You pay 800 ms points for 3 maps, that’s about right. I’d actually pay more if they gave more content. Look at COD, specifically BO2, the last map pack for that game cost 1200 msp but it came with like 5 maps all deigned for TDM, a new weapon and a new game mode!!
With Halo, some maps are for big team (most of them these days) (which reminds me why do I even play Halo anymore) and then the maps might not even be that great.
> Free would be great but come on, company has got to make the $$$, so doubt it. Plus side note, I believe war games matches you with people that have dlc.
ya it attempts to, not enough people have the maps to to play one more than once in a blue moon, especially with BTB
> Ms doesn’t allow dlc to be free if it has achievements with it. 5$ would be good tho.
Simple solution: don’t tie achievements to maps.
They’re all terrible achievements anyway - no loss.
I admit, for only having 3 maps per pack… it should be cheaper, but it could be worse… seems like no matter what is in it… COD charges you 15$ for a DLC…
Not to mention, they have to make up money for used game profits…
Do I feel I got my moneys worth, not really, but some do… it happens…
Doubt they’ll ever be free seeing as there’s achievements with the map packs. The only Halo map packs that have been free (Heroic map pack and Cold Storage for Halo 3) didn’t have any achievements with them.
343 don’t decide the price of DLC, Micosoft’s XBL Marketplace team does. Complaining about 343 not lowering the price is pointless since they have nothing to do with that side of DLC and Marketplace.
I picked it should all be free because let’s face it, I’m greedy and so is the majority of the human race.
The price is fair, but the DLC should be supported more.
343’s support of DLC maps in both Reach and Halo 4 has been awful. Why should we drop $10 on maps we’ll only get 43 days with?
Price is fine. Stop being cheap.
Yup the price is fine the way it is
I think 343 needs to add a little more content to match what is on the market today, especially since the maps in Halo 4 just haven’t been as good as previous titles. Obviously this isn’t going to happen soon though, and I will buy the Castle Map Pack for $10 without reservations.
I say $10 should get you 4 maps instead of 3 starting with the next batch of Map Packs. (or additional gametypes and vehicles. Something more…)
I think that the price should drop on Map Packs, after they have been out for six months, to $5.
When the next major Halo title comes out (odst and anniversary don’t count as major titles, I mean Halo 5) all map packs that have already dropped to $5 should be free to anyone who purchases Halo 5. And if any map packs have yet to be reduced from $10 they will be reduced to $5 dollars with the release of Halo 5. Then all map packs not included in the purchase of Halo 5 should be paired with new dlc, so when you buy the $10 Halo 5 DLC you also get a Halo 4 map pack free of charge.
This pricing system coupled with a discounted re-release of Halo 4, I think would encourage more purchases of both titles, and increase and maintain DLC purchases aross the board, without hindering initial sales, because the people that have always bought the DLC at $10 will continue to do so, and the people that haven’t will be encouraged into the market.
> The price is fair, but the DLC should be supported more.
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> 343’s support of DLC maps in both Reach and Halo 4 has been awful. Why should we drop $10 on maps we’ll only get 43 days with?
What are you talking about? The maps show up regularly. I regularly get them as voting options, and they get voted for around 40% of the time for me (the other 60% is for when they don’t appear or Ragnarok/Exile are in the voting options).
It SHOULD be $5, but that won’t happen. It would be nice, but it’s been $10 for a long time. All of Reach’s DLC was $10.
> Ya I’m done buying DLC maps forever. Such a ripoff especially in Canada. <mark>It’s 800 MS points, meaning you have to purchase 1000 points for $15</mark>. I don’t care if it’s 800 MS points, I still have to pay $15 to get the points to get the maps, so to me it costs $15…for 3 maps…that are usually average…that probably took the developers less than a week to make…that I hardly get to play on and the population count for the playlists is under 500 now.
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> I’m done with it for sure. We need to demand fair pricing.
War Games Map Pass is only 2000ms points = $30 for you.
Better than purchasing separately
800ms points x 3 = $45 for you, but you’ll have 600ms points left over.
> Ms doesn’t allow dlc to be free if it has achievements with it. 5$ would be good tho.
That’s not true
I swear halo 2’s map packs went free after x months? Or am I thinking of something else?
> I swear halo 2’s map packs went free after x months? Or am I thinking of something else?
I’m certain they did.
Insatead, they should just make it better so the 10$ will be worthwile. A good new Forge map (that is actually big and open and fit for Forge) with new textures for the items (Forerunner or sandstone like in Sandbox or something entirely new like, I don’t know , ice lol)- basically a fresh looking Forge maps with a better and new item pallet- along with a couple of generic maps would definitely be worth 10$. Remember how substantial an improvement the Sandbox (Mythic I think) DLC was in Halo 3? Something like that.
Honestly, I feel that the way DLC is being made is just not right. Map packs should feature maps of greater quality than those that came with the disc, mainly because they cost already a sixth of the game’s price itself. The designers and artists also have a much more flexible schedule this time around, as the projects are either very small, or still too early in production for actual work outside of planification, and with experience from launch, they have more skills, experience and time to conceptualize and refine on what they’re working on. DLC and expansions should be considered as deluxe offerings for the game (and that improve the game), rather than some small-stepped continuation with inflated prices.
> Honestly, I feel that the way DLC is being made is just not right. Map packs should feature maps of greater quality than those that came with the disc, mainly because they cost already a sixth of the game’s price itself. The designers and artists also have a much more flexible schedule this time around, as the projects are either very small, or still too early in production for actual work outside of planification, and with experience from launch, they have more skills, experience and time to conceptualize and refine on what they’re working on. DLC and expansions should be considered as deluxe offerings for the game (and that improve the game), rather than some small-stepped continuation with inflated prices.
I agree. More quality, same price. The maps so far have been very standard, and with Halo 4’s Ordnance system they seem empty and pointless (whereas weapons on the map would have added to the map control element and given the maps a certain unique style). DLC should be a substantial piece of content, not just another map. Either make it worth 10$ or lower the price.