Oh you're right nothing could possibly ever make up for this PR disaster. *1 week later*
Halo Infinite multiplayer will be f2p and can run at 120fps.
Well look at that.
This could be a huge motivator for those who enjoy Fortnite and other f2p battle royal games to game on xbox. Throw in the rumor of gold going away, this would probably sway a good chunk of people onto the xbox ecosystem.
We'll see in the coming month or so.
Rumors of Xbox live gold going away next gen to play multiplayer games, or at the very least for f2p games.
Not for people that prefer gameplay over graphics, especially if it's multiplayer. You will still be able to play the game at 60fps and the campaign will still run at 60fps.
The game will have different graphical options to choose from. I'm sure they are well aware not everyone has the right tv for 120fps.
As long as it's all cosmetic and earnable, that's fine by me.
1 million players in 3 days. That's pretty damn good for an early access game.
It won't have lot-boxes, but will likely still have purchasable armor and other cosmetics you can buy or earn.
The official Halo twitter account just confirmed this info.
it looks better than the last gameplay I saw. Seems like Dlala Studio listened to the criticism people had with the slow movement. Might turn out to be a good game.
It's okay if not every game Xbox game releases caters towards everyone's interest. I would rather see Xbox offer a diverse amount of content then release the same kind of games. You know, how everyone was complaining about Xbox only making shooters and racing games.
Then remember the issue was Xbox releasing unfinished games, these games are finished products when they released.
But because these games don't fit into your box of what you enjoy, they don't c...
Well yeah. Making the online more accessible for any game helps with popularity. Look at CoD Warzone.
Halo fits perfectly with a battle royal mode. I can imagine a ODST Battle royal where you drop in from the sky. I would almost be dumb not to make a battle royal mode for Halo. Of course still offer tradition arena game modes and BTB as well.
Their event was focused on games and only games. Next month they are going to be talking more about services and hardware so I imagine that is when they will say something. With that said, I do agree announcing it last month would have been a good idea.
Why would they purposely get rid of 12 months gold subs but still have 1 and 2 months if they weren't going to be making some sort of change with online pay wall some time in the next month or so? Right now, Xbox console players are the only ones who have to pay for xbox live gold when PC and I imagine Xcloud players won't have to either. I believe Xbox wants the unify all the platforms, and getting rid of Gold makes sense. A lot more Xbox players will sub to gamepass or gamepass ulti...
"The build used to run the campaign demo was work-in-progress from several weeks ago with a variety of graphical elements and game systems still being finished and polished."
You really have the balls to call someone wrong when it is said right in the article. Show me where it says 2 weeks and I will gladly admit I was wrong.
This only reinforces my belief of the gold paywall being removed for next gen.
If this is true, it would be huge for Halo's popularity.
You need gold to play any game on Xbox including f2p this gen.