Halo Reach: $15 dollar map packs?

will it happen?

im wondering when Map packs will become 20 bucks a pop

Reach map packs will happen, but I do not think it will be $15. If someone wants to save money on the map packs, they could wait for a GOTY edition.

it will happen...but the price most probably wint be 15$...and people wil buy it....(not me tho)

Bungie won't do thatNonstop-Madness

[QUOTE="Nonstop-Madness"]Bungie won't do thatLed_poison

i lol'd

Reach map packs will happen, but I do not think it will be $15. If someone wants to save money on the map packs, they could wait for a GOTY edition.

Valiant_Rebel

only thing is halo 3 didnt have a goty version. there could have been aone since it got one from 1up but it didnt. and all the maps have been 800 ms points(cold storage ho wever was not cause it was free).

Probably not. At least, I hope not.

Anyway, if the map editor rumours are true, then we won't even need map packs.

Probably not. At least, I hope not.

Anyway, if the map editor rumours are true, then we won't even need map packs.

siddhu33

[QUOTE="Valiant_Rebel"]

Reach map packs will happen, but I do not think it will be $15. If someone wants to save money on the map packs, they could wait for a GOTY edition.

TheShadowLord07

only thing is halo 3 didnt have a goty version. there could have been aone since it got one from 1up but it didnt. and all the maps have been 800 ms points(cold storage ho wever was not cause it was free).

Right. I only say that because ODST had the entire Halo 3 multiplayer, all the DLC maps, and 3 new maps along with it. I am not saying that they will, but I think that Halo: Reach will eventually be bundled together with all of its DLC in retail one day.

[QUOTE="siddhu33"]

Probably not. At least, I hope not.

Anyway, if the map editor rumours are true, then we won't even need map packs.

Rougehunter

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/digital/gaming/sneak-peak-of-halo-reach

There are other surprises inReach, including multiplayer modes that weren't playable in the recent public Beta, more new vehicles and a fully-featured level-editor that's so powerful, Bungie developers used it to create a few of the maps that will come with the game.

3 maps for $10 is more than 5 for $15. So halo 3 was the one that started it.

3 maps for $10 is more that 5 for $15. So halo 3 was the one that started it.

slipknot0129

Halo 2 started it

i remember getting map pakcs for free, lots of them, Starcraft/CS, the only games that give free map packs now are Tf2 and... im not sure

3 maps for $10 is more than 5 for $15. So halo 3 was the one that started it.

slipknot0129

[QUOTE="slipknot0129"]

3 maps for $10 is more than 5 for $15. So halo 3 was the one that started it.

93soccer

Well, we'll see once they actually start talking about map packs.

Bungie won't do thatNonstop-Madness

[QUOTE="slipknot0129"]

3 maps for $10 is more than 5 for $15. So halo 3 was the one that started it.

93soccer

Like 10$ is really any better... They should be free, at most 2 or 3 bucks for a map pack. 5+$ for maps is robbery. Only on consoles...

[QUOTE="Nonstop-Madness"]Bungie won't do thatLed_poison

[QUOTE="93soccer"][QUOTE="slipknot0129"]

3 maps for $10 is more than 5 for $15. So halo 3 was the one that started it.

vashkey

Avalanche and Blackout play NOTHING like the originals.

The CoD4 remakes are a carbon copy, maybe the grass is a different color or something but that's it.

Like 10$ is really any better... They should be free, at most 2 or 3 bucks for a map pack. 5+$ for maps is robbery. Only on consoles...

TehNubTuber

After all the idiots that paid for the MW2 map packs there will probably be $15 map packs for other gams such as Halo.

I have no doubt that the map packs will be over $10. Maybe under $15, for purposes of marketing and public perception, but they're going to be as expensive as possible. Its capitalism at work. They'll charge as much as they can and people will still buy them by the millions.

I'm guessing $10 map packs with 3 maps, which is I believe what Halo 3 had.

[QUOTE="TehNubTuber"]

Like 10$ is really any better... They should be free, at most 2 or 3 bucks for a map pack. 5+$ for maps is robbery. Only on consoles...

InsaneBasura

if forge 2.0 is anything like what im reading people are just going to making custom maps and giving them out for free.lawlessx

Bungie won't do thatNonstop-Madness

[QUOTE="93soccer"][QUOTE="slipknot0129"]

3 maps for $10 is more than 5 for $15. So halo 3 was the one that started it.

vashkey

In COD, they were just the same maps....

[QUOTE="lawlessx"]if forge 2.0 is anything like what im reading people are just going to making custom maps and giving them out for free.hellhund

Custom maps are usually better. The best Halo 3 maps were made from Forge using only two maps, Foundry and Sandbox.

