Ok So it’s a F2P game so Monetization is natural. But the way they monetize and what they offer is not worth the cost.
First let’s address the color options and how 343 is double dipping is on this
- Halo 5 had 48 colors by default. 343 should have made those same 48 colors the stock color choice for every Armor core, and emblem.
But in reality Halo infinite offers you less default starting colors, and they are double dipping you on color Coatings by locking them to one Armor core/ Vehicle/weapon.
Scarlet wake was a purchase basic red… That was only a available to one Armor core… Now 343 tried selling us the same red but for the reach armor.
What this tells me is any future armor cores are basically going to be customization resets… Now if you could grind out the items no biggy. The problem is to re attain the same level of customization you already purchased , for new armor cores you will have to make further purchases of the same stuff you already own.
Why they didn’t go the route of Fortnite of buy a skin and it works for all weapons past present and future is basically because they wanted to pinch you for more money in the easiest least creative way possible.
Now the bundles, you are essentially only given the option to buy the whole thing not per peice.
This is exclusively very a corporate benefit and not consumer friendly.
Now the rotating store model. It’s very limited, drip fed content.
People tend to buy more if the items are universal and able to buy them per peice from the bundles. And left in the store.
But the current system is not designed to be the whole player first type of thing they stated they set out to accomplish. It’s a purposely design system that lets them sell you the same thing more than once and say they are giving you more. Its pretty disrespectful reallly