: Making that sort of content as a micro transaction is fine, as it doesn't
: impact the standard game. Really, it's the one type of micro transaction
: that is acceptable.

: During Ace Combat 6's heyday, I purchased quite a few planes that were only
: different in color, and the color missiles they fired. I wanted em. They
: didn't give me any advantage.

: If 343 wants to do the same with crazy weapon skins or DLC armor, more power
: to them.

: We lost Theater and rendered films because that infrastructure was Bungie's.
: Now that the PS4 and XB1 can sort of do those tasks, a case can be made
: for why it would be wasteful for 343 to invest in that feature
: specifically for Halo. The argument goes both way.

That's true of film rendering, but theater mode itself wasn't dependent on Bungie. We don't know why it wasn't available for campaign and Spartan Ops in Halo 4, but signs point to it just not being finished by the time they had to be done with the game. (If I was going to be the glass-half-empty tinfoil-hat guy, I'd say they were targeting the Xbone and didn't intend to put in theater, and then that changed so they made it work well enough for multiplayer.)

: Many of my non HBO\DBO friends are\were casual players of Halo back in the
: day, and even more casual now.

: They never used, nor cared about Forge, Theater, or rendered films.

: I'm inclined to believe that the majority of gamers are the same. Sure, WE
: use the hall out of it. But we're super fans. There is a difference.

How many of them watched videos created with theater mode though? It's the same deal as Forge, a minority uses it, but handled correctly the majority can enjoy what comes out of it. For theater, that means fun moments; for Forge, that means more spaces to play in in custom games and matchmaking.