> Microsoft has lifted the lid on the Halo 4 Game of the Year Edition, having confirmed it earlier this week, with a first glimpse at the box art and the inclusion of a bonus Xbox Live Avatar item, alongside all of the usual content you’d expect from a GOTY edition.
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> As well as bundling Halo 4 with Spartan Ops Season One, the War Games Map Pass, Champions Bundle and all of its pre-order, Limited and Collector’s Edition exclusive content, Halo 4 Game of the Year Edition also includes a Master Chief Avatar Cloak, inspired by the Halo for Xbox One E3 trailer. Ooooh.
I want to know why 343i and Microsoft thought this was a good idea. Why would you sell “exclusive content” outside of the bundles they were in? Don’t you see how that when you tell people something and go back on your word later on, it looks bad? My biggest gripe is you DID NOT NEED TO SELL ANY OF THE CONTENT!!! You could of just sold the map packs and avatar items, why would you do this to the people who have supported and given you the most money?
This makes me never want to buy another Halo Limited Edition again (or really any 343i Halo game) because I don’t know if I can trust 343i or Microsoft to not lie about the product I am buying. How long until the limited edition content in Halo Xbox One will be sold? And this time, will you actually tell people the content is not exclusive on the box when you are selling it to people?
This should make people very concerned when they buy another game from 343i. You never know if what is on the box and sold to you is truthful or not. This goes beyond the GOTY edition, this is very serious. I know for a fact when Bungie was in control, this never happened and no one expected this to happen. Is there really a need to make the extra $5.00 from new fans from exploiting loyal Halo fans who buy the limited editions?
To be honest if you bought the Limited Edition or the Halo 4 360 just for in game armour then you bought it for the wrong reason. It’s not as if they’re giving away the goodies that came with the Limited Edition, it’s just the armour.
To be honest the only reason I’d be annoyed is if they don’t release the in-game stuff for everyone else as well.
> To be honest if you bought the Limited Edition or the Halo 4 360 just for in game armour then you bought it for the wrong reason. It’s not as if they’re giving away the goodies that came with the Limited Edition, it’s just the armour.
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> To be honest the only reason I’d be annoyed is if they don’t release the in-game stuff for everyone else as well.
I understand what you are saying, my point is that they mislead gamers about the content in the edition. They claim it is “exclusive content” yet start selling it in the GOTY edition. I feel like I was conned because it is part of something I paid $100.00 and it devalues what I paid for, (in addition to them selling the map pack bundles, pre order bonuses, Forward Onto Dawn, etc). But the main point that makes me concerned is the deception.
I’ve seen you make threads on Bungie.net about this same thing and quite a few of them say you are overreacting to something simple.
As it’s been said before, if you bought Limited/Console/Whatever just for the in-game stuff then you bought it for the wrong reason. Those editions have more content than just a silly looking skin and armor set.
So they advertised it as Exclusive, so what? This means there’s only two logical conclusions to what they’re doing. They either didn’t mean exclusive forever (which would be the logical choice seeing as they said in a bulletin that they may make everything available one day) or they were lying.
Now let’s think about what’s going to happen if we challenge either of those decisions. Nothing.
I’m not saying that we should just accept it, by all means complain if you need to but at the end of the day the GOTY edition has been announced and with it the content available to download. Nothing we say or do at this point is going to change that.
I don’t agree with what 343 are doing here but I know enough about their parent company to know this sort of thing is non negotiable. If you really want to tell them you don’t agree speak with your wallet.
Don’t buy the GOTY, don’t buy the next Halo title and if you can’t resist that, just don’t buy the more expensive editions. You’ll save yourself a lot of trouble.
They also pointed out, during the RTX and SDCC Q+A back in a Halo Bulletin in July of 2012:
> With the console bundle, you announced that it would come with exclusive in-game content. Is this in-game content the same as the Limited Edition bundle content? - The Little Moa
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> The content is different and unique to each SKU. <mark>While we know there are completionists that would like to have it all, it’s not unreasonable to think that we may eventually make all of the content available one day.</mark> I would also like to point out, since this is a thing that generates lots of conversation, that the unique or exclusive items are custom created and curated for that purpose or promotion or partner, rather than simply redistributed from stuff created for the shipping game. It’s a subtle distinction I suppose, but in our case a real one.
Always thought exclusive armor was kind pointless since all armors should be part of the game since it’s on the hard drive, all the codes do is make them accessible to the player so yes I’d like the idea of having FOTUS then probably not using it (I think it looks stupid) but that shouldn’t mean I shouldn’t be able to use it, personally I wouldn’t care if I see half a dozen people walking around with it since I’m happy enough just walking around with Mark V.
One more thing for the record I bought the limited edition because I thought the war pass was a good deal due to the map packs, not because of the pointless skins, the random bits of armor that should already been in-game.
The only armor that isn’t awful that came with the LE is strider, and it’s still exclusive. Now it’s just exclusive to GOTY as well. I don’t see what the problem is. Nobody that got LE spent $100 completely on armor or skin sets. Overreact much?
EDIT: I am also pissed and want all of them to get fired and stop ruining the game, but as you are being told, there is nothing you can do. It’s their choice to sell whatever they want and lie for everything. The only thing you can do, which i will do is never buy a limited edition again. Just don’t give them your money anymore. Simple!
