Halo Infinite Microtransactions (If they do it)

I’d still prefer skins, armors, and emblems to be unlocked through different achievements or milestones. Microtransactions for REQ packs and such I couldn’t care less about.

I'd rather they were gone, one of the things I hated most about Halo 5 is probably the micro-transactions...sure it had to P2W elements but all it did was clutter up the UI, force 3/4 of the game to be online only so if 343i included them in Infinite then I'd be pretty annoyed, would find it very irritating to pay for a full priced game to have 'cut content' that was in every base to be sold separately and would only lead to distrust with 343i, I'd rather 343i be honourable since adding these 'cut-backs' would hurt their rep, be seen as shady. It's concerning these days when even Sega tried this recently by trying to sell 'Super Sonic'...something that has existed in nearly every Sonic game, I would hate for 343i to continue this trend with future Halo games.

ronnie42 wrote:

I'd rather they were gone, one of the things I hated most about Halo 5 is probably the micro-transactions...sure it had to P2W elements but all it did was clutter up the UI, force 3/4 of the game to be online only so if 343i included them in Infinite then I'd be pretty annoyed, would find it very irritating to pay for a full priced game to have 'cut content' that was in every base to be sold separately and would only lead to distrust with 343i, I'd rather 343i be honourable since adding these 'cut-backs' would hurt their rep, be seen as shady. It's concerning these days when even Sega tried this recently by trying to sell 'Super Sonic'...something that has existed in nearly every Sonic game, I would hate for 343i to continue this trend with future Halo games.

god I remember that it was a dark day for sonic fans I rather them be gone too but if they do it should be like titanfall 2 where only certain cosmetics can be bought with real money everything else is through unlocking

This is one I'll be watching very closely, the rng loot reqs turned Halo 5 into a tedious grind for me, and as the saying goes it was the last straw. I think Halo Infinite will have micro transactions, if I had it my way there would not be any at all. I'm looking forward to games like The Outer Worlds that will not have them in any way. I would like 343i to follow suit, but I'm sure Halo Infinite will have them, if it's like Halo 5, where they hard wire them to the progression system I'm out. This might be the one thing we don't get info on until near release. However, it's the one thing that keeps my cash in my wallet until 343i spill the beans on the details, the longer they keep it under wraps the more suspicious we should be imo.

HaloCrysisKIA88 wrote:

ronnie42 wrote:

I'd rather they were gone, one of the things I hated most about Halo 5 is probably the micro-transactions...sure it had to P2W elements but all it did was clutter up the UI, force 3/4 of the game to be online only so if 343i included them in Infinite then I'd be pretty annoyed, would find it very irritating to pay for a full priced game to have 'cut content' that was in every base to be sold separately and would only lead to distrust with 343i, I'd rather 343i be honourable since adding these 'cut-backs' would hurt their rep, be seen as shady. It's concerning these days when even Sega tried this recently by trying to sell 'Super Sonic'...something that has existed in nearly every Sonic game, I would hate for 343i to continue this trend with future Halo games.

god I remember that it was a dark day for sonic fans I rather them be gone too but if they do it should be like titanfall 2 where only certain cosmetics can be bought with real money everything else is through unlocking

Yeh I hope there gone too but I'd wish people stop defending the cosmetics versions too since I'm sick of opening up loot box's every game to unlock anything instead of earning them. Sure some people think it's ok but for me it's part of the reason I lost interest in playing Gear 4, I'm mostly tolerating them in Halo 5 so if they include them in Infinite then I'll be pretty annoyed at 343. As for Sonic...yeh that annoyed me a lot since made Super Sonic was dropped, later I found it felt more like it was just a reskin with no game-play changes while the game was made too easy...even on hard mode. I also tried Titanfall 2, I had little interest in replaying because I'd rather earn by unlocks instead of having unlocks becoming an endless grind, I hate Gears 4 system due to it's cosmetics being a 'pay for the chance' to unlock cosmetic's, which meant unlocking characters like Raam became more irritating instead of actually earning it in some meaningful way like completing Gears 2 on Hardcore.

Hollow Mancer wrote:

The Concept
Its not about the designs, it's about hoping they do MTs right in Halo Infinite, if at all. Video games haven't adjusted for inflation so Microtransactions are going to help make back that lost money. Obviously that's going to be high on the list of features for the companies to add into their game. I made this in the Hope's that if they do implement MTs, then this is how i believe they should be done. /// I'm hopeful.

ArchSorceress wrote:

Nalla78 wrote:

Finally a game with infinite microtransactions! That’ll show EA and UBI and AV. They’ll really need to step up after this. Wooooh!

Seriously though, keep $$ away from gameplay.

I'm not a fan of microtransactions but at least some of the money went to HCS to the point that they were able to increase the prize pool by 150%.

