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Re: Bungie and the H2 Maps splitting MM (politics)
Posted By: Louis Wu <halo@bungie.org>	Date: 3/17/07 9:23 a.m.
In Response To: Re: Bungie and the H2 Maps splitting MM (politics) (gspawn) : Errr... or: -Most Halo players are on 360s already. : -Halo 3 will be on the new console, and the maps and beta are working as : promos for the new game. : -Microsoft is trying to phase out Xbox players for a lot of reasons, : including Xbox players who are still using various hacked methods to cheat : / grief over XBL, which can't be done on 360 (or certainly not as much). : This scheme isn't necessarily as nefarious as people want to assume since : Microsoft is involved. Yes, it would be nice for Xbox players to get the : new maps. It was also, in some ways, be nice if they (er, some of them : anyway) didn't. : -Bungie gets Halo 3 promotion. : -Microsoft gets new console promotion. : -You get (a little) less cheating and another great reason to buy a killer : console. I don't think this is a reasonable argument. Halo 2 was released for the original Xbox. Nothing has changed either with the Xbox, or the game, or the Xbox Live service to make it difficult for Microsoft to support this platform (or, any more difficult than it is now). If (and this is a BIG if; I think Bungie is going to try pretty hard to make sure this doesn't happen) it comes to pass that the new maps remain available only to 360 owners, their release will effectively shut Xbox owners out of Matchmaking. I can't speak for anyone else, but I bought Xbox Live for Halo 2 Matchmaking. My renewal date came up a week ago; I'm paid up through early March, 2008. Requiring me to buy a $400 console in order to continue using my $50 investment seems totally unreasonable to me. (Yes, I'll buy a 360 at some point, for Halo 3 (and probably the Halo 3 beta) - but that's irrelevant here; that should NOT factor into this situation.) I dunno. I see where they're coming from - but I don't like it. I think, at the very least, if the new maps are released as 360-only, original Xbox owners should be offered the chance to turn in their Live service for a pro-rated refund.

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Bungie and the H2 Maps splitting MM (politics)	FyreWulff	3/17/07 2:22 a.m.
Re: Bungie and the H2 Maps splitting MM (politics)	Guesty-Persony-Thingy	3/17/07 2:34 a.m.
Re: Bungie and the H2 Maps splitting MM (politics)	FyreWulff	3/17/07 4:29 a.m.
Hrm. That does not sound good.	iJosh	3/17/07 2:38 a.m.
Re: Hrm. That does not sound good.	FyreWulff	3/17/07 4:27 a.m.
Re: Bungie and the H2 Maps splitting MM (politics)	gspawn	3/17/07 8:53 a.m.
Re: Bungie and the H2 Maps splitting MM (politics)	Louis Wu	3/17/07 9:23 a.m.
Re: Bungie and the H2 Maps splitting MM (politics)	sorahn	3/17/07 9:56 a.m.
Politics... how tiresome.	Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)	3/17/07 10:08 a.m.
Re: Bungie and the H2 Maps splitting MM (politics)	Eiii	3/17/07 1:03 p.m.
Exactly.	Gravemind	3/18/07 4:56 a.m.
Re: Bungie and the H2 Maps splitting MM (politics)	RVideo	3/17/07 9:57 a.m.
It is the emulation related lag, and controls	3Suns	3/17/07 1:48 p.m.
Re: It is the emulation related lag, and controls	DS	3/17/07 6:18 p.m.
Re: It is the emulation related lag, and controls	Simpsons Rule	3/17/07 7:00 p.m.
I would wager money	3Suns	3/18/07 7:49 a.m.
Re: Bungie and the H2 Maps splitting MM (politics)	Urban Reflex	3/17/07 10:45 a.m.
Aren't there simple solutions...	Simpsons Rule	3/17/07 12:33 p.m.
Its like its Reverse Backwards Compatability. *NM*	Dojorkan	3/17/07 12:38 p.m.
Re: Aren't there simple solutions...	FoolsRun	3/17/07 1:30 p.m.
Re: Aren't there simple solutions...	Simpsons Rule	3/17/07 4:09 p.m.
So if the new maps are 360 only.....	Schedonnardus	3/17/07 1:11 p.m.
Re: So if the new maps are 360 only.....	CougRon	3/17/07 2:30 p.m.