how would you feel if this was applied to halo 4?
Notre I have been saying the industry should do this for years…but I think they are being greedy with the pricing. Still, I dislike MP, I would not mind at all paying 20$ less for a game without MP, of course that would throw a monkey wrench in Spartan Ops which I fully intend to play through ALONE
It would be rather unorthodox and strange for 343 to split the experience between MP and Single player when the goal is to “glue” the experiences together (War Games and Spartan OPs) for players who usually either skip out on the campaign and go to the MP and vice versa. Personally, i find the idea of splitting the experience into two separate games convoluted and unneeded as publishers/companies already screw over the gaming population with locked DLC that’s on the disk, online passes etc.
MP tends to have more longevity and larger playerbase than single player games do because MP is always a new experience (the randomness the human element provides) while you go through a story mode and the shiny new toy becomes predictable and not as exciting (since you’ve went through the single player before and thus, all the surprise factor is gone). Sure the Halo universe is rich and detailed but i would think that the MP would sell more and because of DLC, be more profitable in the end (since Halo Campaigns have NEVER had expansions adding new levels and what not). Basically, there would be a loss of profit and would encourage more developers to just make MP only games. Which would be a terrible thing to encourage.
The reason why video games have been 60 bucks is not simply due to greed but to cover the MASSIVE development costs associated with making games. Publishers need to make the money back, workers need to be paid, voice actors and so much more. It’s a steep price, i won’t argue that but at least i can access MP AND single player on the same disk. I don’t want to shell out 80 USD just because i buy a game for SP and MP (unless it’s one of those rare SP games which i love anyways).
I thoroughly enjoy both campaign and multiplayer in ALL Halo games, as many other people do. I just don’t think it would be profitable for them to have different versions of a game, especially when 343i is making a big deal over intertwining multiplayer/spartan ops with campaign.