Halo 3 Beta woes

*sigh* Halo is like WoW for the xbox community.

well put Fal..well put. I am also tired of people complaining that H3 is going to be 360 only and that they are going to have to get a 360 to play it. They are making it 360 only because it is more powerfull machine and can do more things with it!!! end rant.

I agree lbsutke. I'm one of those that still own the 180 only. I'll get a 360 when Halo3 comes out, no bitching. Why? Because it's Halofucking3 damn it. Finally, something worth buying a 360 for!

Kudos to you for saying what I'm sure many of us were thinking. You're right, no one is forcing anyone to do anything, what's going on here is that people who preorder Crackdown are given a really nice bonus, and that's what it's primarily meant as. In some cases, such as a friend of mine, it's incentive to purchase a game that he or she is contemplating getting anyway, this just speeds up the timeline. As far as those people who will buy a $60 game (speaking of which, what happened to the promise of MS-published titles being only $50?) for a beta of another $60 game they'll buy later.... lame. Sure, you can sell Crackdown once you unlock your beta, but when Amazon is flooded with copies that all these people are trying to resell it's going to really lower the bottom line. Great for those people who want to play it but don't want to spend a lot of money though. Why would you make a $60 game (Halo 3) into a potentially $100+ game (Halo 3 + purchase - resale of Crackdown) just so you can play it a few months early? Just put Halo 2 back in your system and try to keep your eyes off the calendar.

NorthernPlato: What.... you don't think Cabela's Alaskan Adventure is a 360 system-selling killer app? ;-)

Well said, well said.