Halo Infinite Dev 343 Explains Shop Price Hike, ‘This Isn't Necessarily What Everyone Wants to Hear’

Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries has moved to explain a recent microtransactions price hike following a community backlash.

[Jin_Sakai]

You can always count on 343i to make bad decisions.

[jznrpg]

Replace 343 with MS and I agree

[1Victor]

This smell like passing down the cost of acquisitions down to the consumer at all cost in any way shape or form 🤷🏿

[Godmars290]

@1Victor:
Given that under best conditions - i.e. no more such spending, it'll take decades, what do you expect?

Hell, they just tried to revoke GP for their employees.

[Sonic1881]

And you can always count on the Xbox fans defending them and the price hike. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Halo Infinite multiplayer

[Snookies12]

Yeah, no excuse for this garbage 343i... I haven't played Infinite's multi-player in a long while. Downloaded it again on PC only to find that the PC port is absolutely broken right now with like 3-5 minute load-in times just for the main menu. Now hearing this, I went ahead and uninstalled it lol. Wish they'd stop shooting themselves in the foot with this title.

[gold_drake]

so they made several changes how the helmets etc work, however, ive never seen anyone raising prices in a shop due to changes THEY made.

[crazyCoconuts]

This is like raising the price on VCR players

[XiNatsuDragnel]

343i congratulations yall killing halo mp slowly fr

[Gaming4Life1981]

The store price hike is stupid but halo infinite mp is currently at its best. Nobody has to buy the cosmetics as they offer alot of free content.

[Crows90]

Fuck that stupid argument. If you pay full price for a game you should get everything the game has to offer.

Last I checked the game released at full price. I know MP is free but then that makes the release highly overpriced.

[CobraKai]

@Crows
It totally was. I got suckered by Halo Infinite. All i got was a data disc and a half assed campaign.

[Petebloodyonion]

@Crows90
Does the single-player portion of the game (what ppl bought) offer Microtransaction?
As far I recall the answer is no.
So ppl got what they paid for meaning a complete campaign that is comparable to a lot of AAA games like Resident Evil, Wolfenstein, Doom, Mortal Kombat, etc.

Now regarding the FREE multiplayer part, I agree it's a stupid move that will probably do more harm than good since the game is (despite what several N4G members would like you to believe) in good health, and like Gaming4Life pointed out no one is forcing ppl to buy theses items.

[rippermcrip]

Any person who thinks that any game content created and released after launch should be free... go ahead a justify that... I'll be waiting.

I can see the argument for them selling shit immediately at launch, but even still that is weak.

You buy a game knowing exactly what is included when you pay it. You should expect nothing else for free.

[CobraKai]

@ripper
Insomniac released some free costumes for free for Spiderman
Capcom released free next gen upgrades for their Resident Evil games
No Man’s Sky became a new game from all the free DLC
Minecraft has a good amount of free dlc content.
Witcher 3 had some free cosmetics and a mission.
Overwatch has new characters that were free
Arkham Knight had some free costumes and a Batmobile skin

Some people expect free DLC because some companies actually gave free DLC.

[jznrpg]

@Petebloodyonion they were already charging for items and then they raised the prices on top of that. It wasn’t free to begin with and now they want more $$

[Petebloodyonion]

@JZRNPG
"@Petebloodyonion they were already charging for items and then they raised the prices on top of that. It wasn’t free to begin with and now they want more $$"

And I said that raising the price was a stupid move and even made an earlier post about how it's the best way to antagonize your customers but it still doesn't change the fact that the multiplayer portion of the game is a FREE to Play game.
In this regard, Gaming4life comments stand correct and Crows comments stand wrong since Nobody paid a dime to play the game (the MP part) and no one is forcing you to buy cosmetics.

And again I totally agree with the sentiment and don't defend MS or 343I on this crappy move.

[KyRo]

There is absolutely no reason for ever raising the price of cosmetics. They are some of the quickest assets to create but charge silly prices for them. Its greed. There's no other way to spin it no matter what the game is.

[Hofstaderman]

Dem 70 Billion dollars...

[badz149]

MS after the ABK buyout have been price hikes galore almost everywhere.

[jznrpg]

More to come

[Zombieburger638]

Man just shut 343 down already and let halo rest for good. It’s crazy ms just lets this shit continue.

[H9]

But this is necessarily what your wallets wants to hear

[Petebloodyonion]

Guide on how to be evil greedy ppl and have your fans lose faith.
- Step 1 Find any dumb reason to raise the price of a digital item even if it will lead to fewer sales.
- Step 2 Give said bogus reason in the interview while trying to feel bad about what you have done.
- Step 3 Blame customers for not seeing the true value of the move.

[Stanjara]

Live service gaming at it's best.

[TheColbertinator]

343 out of Halo petition

[RhinoGamer88]

This directive comes from leadership. The product team may have recommended it and executed it...but a VP mandated it.

[franwex]

343: we are finally getting to a good place, we must change that sentiment immediately!

[anast]

They make a sh#$ game and try to make the consumers pay for their inability to produce a ready made product.

[jznrpg]

They need to pay for Phil’s and Sataya’s bonuses somehow.

[EazyC]

This live service bollocks has to die already. Mainstream gaming is such a joke; once in a blue moon you'll get a flash of brilliance like Baldur's Gate 3 (which isn't really an AAA game anyway) but the rest is soulless cash -grabbing slop.

[ironmonkey]

one or two people still playing?

[jwillj2k4]

This is great news!!! All you fools who love multi-billion dollar acquisitions should rejoice! Rejoice about the ramifications of such actions = to much less money in your pockets!! This is what you bragged about right? You looove having to spend more for less, this is what you’ve been craving!!!!

[ChiefofLoliPolice]

Is anyone Suprised actually?

[JennyCasino-com]

You can explain the price increase in any form and find different reasons, but... the price still went up

[JennyCasino-com]

Absolutely right

[DOMination-]

MS seemingly only care about the $ and not games/gamers.

Such a shame because the money, studios and IP they have now, they could be such a great publisher but I guess after ten+ years of failure, the Xbox division now has start making a return or be cut loose.

Customers really shouldn't have to pay for Phil running it into the ground though.

[darksky]

Why the backlash? Someone has to pay for the acquisition right? You xbox guys were all cheering for the monopoly and this is simply a sign of things to come.

[senorfartcushion]

The shop itself is something that nobody wants to hear

[Spenok]

Translation, "We saw an ability to make MORE than we were, and just COULDNT Pass it up. Sorry guys, but not really."