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...why?
By:Dervish
Date: 12/20/14 6:51 pm

: http://news.xbox.com/2014/12/games-h...medium=twitter

: MCC owners to receive a free month of live, ODST, and more H2A maps.

I won't turn down these cool gifts, but this whole idea of compensation because the game didn't work for a few weeks seems insane to me. Granted, I only dabble in matchmaking, and the campaign and new story content was what I was really interested in. But even if the H2A campaign was completely unplayable for the first couple weeks after I got it, it would be mildly inconvenient, but I wouldn't think I "earned" a whole other game (and then some) because I had to wait a little bit longer.

I've looked at the Waypoint forums a few times over the past month, and it's shocking. People are uninstalling and redownloading the MCC daily, spending hours on the phone with customer support, and generally freaking out over every miniscule inconvenience they encountered. Why is 343 rewarding this obsessive, destructive behavior? Go outside, read a book, whatever. Why does the game have to own people's lives?

It was unfortunate that matchmaking didn't work right away, but 343 said they would fix it, and they did. There's really no reason for this free content.


Messages In This Thread

Bonnie Ross' Letter to MCC Owners (ODST campaign!)Pennybags12/19/14 9:37 pm
     What... *NM*TDSpiral12/19/14 9:38 pm
     Bad link, sorry!Pennybags12/19/14 9:38 pm
     Re: Bonnie Ross' Letter to MCC Owners (ODST campaiThe BS Police12/19/14 9:42 pm
     Re: Nice - best Halo SP! Fact. *NM*mastrbiggy12/19/14 9:42 pm
           That sounds a lot like an opinionTDSpiral12/20/14 12:37 am
     Ooooh my god.LostSpartan98712/19/14 9:51 pm
     Whoops, my bad: Only one H2A map - Relic *NM*Pennybags12/19/14 9:51 pm
     More importantly... Relic!davidfuchs12/19/14 9:52 pm
     Is MCC worth buying at this point?Revenant198812/19/14 9:53 pm
           I'd say yesPennybags12/19/14 10:01 pm
           Reliably is a word to usepadraig0812/19/14 10:32 pm
                 Re: Reliably is a word to useLostSpartan98712/20/14 2:37 pm
           Re: Is MCC worth buying at this point?uberfoop12/19/14 11:23 pm
           This is only for Early Adopters. Launch to Today.Rice12/19/14 11:36 pm
                 Re: This is only for Early Adopters. Launch to TodRevenant198812/19/14 11:39 pm
                       Re: This is only for Early Adopters. Launch to TodRice12/19/14 11:44 pm
                 Re: This is only for Early Adopters. Launch to Todtln12/22/14 3:52 pm
                       Re: This is only for Early Adopters. Launch to Tod *NM*tln12/22/14 3:52 pm
                       Re: This is only for Early Adopters. Launch to TodKal12/22/14 5:08 pm
                       It's not a reward. It is an apology.scarab12/23/14 7:00 am
                             Re: It's not a reward. It is an apology.tln12/23/14 12:56 pm
                                   Re: It's not a reward. It is an apology.scarab12/23/14 3:12 pm
           NoAvateur12/20/14 12:12 am
           I'd say give it a couple more updates.LostSpartan98712/20/14 2:33 pm
     I think we can hold out for more... *GIF*Grizzlei12/19/14 10:00 pm
     Seems like fair compensation.Gravemind12/19/14 10:37 pm
           Re: Agreed.Hyokin12/20/14 1:07 am
     I hope the port winds up better.uberfoop12/19/14 11:26 pm
           Bummerscarab12/20/14 5:04 am
                 Re: Bummeruberfoop12/20/14 1:24 pm
           Re: I hope the port winds up better.scarab12/20/14 5:25 am
                 Re: I hope the port winds up better.uberfoop12/20/14 2:16 pm
     Not impressed, but why would I be?Avateur12/20/14 12:16 am
           How many months before ODST will work? *NM*Captain Spark12/20/14 8:46 am
           Time to take a break.Louis Wu12/20/14 2:21 pm
                 *Slow Clap*tadboz12/21/14 2:46 pm
                 Re: Notes this day in history *NM*thebruce012/22/14 11:03 am
     Re: Bonnie Ross' Letter to MCC Owners (ODST campaiDielectric12/20/14 12:25 am
     No firefight. :(bluerunner12/20/14 10:02 am
           that's not apples to apples thoughRevenant198812/20/14 6:46 pm
           OMGWTFBBQ!!!!Kermit12/20/14 7:08 pm
     From my POV - forgiven (partly) but not forgottenMoorpheusl912/20/14 5:10 pm
     Good dealAzo 'Galvat12/20/14 6:51 pm
     ...why?Dervish12/20/14 6:51 pm
           Re: ...why?uberfoop12/20/14 7:15 pm
                 more or less thisRevenant198812/20/14 7:26 pm
           Are you seriously excusing broken products?Gravemind12/20/14 7:31 pm
                 Re: Are you seriously excusing broken products?Dervish12/20/14 8:01 pm
                       That's not what I heard...RC Master12/20/14 9:25 pm
                             Re: That's not what I heard...General Vagueness12/21/14 5:02 pm
                                   Re: That's not what I heard...Cody Miller12/21/14 8:31 pm
                       Re: Are you seriously excusing broken products?uberfoop12/20/14 10:08 pm
                             Re: Are you seriously excusing broken products?Dervish12/20/14 11:28 pm
                       Re: Are you seriously excusing broken products?Gravemind12/20/14 10:14 pm
                             Re: Are you seriously excusing broken products?Dervish12/20/14 11:24 pm
           Re: ...why?The BS Police12/20/14 7:45 pm
           Re: ...why?Jordan11712/21/14 12:58 am
                 Re: ...why?thebruce012/22/14 11:16 am
           Why... not?UnrealCh13f12/21/14 3:44 am
     Re: Bonnie Ross' Letter to MCC Owners (ODST campaiuber_chaos12/20/14 11:15 pm
           Re: Bonnie Ross' Letter to MCC Owners (ODST campaiscarab12/21/14 3:59 am
     That'll do quite nicely. *NM*Quirel12/21/14 4:12 am

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