Now imagine you had a full-fledged map editor. Sure there's going to be a lot of garbage, but that's no excuse to downplay them. If you are, then PS2 is the worst system ever. Sure it had great games, but it had probably a 5:1 ratio of bad-to-great games.

yeah, i don't see bungie allowing that.UnArguably

It's not their decision. It's Microsoft's.

Microsoft is in bed with Activision, so I have no doubt they will copy their business plan.

[QUOTE="hellhund"][QUOTE="lawlessx"]if forge 2.0 is anything like what im reading people are just going to making custom maps and giving them out for free.RobBourne

Custom maps are usually better. The best Halo 3 maps were made from Forge using only two maps, Foundry and Sandbox.

Now imagine you had a full-fledged map editor. Sure there's going to be a lot of garbage, but that's no excuse to downplay them. If you are, then PS2 is the worst system ever. Sure it had great games, but it had probably a 5:1 ratio of bad-to-great games.

[QUOTE="UnArguably"]yeah, i don't see bungie allowing that.RobBourne

It's not their decision. It's Microsoft's.

Microsoft is in bed with Activision, so I have no doubt they will copy their business plan.

[QUOTE="Nonstop-Madness"]Bungie won't do thatLed_poison

[QUOTE="RobBourne"]

[QUOTE="UnArguably"]yeah, i don't see bungie allowing that.UnArguably

It's not their decision. It's Microsoft's.

Microsoft is in bed with Activision, so I have no doubt they will copy their business plan.

[QUOTE="InsaneBasura"]

[QUOTE="TehNubTuber"]

Like 10$ is really any better... They should be free, at most 2 or 3 bucks for a map pack. 5+$ for maps is robbery. Only on consoles...

TehNubTuber

Hopefully only for games I can ignore. Everyone has at least one game where they run the risk of becoming a hypocrite. Were you might begrudgingly be able to put up with being treated like crap because the game underneath all that BS is so appealing. For me it's Battlefield 3. I'm planning to upgrade my PC for that game. EA are experts at BS practices, so I'm expecting the worst. I have a faint sliver of hope though.

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[QUOTE="InsaneBasura"]
In most cases it does cost them money to produce the content, it's only fair that they want a return. I don't expect to be given things for free.

In other cases, if people are willing to pay publishers will charge. Supply and demand etc. etc.

InsaneBasura

Hopefully only for games I can ignore. Everyone has at least one game where they run the risk of becoming a hypocrite. Were you might begrudgingly be able to put up with being treated like crap because the game underneath all that BS is so appealing. For me it's Battlefield 3. I'm planning to upgrade my PC for that game. EA are experts at BS practices, so I'm expecting the worst. I have a faint sliver of hope though.

If Bungie makes the map packs, Microsoft will then price them. Odds are, there's nothing they could do to stop them. It didn't stop them when Bungie wanted it to be free, but Microsoft charged for it anyways. Halo is Microsoft's to do with as they please.hellhund

[QUOTE="hellhund"]If Bungie makes the map packs, Microsoft will then price them. Odds are, there's nothing they could do to stop them. It didn't stop them when Bungie wanted it to be free, but Microsoft charged for it anyways. Halo is Microsoft's to do with as they please.UnArguably

[QUOTE="RobBourne"]

[QUOTE="UnArguably"]

It's not their decision. It's Microsoft's.

Microsoft is in bed with Activision, so I have no doubt they will copy their business plan.

UnArguably

Even if Bungie did have pull it wouldn't matter. Ultimately Microsoft's responsibility lies with the shareholders. Microsoft will price it whatever they deem fit. If Bungie are under contract to produce DLC they would obviously be legally obliged to do so. Whatever Bungie may feel about the eventual pricing is irrelevant.

I don't think Bungie has any leverage anymore. Hell, they could just have 343 make the map packs for $15 if Bungie won't cooperate.hellhund

And that.

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[QUOTE="TehNubTuber"] I know all about the business side of it, but I'm not fond of get shafted because of the people that pay for this stuff. Map packs used to be more like thank you love letters from the devs to the fans. It was this gen and consolites that changed it all. Probably started with MS and Xbox Live...

hellhund

Hopefully only for games I can ignore. Everyone has at least one game where they run the risk of becoming a hypocrite. Were you might begrudgingly be able to put up with being treated like crap because the game underneath all that BS is so appealing. For me it's Battlefield 3. I'm planning to upgrade my PC for that game. EA are experts at BS practices, so I'm expecting the worst. I have a faint sliver of hope though.

What if that $15 went to the first episode of a game?

There's a new trend forming with games like Dead Rising: Case Zero and the Red Faction thing. Did they rip out the beginning of the game? Or wouldn't this part of the game have existed otherwise? Was it developed separately with its own budget as a stand-alone game? I don't know.

And of course Ubisoft tends to release parts of the game they apparently couldn't complete before the game went gold. See Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed II.

Everything's so shady these days.