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If Halo Infinite gets a battle pass, it's a bad sign for the future of multiplayer

What does it say if Microsoft's next major release is content to follow the pack?

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CDbiggen1775d ago (Edited 1775d ago )

Eh, I played MW from launch till the end of Season 3, and I didn't buy any of the passes/packs. The new weapons (each season, 2 new were part of the battle pass) were free if you played for them which could be problem if you didn't play enough to unlock them, but other than that you're only missing out on some cosmetics.
Don't get me wrong, I'm no fan of any in-game purchases really, but I was able to stand that.

RgR1775d ago

Doesn't say anything.
There are great multiplayer games out there and still will be even if halo has them.

Halo isn't the be all and end all of multiplayer games...not even close.

ActualWhiteMan1775d ago

Well ..... how else do you make money off F2P multiplayer?

Ill wait.

caddytrek1775d ago

By making a single player that compels people to actually buy the game. Or selling game pass subscriptions. Or just being a trillion dollar company.

Rachel_Alucard1775d ago

There's many different ways beyond copying Fortnite. I just wish rotating shops would die as they are still using RNG and time pressure to sell items.

CaptainFaisal1775d ago

I dont mind battle passes, i actually enjoy them. They are cosmetic only, and offer me more progression when playing. So I feel more rewarded. So I disagree with the post

Zhipp1775d ago

Yeah battle pass is by far the best long term monetization model for everyone involved. Better than microtransactions, better than loot boxes, and better than dlc map packs.

UncertainCategory1775d ago

I find battle passes to be the least egregious microtransaction model. It still rewards performance and gameplay, and adds a sense of progression with cosmetic rewards, rather than a loot box system which relies on gambling.

Since this halo multiplayer is going to be free to play and we know it will not have loot boxes, I think a battle pass system would be my preferred way to invest in the game.

I understand the concern about FOMO, grinding.. but frankly.. games like this feel empty if I don't have something I'm working toward, a grind with a carrot on the stick reward at the end. So I want that in Halo, I want an incentive to play just one more match, I am okay with that being in the form of a battle pass.

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The Cardinal Sins of Halo Infinite Explained

For new players trying out Halo Infinite's campaign and multiplayer for the first time, there are a few actions players should avoid.

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Bullet spongy bosses and open world.

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Halo Infinite Scrapped 10-Year Content Plan Allegedly Revealed

Details regarding the 10-year content plan for Xbox Game Studios and 343 Industries' Halo Infinite have allegedly been revealed.

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RaidenBlack102d ago

"The story would have been expanded through yearly campaign DLC, so players would not have to wait for another mainline Halo title." ~ this seldom works
But I still think, they should've tried 1 last Halo sequel based on that slipspace engine, that they invested so much on but made for current gen only, before going all in on UE5.

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Even Halo’s biggest voice actors have heard nothing “at all”  about Xbox’s new projects

The biggest voices of Xbox’s Halo franchise have been told nothing about the multiple new games in development.

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jznrpg215d ago

Maybe they were replaced by AI.

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franwex215d ago

Call me a cynic. But it seems that not even the people working in the studio know what’s the status of Halo.

They were going to add a BR mode, which then got cancelled, but now it’s a sequel to infinite, but may be a reboot of the first game?

It may be normal for development to be like this as super Mario galaxy started as cut content from Mario 128, which then became a tech demo, which became pikmin, which eventually became Mario galaxy.

But 343 or whatever they are called now-certainly don’t have a good track record so it makes me wonder what’s happening.

porkChop215d ago

The Halo: CE remake is a separate project from the Infinite sequel.

Knightofelemia215d ago

Maybe all the staff got laid off.

TheColbertinator214d ago

I'd be much more comfortable with the future of Halo if "343" or whatever they call themselves now were no longer in charge of the series.

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