- AlexZander
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Poll: Should ownership of a Bungie Game be required to register an account? [closed]
Total Votes: 38
I have been thinking about this for a long time, and I was wondering if Bungie should bring back the old system they had where you had to own at least one Bungie Game to register an account on Bungie.net. This feature was first used with Myth, if I am correct, and I think that it would have many advantages that would make the forums a better place. The way it was done is that a code was included with your game that let your register online. What follows is an analyis of the idea with it's advantages, and dis-advantages.
Advantages
* Spamming.
It is now nearly-impossible to spam and get away with it for long. A blacklist means so much more, and spamming becomes something that people simply can't afford to lose, and that brings us to the next point...
* Value.
With Bungie games costing about $50US dollars, and a game being required to make an account, it means that a Bungie.net account is now worth that much, even though the price will drop over time.
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Disadvantages
* People that don't have a Bungie game but still like the old games will not be able to make an account. However I am assuming that if they like the old games that they would have made an account by now.
* Data.
The vast amount of data required to proccess all the different codes would be huge. Not to mention the length of the codes themselves. Halo sold over 7 million copies world-wide, and even using A-Z and 0-9 the number of combinations would have to be big. A far more educated and knowledgable answer of if this is possible is answerable only by Achronos.
* Microsoft
This also needs to be considered. Just because Bungie has creative freedom, does not mean they have marketing and logistical freedom. Microsoft may not approve of the plan if it costs too much money.
Well, that all I have, right now I'm running out of time on this public computer, and I leave the discussion up to rest of Bungie.net's members.
-MAZ