> They also pointed out, during the RTX and SDCC Q+A back in a Halo Bulletin in July of 2012:
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> > With the console bundle, you announced that it would come with exclusive in-game content. Is this in-game content the same as the Limited Edition bundle content? - The Little Moa
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> > The content is different and unique to each SKU. <mark>While we know there are completionists that would like to have it all, it’s not unreasonable to think that we may eventually make all of the content available one day.</mark> I would also like to point out, since this is a thing that generates lots of conversation, that the unique or exclusive items are custom created and curated for that purpose or promotion or partner, rather than simply redistributed from stuff created for the shipping game. It’s a subtle distinction I suppose, but in our case a real one.
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> Source : http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/07/18/The-Halo-Bulletin-71812.aspx
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> It was even mentioned long before then as well, that it was a possibility. It was just a matter of ‘when’.
That’s the quote I’ve been looking for for the last 30 minutes. Thank you for finding it!
> They also pointed out, during the RTX and SDCC Q+A back in a Halo Bulletin in July of 2012:
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> > With the console bundle, you announced that it would come with exclusive in-game content. Is this in-game content the same as the Limited Edition bundle content? - The Little Moa
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> > The content is different and unique to each SKU. <mark>While we know there are completionists that would like to have it all, it’s not unreasonable to think that we may eventually make all of the content available one day.</mark> I would also like to point out, since this is a thing that generates lots of conversation, that the unique or exclusive items are custom created and curated for that purpose or promotion or partner, rather than simply redistributed from stuff created for the shipping game. It’s a subtle distinction I suppose, but in our case a real one.
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> Source : http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/07/18/The-Halo-Bulletin-71812.aspx
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> It was even mentioned long before then as well, that it was a possibility. It was just a matter of ‘when’.
If that is the case, why didn’t they say that on the product they sold? I don’t care what a few employees (who are not in charge of marketing) said about the content, on the box and advertisements they SAID it IS exclusive content. It is very deceptive and not every “Halo fan” follows 343i on the forums.
What people don’t seem to understand is the deception is the problem here. 343i and Microsoft mislead people and are now selling content promised to retina exclusive to LE/console buyers. There is no reason for them to sell it other than to make more money while they exploit the Limited edition buyers.
If you did not buy the console or the Limtied Edition, you do not deserve nor should you feel entitled to the marked exclusive content inside. I paid $40.00 more for the game with the expectation I was getting exclusive physical and (some) exclusive digital content (which was indicated on the box).
It is just something that really bothers me because it was done to squeeze as much money as possible from Halo 4 and using shady marketing that makes me lose my trust in future games and editions.
343i are just hurting themselves. People did by the LE for exclusive armour, the physical items were terrible!
I won’t be buying another Halo LE unless the physical content is off the scale. After this people won’t be suckered into “exclusive content” so with a little luck 343 will give us a LE with quality items.
> 343i are just hurting themselves. People did by the LE for exclusive armour, <mark>the physical items were terrible!</mark>
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> I won’t be buying another Halo LE unless the physical content is off the scale. After this people won’t be suckered into “exclusive content” so with a little luck 343 will give us a LE with quality items.
> > 343i are just hurting themselves. People did by the LE for exclusive armour, <mark>the physical items were terrible!</mark>
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> > I won’t be buying another Halo LE unless the physical content is off the scale. After this people won’t be suckered into “exclusive content” so with a little luck 343 will give us a LE with quality items.
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> How?
Almost all the physical content was paper. Not the case with previous limited editions.
I have to agree with the OP, I really don’t like that 343 can resell something worth a significant amount of money. Pre-orders are one thing, but most people who paid the 100$ for LE expected darn well the things they were paying for to be “limited”, as the title suggested.
> > 343i are just hurting themselves. People did by the LE for exclusive armour, <mark>the physical items were terrible!</mark>
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> > I won’t be buying another Halo LE unless the physical content is off the scale. After this people won’t be suckered into “exclusive content” so with a little luck 343 will give us a LE with quality items.
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> How?
IMO they didn’t live up to previous limited editions and just didn’t justify the LE price tag.
Steelbook Case- Nice case but doesn’t really bring up the price (besides I prefer the pre-order bonus steelbook).
Mission Briefing Packet- It’s just a card. If this were Halo Reach it would have been an extra at the back of Halsey’s journal not a standalone piece. TBH the major gripe I had with this was the foil packet it came in, after spending that much money I don’t like ripping the special packaging.
Mjolnir Requisition- I like this piece, it looks cool and feels nice.
The Booklet- It’s nicely presented but lack luster. We have 14-15 pages of… well nothing really. It does come with two slips paper (the letter is cool) but again reminds me of the extras at the back of Halsey’s journal. If there was more to the booklet I wouldn’t be as annoyed but it is the “main” item and should of been better.
The Box- The box is a cool piece to have on my shelf but that’s what you expect when you drop that much cash on a LE.
I paid £70 for all of that! other LE at the same price (I won’t mention names) give you statues, medals, books (not a 15 page leaflet) and other little keepsakes some even had DLC that remained exclusive.
So yeah, those are my gripes. No doubt others feel the same while some are content with their purchase. I hope the next Halo LE just has more.
> Side note…I have every single content u can get…and I’m glad others will be able to get if they wish…it’s a video game…
It is a video game. Yes. However, its video game content I spent 40$ on. Therefore, my one expectation of it is that it stay exclusive to those who bought LE, because I spent 40$ on it. So unless I get a 40$ refund from 343, I am still going to be here, complaining about their false advertising.
