Or just do what Diablo 3 is doing. Everyone knows real money auction houses will be the new norm. Then again, everything Blizzard does becomes the new norm.
If I had never owned a gaming PC I would probably agree on some level. But compared to the big FPS games PC had during that time Halo was just another average shooter. Half Life, Unreal, Quake just to name a few that put the Halo franchise to shame.
Eternal Darkness was amazing for it's time. Blew all of the Resident Evil games combined out the water. And I just pity the fool who's never played ZOE2.
I'm pretty amazed people are actually complaining about having to be online with a game in 2012. Not only is this nothing new, but you have to be incredibly blind and clueless to have not seen this coming from Blizzard.