I like the look of the game, and I like that they're including all the campaigns. I'm very excited that Halo 1 will be on Xbox Live with the PC maps, though I'm disappointed that Halo 2 won't be getting a full remake. I'm not entirely sold on the Xbone just yet but I'm leaning towards it. I'm sure by the time I end up with a new console the game will be a lot cheaper, so price isn't a concern.

"I'd say drop H1 campaign, give all of the maps, drop H4, give all of the maps, and drop that price to $35-40"

Wouldn't happen. They have to spend time and money porting the games in order to include multiplayer, so if they dropped the campaigns it wouldn't save much in development costs. The game would still be $60, you'd just get less for it.

Besides, they have to include those campaigns for advertising. "The Master Chief Collection" is much snappier than "Halo 2: Anniversary plus the multiplayer from the rest except Reach for some reason".

(I am not a game developer so all of that may be wrong)