IDKAboutThat
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Are you fucking joking
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection Beta Update Program Announced
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soxinthebox
Member
That added value
A free month of Live - the game has been broken longer than a month so we still can't call it even.
Nameplates and avatars - bah
ODST campaign - oh yeah that'll be great especially if it works as well as the rest of the still broken content
Another map - wahey we get something else we can't play
That they think this is acceptable compensation is insulting.
Dear customers ... We regret being incompetent developers. We regret coming to market. And we most definitely regret that the last content update just blew up our raggedy-ass match making!
Hoo rah.
link1201
Member
It's in the Preview app top right corner.
LapinAgile
Member
And the precedent? Or are you just being contrary for the sake of it?
Don't shoot the messenger, just saying that what the compensation is.
blankempathy
Member
So should we still be pissed off about it launching broken? What does that accomplish? If you want to be pissed off and don't buy the next 343 game then ok. But for now they're trying to fix the game so thats at least something. Its too late to say that mcc should of worked at launch. Yes it should have but it didn't so we have to move on. 343 needs to worry about having their next game work on launch while trying to fix this one. Hindsight is only useful for taking what you've learned and making sure it doesn't happen in the future. You can't change the past.
LapinAgile
Member
No one is saying that at all. The fact that this is even happening only highlights the fact that this game was not ready for release and was pushed out anyway.
Want it to fail? It already has failed. It's been failing every day since it hit the shelves.
MrTroubleMaker
Gold Member
lol this is great, what a mess. I do hope the get it fixed.
Sorry, didn't mean it to sound so aggressive towards you. just going on a general rant.
Probably more to the "Hang tight while we try to figure out what's wrong, but here's some free content and a month of live while we work on it" story. You know, the one that's actually happening and has been for a while.
Diprosalic
Banned
i wonder if this will be eligible for GOTY 2016 when they finally release it in a playable state.
Coolbgdog12
Member
Hilarious. Just hilarious.
I guess the retail version was actually early access.
I guess the retail version was actually early access.
Samurai G0SU
Member
Honestly, Is this to help create a base for the way cross play works with the new xbox app?
I opted in.i want to help.
Diablohead
Member
haha I'm laughing out loud at Microsoft right now
Well, it kind of was. Just the PS3 version of it.
"This beta test, two months after the game is released, really shows what 343i is capable of. Certainly a game worth your $60."
-Ryan McCaffery
A free game of choice could work.
Something similar to what Sony did for the great PSN outage.
Shouldn't have been this broken to begin with.
Amazing Mic
Neo Member
I believe things will be fixed.
I also fear when it eventually fully functional, ranked lobbies will forever be ghost towns. Hope someone is cooking up some black magic for a CSGO-esqe population revival- because I fear that can never be repaired now.
I also fear when it eventually fully functional, ranked lobbies will forever be ghost towns. Hope someone is cooking up some black magic for a CSGO-esqe population revival- because I fear that can never be repaired now.
Narpas Sword0
Member
This is fucking insane.
link1201
Member
Just don't give up. I am glad you guys are still trying to make it work. I wish it worked from the get go but the worst thing you could do is leave it be. I am actually encouraged that we're hopefully getting drastic changes.
TemplaerDude
Member
So when do they start giving people their money back?
soxinthebox
Member
The online community has to have truly sailed on by now.
Accurate. Population has dropped off a cliff, it's barely in the Top Games list nowadays on XBL.
A population counter would be really helpful so I'm not searching playlists with nobody in them.
TemplaerDude
Member
I bet it was more Microsoft seeing a "big" game-free gap for the holidays and saying "PUT IT OUT PUT IT OUT" than 343 buntzing the whole thing.
Ashamed? Wow. Okay.
The online community has to have truly sailed on by now.
This is the part that kills me. It wont ever be the way the game should have been, the people wont return. Yes, the chart isn't real (in this context) but the implied drop off completely is. Also pretty funny that 343i got rid of those population numbers, must've struck a chord I assume.
For the past 11 years I have frequented a Halo specific message board/old blog. I forged friendships with some of the hardest core Halo fans I can imagine, and now not a single one of them can be bothered to even load up the game myself included. What's that say about the general population?
It's fun to laugh and poke fun. I feel like that's all we can do nowadays. But what a colossal let down this has been to myself and others.
Dead Man Typing
Member
I was thinking about this today. Now that the Halo 5 beta is finished, it's only natural that those players would return to Halo MCC and the game really had to be in good shape as that is the unofficial relaunch of the game. However it is still in bad shape, so somehow Microsoft needs to restore confidence in the product and somehow drum up support for a proper relaunch.
Without a relaunch and "Hey guys it's okay, everything works now!" the populations will never be high enough to provide fast matchmaking times. Especially not with the way Halo matches don't have "join in progress". A small pool of people and a community known for quitters is just going to leave us all in unbalanced matches and turn off more players. Even if the game worked it would be a bad experience.
But with a beta, they can get good word of mouth out through people who have experienced the improvements and start to rebuild hype to the day when this patch is released and we all get to enjoy the Halo game we paid for over 2 months ago. Tie this into the release of the new map for Halo 2 Anniversary and ODST content and they might just have a shot at saving this collection.
If it's still broken at that point, there's no hope for this ever being a satisfactory product.
Good luck 343, I bought a console for this game, I want it to work. Thanks.
Without a relaunch and "Hey guys it's okay, everything works now!" the populations will never be high enough to provide fast matchmaking times. Especially not with the way Halo matches don't have "join in progress". A small pool of people and a community known for quitters is just going to leave us all in unbalanced matches and turn off more players. Even if the game worked it would be a bad experience.
But with a beta, they can get good word of mouth out through people who have experienced the improvements and start to rebuild hype to the day when this patch is released and we all get to enjoy the Halo game we paid for over 2 months ago. Tie this into the release of the new map for Halo 2 Anniversary and ODST content and they might just have a shot at saving this collection.
If it's still broken at that point, there's no hope for this ever being a satisfactory product.
Good luck 343, I bought a console for this game, I want it to work. Thanks.
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