We had 2 flights.
2 flights to test the Store system with. Heck they even gave us dummy credits to use in the flights.
And we also made alot of feedback regarding Coatings, pricing and XP.
So, no. People who paid knew what they were paying for and were okay with it. Trial my butt.
Well put, I actually forgot about that stuff being in the “Flights”. Wow.
Well your argument assumes that we all played the flights, which of course isn’t going to be the case.
Lol the funny thing is that anyone thinks it matters when they agreed to the price and initiated the transaction. Moral or not you paid for it… take your loss or protest the company and hopefully you shine some light on that and other issues as well. I’m sorry… It’s done.
I like how this post seems to think that the system keeps track of how many credits you spent.
Really it just keeps track of what you have actually unlocked. Nothing more.
No, my argument is that the system has been tested and feedback was given. The fact that 343 chose to ignore all this and run with it anyway is what I’m pointing out here.
Then when launch came, people were already turned off with the price and YouTube videos as well as Steam discussions and Reddit flooded in with complaints.
If all this is happening and players STILL CHOSE to throw their money, then they don’t deserve a refund. It’s like people telling you not to do it but you do it anyway. Suck it up
They just don’t want to face it man… just letting it sink in… really sink in. It’s unbelievable.
Definitely keeps track of expenses. So…
This is literally the mood of every reply that isn’t in support.
Yea, because we knew the pricing was trash and we held our wallets back in protest in order to get the prices dropped.
You guys just spent all wily nily, letting 343 run this show for almost 2 months before they decided to change it.
The people who paid indirectly contributed to the issue.
Well, yeah of course the company is keeping track of how much we feed it. But with the value fluctuation of the Spartan Credits, I don’t think they will reimburse us the credits we have spent thus-far because the system could have an error that would be “breaking to the in-game economy.”
Or at least that is the excuse they would give us.
There is literally no economy.
… but there is?
We have a valued in-game currency that we trade in order to get cosmetics.
The value of that currency has been artificially altered so that we find the trades of Spartan Credits more agreeable.
If 343 had a glitch that “broke the Spartan Credit Economy” and gave us all, let’s say 100,000-SC, then they would then hike the prices of items to match so that we don’t go “I have 100,000, why should I give your Free-To-Play game any money for the next year or so if I already have the means to get everything you put in the shop during that time?”
It is literally a micro-economy that is run by 343. Similar to how the U.S. Treasure Department has control over how much USD is out three in the world. Too much, and you have to hike prices. Too few and prices go down.
343 is being generous by doing price adjustments on a market and economy that THEY HAVE SOLE OWNERSHIP / CONTROL OF.
It’s not an economy. It’s a storefront. There is a significant difference.
Are we trading units of currency that we perceive to have value that can be measured and traded for goods within a market system that is exclusive to a certain region or entity?
Correct me if I am wrong, but that is an Economy.
(And I should let you know that I am currently studying for a major in Macroeconomics.)
Regardless, I still cannot fully see why this is such a devisive topic. Those objecting have absolutely nothing to gain by opposing the credit-reimbursement.
I get nobody liked the prices, hell even those of us who bought a few things didn’t - just seems to be completely out of spite that some folks are now saying ‘oh well, deal with it’.
What happened to the solidarity of the halo community? We should all be singing from the same hymn sheet ideally.
From what I’ve read, some people are upsetting, because people supporting these microtransactions in other games are exactly why we got the store in Infinite. People buying at the high prices were supporting those current prices and sending a message to the devs the prices were okay. This upsets some people.
On the other hand, I personally understand that’s not consciously what anyone set out to do. And people didn’t feel they had a choice in the price, so them buying isn’t them consciously saying they support the price, more like giving into them. And I can’t fault them for that. I was pretty tempemted to buy myself. The only reason I didn’t get the cat ears was because they didn’t work for MK. V [B].
At the end of the day I personally don’t feel anyone is entitled to their money back. But if 343 really sees launch prices as a mistake, and they understand the negativity towards the game is for legit reasons, then giving at least store credit would go a long way as a good faith gesture to the community. Ultimately it may make them more money in the long run, because one thing Infinite really needs right now is people who trust the developers.
fair enough… iv spent 12500 credits so far and ill probably spent more its funny cus most the stuff i bought i cant even use because of the way cores and kits work i still bought them with the idea that later on it will be changed so we can use everything the way we want to
as for getting credits back if i got half my credits back that would go towards more unlocks and the next season pass
its the halo community we can make a toe nail divisive its just how it is people get passionate… if i could ask 343 for something it would be every time they make cosmetics if they take 10% of that and put it into a free ranking system so in like 3 years you would have 300 items for you to unlock right off the bat
so if your a brand new player you get so much value right away
No man it’s not. A TV is not the same as 2 different shoulder models, an armor paint, and a helmet. They are virtual pieces of a costume. They are not a TV. They are not a video game.
The company, has said
“hey, our $20 shoulder pieces, helmets, and chromas are too expensive, we’re lowering the base price”
There’s no reason they can’t say “For those who bought our PREMIUM CURRENCY and spent 2000 Credits on the now 1000 credit armors, they will get a refund or a partial refund for their support”
The only thing this would do, is ensure your $20 goes as far as someone elses $20 after the store update, 2 months after the game released. Y’all are ignoring the context of this situation and just comparing it to a 2 month old product that gets it’s price lowered.
The shop is no longer going to sell (allegedly) 2 shoulder pieces, helmet and chroma for $20 anymore, after testing it out for two months. Apparently something isn’t working, they realized the prices are too high, and are adjusting accordingly.
There is no reason that this is ‘free money’, you’re $20 is gone you’re just, now, going to be getting the intended value for it, just like you would if you spent $20 AFTER the store update.
You are getting the new intended value.
Again, not saying they have to do it, or that they should.
But this is not the same as buying a TV at a cheaper price.
You have to look at what you’re spending money on. A pair of shoulder pads for a virtual character in one game that has it’s OWN store with it’s OWN premium currency that you need to BUY to spend INSIDE the store, is not a TV. Whole different economic ball game.
So if I spent $20 pre-update on one armor set, and after the update they give me 1000 credits as a kick back-
Then you spend $20 POST update, and we have the same buying power-
That’s not a bad thing.
And I thought the store prices were too high too, made a few threads on it, but I had already preordered the campaign with $100 worth of credits, so I ended up buying some stuff on the shop.
I never went out of my way to buy anything in particular in regards to credits, I just knew it was the premium currency, so I started out with $100 worth.
Now they are making the premium currency able to purchase more, and with how NEW this game is, I think it’s kinda scummy, ONLY KINDA SCUMMY, to test an expensive -Yoink!- shop for 2 months and then lower it and leave those who paid fractions of the campaign for cosmetics in the dust without a bone.
It completely boggles my mind how people can see this as a bad or negative thing, or how it would be bad for anyone or any company.