-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection development has ceased. Reason was due to lack of microtransactions
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
One of the best gaming comeback stories. Time to let it rest and move onto new projects, instead of trying to monetize a 9 year old game.
Last edited:
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
What’s interesting is we always assume the publisher is telling developers to monetize games, and here’s a clear example of the developer wanting to monetize it lol.
Hudo
Member
Yeah, the suits don't want to do products without a "10 year plan" anymore.
ozz ex machina
Member
No it didn't? What a dumb fucking take lol.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
one and done
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
More people being able to play ruined it? Explain
Killjoy-NL
Gold Member
Same happened with Destiny.
People blamed Activision for MTX in the game, but it was a Bungie decision.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
When it’s released on PlayStation for £50 it’ll make some new money 
Sushi_Combo
Member
They can make more money if they released it on competing platforms. MS are third party anyways.
RagnarokIV
Battlebus imprisoning me \m/ >.< \m/
Was hoping for PC+Xbox co-op to come to all of the games. I'm guessing it'll stay as just Halo 3 now?
VitoNotVito
Member
Anger management issues?
PendekarRajawali
Member
What about revenue from live gold/gamepass core membership? My subscription to gamepass core is for halo mcc only.
scoobidoo112
Member
That's a damn shame.
They got it to a pretty decent state with their last update, although there is still no PC splitscreen support and co-op has tons of issues, like crashes and lag spikes.
Recently played through 1, 2, 3, 4, ODST and Reach (SP) with only a small handful of issues.
The lack of Halo 5 is also stands out.
They got it to a pretty decent state with their last update, although there is still no PC splitscreen support and co-op has tons of issues, like crashes and lag spikes.
Recently played through 1, 2, 3, 4, ODST and Reach (SP) with only a small handful of issues.
The lack of Halo 5 is also stands out.
ResilientBanana
Member
Actually, it gave it more players and more life. Your opinion is not valid.
As for the state of the game, I don't think it needs any other development. It rose from the ashes in the best way possible. Just keep the servers up.
Last edited:
If they’re to continue work on adding content to a remastered collection of games, of course they need a guaranteed revenue stream.
They ‘moved on to the next one’ years ago. What a weird take.
This is nonsensical, Halo 1-Reach give controller players such an advantage with the bloom and bullet magnetism, you are basically handicapped using a kb+m. As a matter of fact, MCC is one of the ONLY FPS shooters on PC I refuse to play with m+kb because of how aggressively bad it feels in multiplayer. If anything, Infinite is the one where crossplay does hurt console players a lot, the aim assist and bullet magnetism is a lot less strong in that game (as it was designed for PC + Xbox instead of just Xbox/360) so m+kb players are at a huge advantage.
On topic: I find it amusing how 343i is saying "wahhh we wanted to continue working on a game but the meanie halo players didn't want microtransactions!", making the playerbase look bad as if anyone wants these classics desecrated by adding in modern gaming cancer in them. How about 343i didn't outsource the game way back in 2014 and didn't need almost a decade of dev time fixing it (even then its still not 100%) you incompetent morons?
The game is in a much better state now of course, but that was after the B-team of 343i (which I believe consists of a lot of former Bungie devs) took over and fixed it up. They did the best they could, but still the fact that the main leadership of 343i was that fucking stupid to let the original version ship is unbelievable.
Last edited:
Yes, how dare developers try to fix serious game-breaking bugs and preserve the long term future of a classic series.
IFireflyl
Gold Member
Oppoi
Member
Looks like 343 wanted to continue though, careful licking those corpo boots you're gonna wear them down.
Last edited:
Badlucktroll
Member
It’ll start back up again once it comes to PS5
diffusionx
Gold Member
Does Halo MCC really need more development? The whole point of it is that it is all the old games bundled in one package. Key word, old games. If they need to add stupid shit like "spartan points" to keep working on it, leave well enough alone.
Yes, they wanted to continue, until the backlash and MS intervention. My post clearly details why they would have needed MTX to fund further development.
Is such a simple sentence too difficult for you to parse and comprehend?
hyperbertha
Member
Cross play with pc ruins game balance. Valid to say it's a downgrade.
West Texas CEO
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief and Nosiest Dildo Archeologist
I'm not ready for this!
ozz ex machina
Member
saying something is "a dumb fucking take lol" apparently means I have anger issues? Christ the internet is so absolutely gay now. Take me back to the 00's.
Shut0wen
Banned
Controller auto aim is what ruins the game, play any ranked match and if your team mate has a keyboard they more or less have a horrible k/d ratio
Oppoi
Member
So a developer supporting a game for the community and IPs sake wouldn't ever happen under Microsoft? What about the free updates to MSFS? But no, screw the fans, screw the developers and screw the game. If MS says so of course you'll side with them. So fucking soulless.
cireza
Member
MCC has been finalized YEARS ago. They are simply playing with its corpse.
Shut0wen
Banned
Im glad its on pc, just wish keyboard vs keyboard and controller vs controller was mandatory, controllers auto lock is fucking insane and just wipes out those on a keyboard
In Infinite I play on M+KB and have zero issues, I find the trend of people bitching about auto aim in newer games to be rather annoying, I think its genuinely a skill issue and coping rather than just accepting its not as strong as people think it is
If you mean MCC, thats unfortunately due to how Bungie hard-coded Halo 1-Reach's shooting mechanics. The bullets and hitscan are coded to have strong as hell magnetism properties that essentially can't be fixed without completely reworking the game, 343i has said this for the record iirc.
Last edited:
XXL
Member
Come On Tars
Member
You son of bitches aren’t DONE!
-Try playing Halo 2 coop online. It crashes constantly, unplayable, especially on legendary
-not all games are coop crossplay, fix it
-should have made ALL the games 4 players coop at this point
-Try playing Halo 2 coop online. It crashes constantly, unplayable, especially on legendary
-not all games are coop crossplay, fix it
-should have made ALL the games 4 players coop at this point
Killer8
Member
I wonder if they re-pitched the idea of monetization to players with the caveat that they either accept them to fund ongoing development, otherwise development just stops, those players would reluctantly accept them.
That being said I don't know how much more 343 still needed to do with the game. As long as the servers stay up and the game reasonably active then they've left it in a fine state.
That being said I don't know how much more 343 still needed to do with the game. As long as the servers stay up and the game reasonably active then they've left it in a fine state.
Pretty self explanatory. Some console players don't like forced crossplay due to prevalent cheating.
Within a week of release of Halo Infinite there was backlash due to confirmed aimbots:
Now that support is stopping it's going to turn into more of a hackfest.
Last edited:
this
Del_X
Member
I guess they should just pay a development team to keep working on it and have no way of capitalizing on it.
It's the same shit with cars, now. Everyone bitches about connectivity subscriptions for infotainment stuff but they also want ongoing development. I guess people just assume this shit can happen for free.
You are fucking clueless
Development - new content - is apparently ending for MCC. It’s a collection of old games, afterall, so this isnt surprising. Maintenance Support will most certainly continue. How are the fans that bought a collection of Xbox/360 games being ‘screwed over’ if no more new content is added?
MSFS is a really silly example to use since it was launched as a live service game, has always been a live service game and has a content marketplace to generate revenue via IAPs. Similar to Sea of Thieves with Rare selling pets and livery to fund added content.
Too much outrage + too little knowledge is a bad combination.
Shut0wen
Banned
Infinte is fine, its more balanced then mcc and yeah it is a magnet, as someone who played nothing but swat it is just unfriendly af toward K&M