Halo 4 the Holidays: Games With Gold...

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Halo 3 was made available to all this month through the Games With Gold promotion; if you have an Xbox Live Gold membership, you can download it for free. Not to mention all of the DLC is available at rock-bottom prices, so despite most of the playlists being DLC required, the population in Halo 3 has skyrocketed. After 3 long years, it is actually possible to find a game in Halo 3 matchmaking.

And it gives me an idea.

Why stop at Halo 3? What if Microsoft were to release ALL of the Halo games for free throughout November and December? I call it “Halo 4 the Holidays”; here’s the lineup I had in mind:

Halo 3:ODST Campaign Edition (Nov. 1st to Nov. 15th)

Halo:Reach (Nov. 16th to Nov. 30th)

Halo Wars (Dec. 1st to Dec. 15th)

Halo 4, +50-75% off all Halo 4 DLC (Dec. 16th to Dec. 31st)

Halo:Combat Evolved Anniversary Campaign Edition (Games on Demand, $14.99) Release on Nov. 1st

Halo:Spartan Assault (Xbox Live Arcade, $7.99) Release on Nov. 1st

What do you think? Halo 4’s going to need a population boost in the coming months after Halo 3, so it makes sense to release it for free in the coming months; get some people back in here. Also, I’m itching to try out Halo Wars (the only Halo game I haven’t played) and we would be able to get the Halo:CE Anniversary campaign at a reasonable price, not to mention finally getting Halo:Spartan Assault on the Xbox where it belongs.

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I would love for SA to become even an arcade title.
I just want that and Reach.
So a charming idea, and not one without merit, but reality will probably dictate otherwise.

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That sounds like too big of a chunk off Microsoft’s profit margin. And I meant that in a non-sarcastic way. Business-wise, well, it doesn’t sound very wise at all.

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It would be nice but if you check out what games Microsoft has been giving away for free it’s really old games that you barely can find on the shelfs in game stores.

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> It would be nice but if you check out what games Microsoft has been giving away for free it’s really old games that you barely can find on the shelfs in game stores.

Are you kidding? I find a copy of AC II everywhere I go.

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> > It would be nice but if you check out what games Microsoft has been giving away for free it’s really old games that you barely can find on the shelfs in game stores.
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> Are you kidding? I find a copy of AC II everywhere I go.

Good for you.

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By that time they better release a DLC playlist or they’d be wasting their money like the rest of us