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| Re: How to Keep Loyal Fans Happy | |
| Posted By: Ferrex (Dead) | Date: 11/27/01 1:52 p.m. |
In Response To: How to Keep Loyal Fans Happy (Anonymous Rex) : a) have to wait 2 years for a game that Game development takes a bit of time, even when there aren't substantial changes to a project halfway through (ie. changing to a different platform) : b) cost me $700+ and This is nobody's fault but your own. I've priced an XBox and Halo (and DOA3) at Futureshop.ca for my brother for $599. CDN. 7% GST bumps it up to around $650. PST as well? You're still under $700. And I fully expect he'll get years out of the system as other games are released for it. Investing in a substantial amount of hardware for a single game is a choice left up to the gamer. If you feel that you paid too much for the system, then why didn't you rent it first, to try it? Why didn't you give it a spin on a kiosk somewhere? Try it at a friend's place? A lot of people felt that buying an XBox was worth it for Halo. You didn't, and I'm sorry to hear that (but not particularly suprised). But Bungie didn't cost you $700. Bungie cost you $69.99, plus tax, CDN. : c) didn't meet the expectations Bungie created for it. Sorry, but you created those expectations. Bungie only gave you material to work with. If it were possible for us to construct fantastic images directly in the brains of our audience, we wouldn't be in game development, we'd be in advertising. And filthy rich. : They probably want to keep me happy so that I'll
Sorry, but there is such a thing as 'fighting a losing battle'. A game cannot be perfect for everyone, and the challenge is making it as good as possible for the most people. Given the mass acclaim Halo has recieved, it looks like we had some measure of success. The majority of people are well pleased with Halo--a few are even ecstatic. I'm sorry that you fall into the group that is unhappy with it, but I get the impression that you wouldn't have been happy with the game even if it had been free. : 1. keep the game/Xbox, but bad mouth the game/Bungie and try and get as many
Actually, the opposite has been happening. I've heard quite a few people change their minds and get (or rent) copies of Halo based on the positive impressions of others. : 2. return the game/Xbox
Certainly options in your case. : Bungie's options:
Right. : 2. they could send me some other Xbox titles Right. : 3. they could include some Easter Eggs or extra levels in the next version of
Halo has easter eggs, but I gather you didn't spend a lot of time looking for them. : 6. they could donate stuff to Halo fan sites to distribute - again by lottery
Bungie has done this in the past. Bungie will likely to so again in the future. : 7. key Bungie staff could make themselves available on this forum or others
Aye. I mean, lord knows, Bungie employees never read the forums and never listen to what happens on them. : I think
I'm glad the online team has you to tell them what they already know. I mean, otherwise their entire day might be spent teasing Marty, instead of working on the 7th Column or the Truth and Reconciliation. -rex | |
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| Replies: |
| How to Keep Loyal Fans Happy | Anonymous Rex | 11/27/01 12:46 p.m. |
| Get over yourself. | Nijhazer | 11/27/01 1:08 p.m. |
| Re: How to Keep Loyal Fans Happy | Riggs | 11/27/01 1:09 p.m. |
| Re: How to Keep Loyal Fans Happy | Apollo | 11/27/01 2:51 p.m. |
| What demos? *NM* | Andrew Nagy | 11/27/01 3:00 p.m. |
| Re: What demos? | *Ar-Isildur of *WP* | 11/27/01 3:48 p.m. |
| Re: What demos? | Andrew Nagy | 11/27/01 4:35 p.m. |
| Re: What demos? | Apollo | 11/27/01 8:28 p.m. |
| Re: What demos? | Ferrex (Dead) | 11/28/01 12:36 p.m. |