If I remember rightly, 343i said they'd made $2.5M in the first nine months of REQ Sales, that's equal to $3.3M per year.

Halo 5 allegedly cost $250M to make, so at $3.3M/Year, it would take 75 years of sustained REQ Sales at the same rate just to break even on the cost of making the game if it were funded by REQs alone. As it is, $2.5M REQ Sales only represent about 1.5% of 343i's income from 10M Halo 5 sales, plus they also have income from MCC, Halo Wars 2 etc., as well as Lore (books, comics, videos), and Halo merchandise.

Seriously, as Arch Sorceress said, it really does look like the REQ money mainly went into funding the HWC and into Halo Championship Player's pockets, not 343i's nor Microsoft's.

So far, 343i and Microsoft have been pretty good with Halo, and they're a million miles away from doing anything like Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Loot Crate shenanigans. So let's wait and see if this continues with what they do with Halo Infinite...

That's why I back OP's post of "IF they do MT's" (over and above HWC Funding REQs), and saying there's ways of doing it that are more acceptable, but for all we know there might be none at all. After all, 343i and Microsoft might be counting on extra game sales above Halo 5's levels simply because Infinite is being launched on Gaming PC's as well as XBox One, as well as picking up Game Pass income, and maybe later even X-Cloud income from non-gaming Laptops and Desktops, as well as possibly Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android players! As in "With 50 million paying Halo players, who needs Microtransactions?!" :-D

Edit, add Update:

OOPS! I forgot to add that as a 50+ gamer, "When I was a kid", Home Consoles and "Full-Price Games" hadn't even been invented yet. Back then in the late 1970's, all video games were funded by Microtransactions because they began as Arcade Games - it really was "pay (whatever coin) per game" just like Fireteam Raven is now. "Oh for the good old days back"?! LOL! :-D

Anomaly 2I8 wrote:

My idea:Skins for weapons and armor can come in bundles or standalone for purchase. Key thing in this is you know what you are buying (Think Titanfall 2).

However, for the armor skins to be applied, you must first unlock the base armor set through merit. That could be things like in-game credits or achievements.

This would keep the prestige of owning a sought after armor set, and if you feel like paying for more, you can add a bit of extra customization to it.

Absolutely not. I want everything available through game play. If they want to sell them to those that don't want to achieve them, that's fine. However I don't want content locked behind a pay wall, that will just encourage 343i to put the best gear or extras as you put it behind micro transactions. There should be nothing that cannot be earned through gameplay.

Yeah they'll definitely be back, it's at least been confirmed there will be no purchasable loot boxes and the customization is Reach inspired. I'm fine with cosmetic mtx as long as they're also available in game at a generally reasonable unlock rate.

eviltedi wrote:

Anomaly 2I8 wrote:

My idea:Skins for weapons and armor can come in bundles or standalone for purchase. Key thing in this is you know what you are buying (Think Titanfall 2).

However, for the armor skins to be applied, you must first unlock the base armor set through merit. That could be things like in-game credits or achievements.

This would keep the prestige of owning a sought after armor set, and if you feel like paying for more, you can add a bit of extra customization to it.

Absolutely not. I want everything available through game play. If they want to sell them to those that don't want to achieve them, that's fine. However I don't want content locked behind a pay wall, that will just encourage 343i to put the best gear or extras as you put it behind micro transactions. There should be nothing that cannot be earned through gameplay.

Obviously not having mtx’s is the best option. I’m not sure how you expect to not have them though. I’m just trying to think of a way that’ll be the most non-predatory.

Also to clarify, I’m not talking about armor skins in the way that Reach had it’s varients. I just mean the patterns on the armor like H5

Anomaly 2I8 wrote:

eviltedi wrote:

Anomaly 2I8 wrote:

My idea:Skins for weapons and armor can come in bundles or standalone for purchase. Key thing in this is you know what you are buying (Think Titanfall 2).

However, for the armor skins to be applied, you must first unlock the base armor set through merit. That could be things like in-game credits or achievements.

This would keep the prestige of owning a sought after armor set, and if you feel like paying for more, you can add a bit of extra customization to it.

Absolutely not. I want everything available through game play. If they want to sell them to those that don't want to achieve them, that's fine. However I don't want content locked behind a pay wall, that will just encourage 343i to put the best gear or extras as you put it behind micro transactions. There should be nothing that cannot be earned through gameplay.

Obviously not having mtx’s is the best option. I’m not sure how you expect to not have them though. I’m just trying to think of a way that’ll be the most non-predatory.

Also to clarify, I’m not talking about armor skins in the way that Reach had it’s varients. I just mean the patterns on the armor like H5

Absolutely no to having content gated behind a pay wall, I clearly stated if they want to sell content it's fine, I just want it to be obtainable through gameplay too. Like Anthem, it's the one thing they got right imo. You can play for it or pay for it.