A good way to boost pre-order sales.

A whole bunch of game companies use really bad techniques for pre-order exclusives. I don’t think their should ever be anything for the pre-order only people. I do like the idea of a free map pack though. Gears of War 2 did it with the flashback maps that were out day 1. Battlefield 3 is doing it with Back to Karkand. Why can’t Halo do it? Who else is in favor of a Limited Edition like Battlefield 3? It’s the same price as the regular edition but you have to buy early if you want those maps free. And if you don’t get the limited edition then you have to buy the maps seperatly for like $10. And if the presales are really important maybe have early unlockable armor.

Who here would be in favor of a Throwback Map Pack that comes with the game if you pre-order or buy the game new?

Do you mean on-disc DLC, or just that the first DLC will be free once it eventually comes out? Because preloaded DLC is an absolute detriment to gaming.

No, I hate when DLC is actually on the disk but held back. I’m talkin actually Downloadable Content not Disk Locked Content. Like Halo 4 will be a full game and take up all the disk space and then either have the classic maps downloadable at launch or shortly after.