Listen you don't have to pay for an "overpriced expansion", but if you don't you're going to wait a lot longer than you would if you just ponied up the cash. Now that the issue of price is out of the way, I'll address the 'it's not worth it' complaint. You decide if its worth it to you or not, nobody else. If its not worth it you, then you don't have to buy it. If you say 'its not worth $60' then that's your decision, that doesn't mean you're getting it for less anytime soon. Of course, if you're reading this you probably already know all this to be true. So why whine and complain? I have a few reasons why I would.
- Industry trend starting of selling expansions, and multiplayer components for the full $60 dollars you probably already paid for it.
- Shorter games (ODST hasn't helped anything, anyway.)
The reason why I let Halo in particular get away with this, is because its one of Microsoft's biggest franchises. I don't expect Microsoft to just give away the multiplayer component of their single most popular game on their system. If you do, then you've got a bad case of the entitlements. No, no, no, don't give me 'well Bungie said!' Ah Ah, doesn't work that way. You know why? Because its Halo, people are going to buy it, (and already have, as its passed the 2 million mark in one day) and it will make Microsoft a lot of money. They're a business not your mother, they don't have to undercut a video game just because of a PR gaffe. Incidentally, I am going to buy ODST (hopefully) by price matching at Best Buy. See? I could get my expansion for less than $60, and I didn't whine about it. Of course, this rant will fall on deaf ears, and you'll be convinced I'm a corporate plant, or fanboy. Oh well, flame shields up.
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