mention that several 343i employees came from Bungie. They aren't exactly enemies.
Halo discussion belongs at 343i website, so the OP is right in that discussion should be directed there.I wasn't suggesting the lack of a link is indicative of any animosity between Bungie and 343i - although I might as well refute the counter-argument that 343 is composed of many ex-Bungie employees, as they can be tallied on one hand.
I also wasn't arguing from a marketing stand-point. I was simply pointing out that Bungie would gain nothing from redirecting its community elsewhere.
Do you think Bungie wants its community to migrate to another site, which would be far more likely to occur if it endorsed 343i's site above each and every post?
Without the link Bungie.net is independent and completely disassociated from Halo, with it Bungie.net would seem outdated.
I don't disagree with any of your counter-points, which is likely why my comment wasn't directed entirely to you, but to the thread at large.
And once again, I bring up my main argument. The gaming market isn't an exclusive-or logic gate. Bungie fans aren't forced to choose Bungie OR 343i, and not both.
I don't see the connection between directing Halo inquiries to 343i's website and losing Bungie fans from Bungie.net entirely that you are trying to make.