• New Halo 4 Skins Tied Exclusively to Action Figures
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[QUOTE]Continuing the trend of monetizing personalization, 343i has announced a new set of McFarlane Halo 4 action figures that will include DLC codes for weapon and armor skins in Halo 4. In total, you will find 5 new weapon skins and 3 armor skins that will be exclusive to the ‘Halo 4 Series 2′ action figures. As a frame of reference, the ‘Halo 4 Series 1′ action figures currently sell on Amazon between $7-$25. Check out all the skins in the gallery below. [/QUOTE] [url]http://mp1st.com/2013/06/01/new-skins-tied-exclusively-to-halo-4-action-figures-coming-this-october/[/url]
Really.
343 are really pissing me off, they're trying to run Halo to the ground as quickly as possible. I still wish it was Bungies IP.
Hopefully in the end it'll backfire and microsoft will have to innovate.
[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;40907359]I'm actually surprised Bungie didn't try fighting Microsoft for Halo (or maybe they did Idk). Maybe they didn't think it was worth the effort since they have Destiny to look forward too?[/QUOTE] they couldn't i imagine microsoft's lawyers are one of the most expensive in the world the ip was owned by microsoft, there's no way bungie would have had the assets to even buy it if microsoft was even willing to
Bleh, McFarlane figures are awful. I can imagine people just throwing the figures in the garbage and buying these solely for codes.
holy fucking bravo
[QUOTE=DrarrkS52;40907305]343 are really pissing me off, they're trying to run Halo to the ground as quickly as possible. I still wish it was Bungies IP.[/QUOTE]Bungie would eventually give everyone a chance to get exclusive armor. 343 is fucking this up. Everything should be equal to all.
[QUOTE]McFarlane[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/QCimVnJ.jpg?1[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Shiftyze;40907429]Bungie would eventually give everyone a chance to get exclusive armor. 343 is fucking this up. Everything should be equal to all.[/QUOTE] Its just a skin anyway. This is a variation on what Valve do with TF2 game exclusive items anyway, they give out on preordering certain games or whatever.
[QUOTE=impose;40907483][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/QCimVnJ.jpg?1[/IMG][/QUOTE] What are you trying to tell us?
I like how one of them has a toilet bowl around his head
They're just skins, calm down.
343: Hey let's add cosmetic optional items to the game Facepunch: OMG 343 IS RUNNING HALO INTO THE GROUND!!! Valve: Hey let's add a store that allows players to purchase items that affect gameplay Facepunch: WOW VALVE YOU'RE THE BEST!
It's funny because Valve gives out exclusive content for buying their merchandise (codes for cosmetic items) and literally no one bitches about that.
[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;40907359]I'm actually surprised Bungie didn't try fighting Microsoft for Halo (or maybe they did Idk). Maybe they didn't think it was worth the effort since they have Destiny to look forward too?[/QUOTE] Bungie was probably sick of Halo, they had been doing it for a decade.
[QUOTE=Kahgarak;40907551]What are you trying to tell us?[/QUOTE] That RDR invented that name, obviously.
[QUOTE=Zatar963;40907677]343: Hey let's add cosmetic optional items to the game Facepunch: OMG 343 IS RUNNING HALO INTO THE GROUND!!! Valve: Hey let's add a store that allows players to purchase items that affect gameplay Facepunch: WOW VALVE YOU'RE THE BEST![/QUOTE] n-no, it's different because.... valve
[QUOTE=Zatar963;40907677]343: Hey let's add cosmetic optional items to the game Facepunch: OMG 343 IS RUNNING HALO INTO THE GROUND!!! Valve: Hey let's add a store that allows players to purchase items that affect gameplay Facepunch: WOW VALVE YOU'RE THE BEST![/QUOTE] You act like this is an isolated case and suddenly halo 4 is bad because of this. All this does is shit in a sea of shit, Halo 4 was shit before and this only makes it worse. Imo the only thing good about Halo 4 was some of the sound-track.
lol who gives a damn, its purely cosmetic and not game changing, or annoying like GOLDEN GUNS. cry me a river [QUOTE=ntzu;40907803]You act like this is an isolated case and suddenly halo 4 is bad because of this. All this does is shit in a sea of shit, Halo 4 was shit before and this only makes it worse. Imo the only thing good about Halo 4 was some of the sound-track.[/QUOTE] this doesn't make it worse, please, stop it
[QUOTE=J!NX;40907815]lol who gives a damn, its purely cosmetic and not game changing, or annoying like GOLDEN GUNS. cry me a river this doesn't make it worse, please, stop it[/QUOTE] Ok, i'm sorry, here let me reword it. It doesn't add anything to the game, it doesn't make it worse, ok, but it doesn't make it better either, my original point still stands, the game is pretty bleh and adding hats doesn't do anything for its quality. My point was, TF2 was/is (depending on your opinion) still a pretty good game, Halo 4 basically took Halo and ruined what made it unique and replaced it with gundam armor and call of duty mechanics, then went and gutted forgeworld and custom games only to give us a really shitty replacement months after the game released. (Please note that this is my opinion before you think im stating that this is a fact or something.)
[QUOTE=ntzu;40907881]Ok, i'm sorry, here let me reword it. It doesn't add anything to the game, it doesn't make it worse ok but it doesn't make it better either, my original point still stands, the game is pretty bleh and adding hats doesn't do anything for its quality.[/QUOTE] It's like putting sprinkles on dog poo IMHO the more skins a game has as long as they aren't crazy or too high in quantity it CAN make the game better, as they make the players look more diverse. But they shouldn't be too exclusive really.
[QUOTE=Zatar963;40907677]343: Hey let's add cosmetic optional items to the game Facepunch: OMG 343 IS RUNNING HALO INTO THE GROUND!!! Valve: Hey let's add a store that allows players to purchase items that affect gameplay Facepunch: WOW VALVE YOU'RE THE BEST![/QUOTE] some of us hate tf2, like me; don't generalize
god fucking damnit funion you make my text big ontopic: adding cosmetics literally changes NOTHING about how good the game is (eh, except maybe the style of the new cosmetics but, that's extremely tiny)
[QUOTE=Keychain;40907707]It's funny because Valve gives out exclusive content for buying their merchandise (codes for cosmetic items) and [B]literally no one bitches about that.[/B][/QUOTE] Wrong
[QUOTE=DrarrkS52;40907305]343 are really pissing me off, they're trying to run Halo to the ground as quickly as possible. I still wish it was Bungies IP.[/QUOTE] Na, Bungie did that before them by making three games out of it. 343 are just beating it with a stick now.
IMO the skins arent even that good.
[QUOTE=Keychain;40907707]It's funny because Valve gives out exclusive content for buying their merchandise (codes for cosmetic items) and literally no one bitches about that.[/QUOTE] It's because Valve can do no wrong obviously.
[QUOTE=markg06;40908757]It's because Valve can do no wrong obviously.[/QUOTE] I think its more like 343 is completely slaughtering spartan design, but they have been doing this since 4. Valve has learned from tf2 with dota, all the items are purely cosmetic adding literally nothing gameplay wise, but they try to stick to the artstyle and not have stupid goofy shit.
Guess they took a clue from that Skylanders shit and figured that having DLC tied to action figures would be easier to market. Even kids that don't have a Xbox will probably whine and screamto get those action figures, like with(I'm guessing) Skylanders figures........
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