NullPointer
Member
Microsoft charges a fee to use the multiplayer component of Xbox games. That should tell you all you need to know.
Microsoft screws up Halo 4 DLC release, pretends it was intentional
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Mr. B Natural
Member
Why are people angry about this again?
Some people have wasted their money on something that ended up being free (through a cock up rather than intention)
Micromegas
Member
Turning off the maps for the code-people seems like a bad idea. There will be another shitstorm as MS has really failed to communicate anything on this one way or another, and given that the maps are generic and not very good plus the fact that Halo's population is low and getting lower... 
Seems like they should be giving these away to everybody Starhawk-style just to get the population up and get people playing Halo.
Seems like they should be giving these away to everybody Starhawk-style just to get the population up and get people playing Halo.
Bang the drum. I told a guy at work I had a 360. The first thing he says to me: "Do you pay for online?"
It took them a year to own up to rrod.
They never acknowledged fifa hacks.
They'll never acknowledge this.
The record is proof enough that they say nothing until it reaches fever pitch in the media.
jediyoshi
Member
Do you have a more recent quote than what's in OP to source?
boiled goose
good with gravy
Keep buying season passes lol.
Ill wait for goty edition at half price.
Ill wait for goty edition at half price.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Okay, thanks. I'm now downloading the map pack from within Halo 4 itself. I see that if you attempt to download from the dashboard or Xbox.com marketplaces, they're still requiring the 800 Allards.
Yup.
Just to be clear, if you entered the Specialization Priority Alpha code, once you go into Halo 4 and select the Marketplace option, the map pack will show up and will ask if you want to download it.
You can't download it from the dashboard or marketplace.xbox.com for free.
I bought the LE, and I'm not upset about this glitch. It means more people to kill on the new maps. That's a good thing.
I think MS/343 will try to correct this mistake, though. Time will tell.
<3 Xbox360 threads on GAF.
I think MS/343 will try to correct this mistake, though. Time will tell.
<3 Xbox360 threads on GAF.
Goodacre0081
Member
so, six months later when your friends and community have moved on to other games?
MalpercioGoC
Member
I'm not sure if I get the anger. I mean, sure, it sucks that I paid for something that other people can now access for free (albeit TEMPORARILY), and that this "14-Day" thing was more or less just now made up. But really? I still got my maps with my LE, and the season pass holders got their maps. All the people who got the maps for free due to a systematic error? Well, they can continue playing the maps for a little while and eventually they will have to pay for those maps.
Doesn't bother me.
Doesn't bother me.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
So you are trying to say that no one will be playing this game 6 months from now? I think the people that bought the Premium BF3 made out really nice.
Tallshortman
Member
They really do need to refund season pass buyers the cost of the first map pack. Pretty dumb they're covering it up, it's not like they're desperate for money.
I agree I would be happy if they gave us a refund for it, I got the limited edition and I have no problems with people getting the map pack free but I wish they would do things for everyone else that has the war pass.
SaintMadeOfPlaster
Member
Once again, GAF members trying to defend something that's completely anti-consumer.
After seven days people who downloaded it for free can't play it anymore.
If you played the game within the first 14 days of release, you were given a code to unlock all the rest of the specializations. That's where the 14 Days part comes from. If you used that code they are letting you download and play the Crimson Map pack for online for free, until 12/18.
There is speculation about how they'll be able to cut off those users from accessing the map pack online, but their official stance is that this is a trial only.
It's not anti-consumer for this consumer. Those who purchased the map pack or pass will still have access after the 18th. As a consumer who was on the fence about purchasing the map pack or pass, this gives me a chance to try it out and see if I like it.
If I get to keep the maps for free after that? Yeah, that fucks over the LE and map pass people absolutely. Until that happens I don't see what's anti-consumer about it.
That's great, most ppl will be done with the game by then. Just like with all goty editions
j0hnny_385
Member
I wait for GOTY edition regularly but 99% of those are huge, single player RPGs (Fallouts, Elder Scrolls, ...).
If most people are done with the game in 6-12 months then thats a pretty awful community.
Maybe I'm just spoiled by PC communities...
Everdred
Member
Reach had 68,000 people online when I played it Tuesday, I don't think the community will be dead in 6 months... This game and Battlefield 3 are the only 2 games I've bought a season pass for and Battlefield 3 was easily worth it. This game would have been too if it weren't for this.
jediyoshi
Member
The net result is that people who didn't pay got to play the maps they wouldn't have otherwise. Who're the consumers again?
Z_Y
Member
No...the net result is that people who shelled out for the season pass are going to pay more than those who didn't.**
**assuming this is not temporary
Judging by the tweets, they aren't covering anything up. They are doing a poor job communicating, sure, but you're conspiracy theory is silly.
jediyoshi
Member
No? I would respond but seeing as the quote in OP isn't even being read 7 pages later, I think any kind of reasoning at this point is in vain.
Yes, you get to keep playing the maps. How are you enjoying them?
Hard core players will stick around but the ppl who jump from game to game usually quit after the initial 4 months or so
They are brown.
There are people still playing Halo 3 on XBL. And there would be a ton of Halo-GAFers playing Halo 2 on XBL if they could (they hate every game since then).
What the other poster is saying is that in 6mos, the H4 community will be about half of what is now, maybe even less. This scenario isn't unique to Halo (or XBL), however. The best time to play any online MP game is right at launch, and for a few months after. After that, a lot of people move onto other games. And yup, there will be a surge of new Halo 4 players on Christmas.
Halo 4 will be popular on XBL (in the Top 10 most-played) until the next Halo drops.
Z_Y
Member
What quote in the OP? This one?
Looks like it could mean either to me. Does access mean download or play? If they mean "play", I'd love to see how they are going to pull that off. Guess we will find out.
jediyoshi
Member
Even I could have saved you money there.
fizzelopeguss
Banned
If your game is dead 6 months after release then it was a shitty multiplayer title.
No they are covering it up, they screwed up and now are saying it's a "limited trial" I don't believe it and I bet the maps will still work after the 18th for those that didn't buy them.
FamousLastX
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SlaughterX
Banned
Ahh, so since I bought the LE I get all the future map packs for free? If so then that's pretty cool.
Crazyorloco
Member
Just curious is this the worse dlc launch this year?
I hope 343/MS learns from this.
I hope 343/MS learns from this.
AHappyPanda
Member
Mmm...no, it's a cover up. Neither 343i or MS have EVER mentioned a "14 day trial" period until AFTER the fuck up.
Now, I'm no marketing expert but...you typically let consumers know of promotions BEFORE a promotion period begins.
They didn't mention a 14 day trial after the fuck up either. It's a week trial, given to those that play the game in the first 14 days of release. That's where the 14 days part comes from. That promo was to receive a code to unlock specializations and was known about, they were a week late rolling the specialization codes out for that promo and you can find stories about that whole ordeal.
Interrobang
Member
Same. The jig is up. Thanks for the memories, Microsoft.