| Re: How to Keep Loyal Fans Happy | vector40 | 11/27/01 8:09 p.m. |
| I'm keeping it simple... | Djof@School | 11/27/01 1:20 p.m. |
| Re: I'm keeping it simple... | vector40 | 11/27/01 8:11 p.m. |
| Re: How to Keep Loyal Fans Happy | mnemesis | 11/27/01 1:24 p.m. |
| Re: How to Keep Loyal Fans Happy | Caerdwyn | 11/27/01 1:31 p.m. |
| Re: How to Keep Loyal Fans Happy | Ferrex (Dead) | 11/27/01 1:52 p.m. |
| well said *NM* | *Ar-Isildur of *WP* | 11/27/01 2:01 p.m. |
| Thanks for replying | Anonymous Rex | 11/27/01 2:42 p.m. |
| Re: Thanks for replying | Andrew Nagy | 11/27/01 2:56 p.m. |
| Re: Thanks for replying | Ferrex (Dead) | 11/27/01 3:58 p.m. |
| Re: Thanks for replying | Anonymous Rex | 11/27/01 5:18 p.m. |
| Re: Thanks for replying | Cunbelin@Work | 11/27/01 6:10 p.m. |
| Re: Thanks for replying | kayas | 11/27/01 6:50 p.m. |
| One in the eye, Louis. | vector40 | 11/27/01 8:37 p.m. |
| rotfl! | Louis Wu | 11/27/01 8:52 p.m. |
| Re: rotfl! | vector40 | 11/27/01 9:25 p.m. |
| Re: rotfl! | Louis Wu | 11/27/01 9:29 p.m. |
| OMG!! OMG NOE!!!!! (NT) | MakeMineRed | 11/28/01 6:48 a.m. |
| Re: OMG!! OMG NOE!!!!! (NT) | vector40 | 11/28/01 7:15 p.m. |
| Re: OMG!! OMG NOE!!!!! (NT) | Cunbelin The Spoiler | 11/29/01 1:40 a.m. |
| Re: OMG!! OMG NOE!!!!! (NT) | MakeMineRed | 11/29/01 6:58 a.m. |
| Re: OMG!! OMG NOE!!!!! (NT) | vector40 | 11/29/01 7:06 p.m. |
| September (end of) *NM* | Louis Wu | 11/29/01 7:12 p.m. |
| Thanks. *NM* | vector40 | 11/29/01 7:19 p.m. |
| Re: Thanks for replying | vector40 | 11/27/01 8:30 p.m. |
| Re: Thanks for replying | vector40 | 11/27/01 8:18 p.m. |
| bunch of kids... | Marty the Elder | 11/27/01 4:16 p.m. |
| Re: bunch of kids... | *Ar-Isildur of *WP* | 11/27/01 6:22 p.m. |
| Re: bunch of kids... | Achronos | 11/28/01 4:14 p.m. |
| I'm amazed... | *Ar-Isildur of *WP* | 11/27/01 2:12 p.m. |
| Re: I'm amazed... | no7orious | 11/27/01 5:07 p.m. |
| Re: I'm amazed... | *Ar-Isildur of *WP* | 11/27/01 6:45 p.m. |
| That sounds about right... cool! *NM* | no7orious | 11/27/01 7:37 p.m. |
| Re: I'm amazed... | James Isaak | 11/27/01 8:18 p.m. |
| Re: I'm amazed... | *Ar-Isildur of *WP* | 11/27/01 11:30 p.m. |
| Stop the presses. | Frost | 11/27/01 2:35 p.m. |
| Re: Stop the presses. | Anonymous Rex | 11/27/01 2:47 p.m. |
| Re: Stop the presses. | vector40 | 11/27/01 8:35 p.m. |
| Re: Stop the presses. | Anonymous Rex | 11/27/01 11:13 p.m. |
| Re: Stop the presses. | vector40 | 11/27/01 11:30 p.m. |
| Show cats | Anonymous Rex | 11/28/01 12:35 a.m. |
| Re: Show cats | vector40 | 11/28/01 7:13 p.m. |
| Re: Show cats | Anonymous Rex | 11/28/01 9:05 p.m. |
| Re: Oh really!? | kayas | 11/28/01 10:07 p.m. |
| Re: Show cats | vector40 | 11/28/01 10:09 p.m. |
| Re: Show cats | Hackerhitman13 | 11/28/01 7:17 p.m. |
| Re: Show cats | Anonymous Rex | 11/28/01 8:41 p.m. |
| Re: Show cats | Hackerhitman13 | 11/28/01 11:24 p.m. |
| Re: Stop the presses. | Louis Wu | 11/28/01 5:28 a.m. |
| Re: Stop the presses. | Frost | 11/28/01 4:47 p.m. |
| Louis is much better at this than I am. *NM* | vector40 | 11/28/01 7:14 p.m. |
| Bungie is different | Anonymous Rex | 11/28/01 11:09 p.m. |
| This is just dripping :) | vector40 | 11/29/01 12:00 a.m. |
| Bungie is different | Anonymous Rex | 11/29/01 2:56 a.m. |
| Re: Bungie is different | vector40 | 11/29/01 7:02 p.m. |
| Re: How to Keep Loyal Fans Happy | Cunbelin@Work | 11/27/01 5:16 p.m. |
| Re: How to Keep Loyal Fans Happy | Impact | 11/27/01 9:58 p.m. |
| Re: How to Keep Loyal Fans Happy | Steve Campbell | 11/27/01 10:24 p.m. |
| if you would... | ONEi | 11/28/01 12:06 p.m. |
| Re: if you would... | Steve | 11/28/01 12:29 p.m. |
| Re: if you would... | vector40 | 11/28/01 7:01 p.m. |
| Re: How to Keep Loyal Fans Happy | HeavyMetalMachine | 11/28/01 4:06 p.m. |
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