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[INCyr]

[XBox] New Halo2 Maps Poll

[thunderclap8]

What can I say? I'm a sellout...

[krystyn]

me too!!!11

[water10]

I have a question about Download content.

Let's say I pay for the maps and later on, my xbox craps out on me. Do I have to pay again to get the maps? Is it somehow linked to a gamertag or something like that?

The reason I'm asking is that I was thinking about buying the disc and didn't want to pay twice for these maps! A disc is just more reliable than having it on the hard drive. But if I can download it again if I need to, I won't bother with the disc.

[krystyn]

That's a good question, since I lost two songpacks from DDR when I got the new XBox. I never even checked to see if it was gamertag-linked, or not. I really should. That was like, $10, out the window, if so.

[Clayfoot]

It almost has to be pay-per-download. Otherwise, you could use a single XBL gamertag to download the maps again and again for all of your friends' XBoxen. Once a download is on the XBox hard drive, it has to be available to every user of that XBox, right?

[INCyr]

Some things to note.

1) The next map set will be out June 28th, the same date as the DVD. That's 2 months away... an awful long time to miss out on the maps. The maps are downloadable for $11.99, and the DVD will sell with all 9 maps for $19.99, plus extras.

2) ALL the maps will be available for free by the end of the summer. So you don't necessarily ahve to worry about re-paying for them again if you screw up your xbox this summer. You just might have to wait a little longer. However, I don't know how long the DVD will stay in stores....

[water10]

Two very very good points, INCyr. I still would love to get the DVD though. Since the DVD will be out the same day the second map set gets released, I might buy the maps now and then buy the DVD later. Will end up losing only $6.00. So, count me in.

[Anton P. Nym]

I figure that it's worth $6USD for two extra months with the maps. If you break it down to a money-per-minute-of-entertainment analysis, it's a better deal than going to a movie or even renting one.

-- Steve must confess that Bungie pretty much rules his wallet, however, though somehow he's managed to resist the strategy guide and action figures so far.

[water10]

[Anton P. Nym]

Yah, it's a bit of a rationalisation. (But still, $6 < $30 for the same two months... and then after that it's essentially free.)

-- Steve'll end up buying the DVD in June, too. He wants the videos, he does, yEesssss....

[Grifter_7]

I think I fall under the category "Bungie's Bitch" when it comes to buying their products. Is that bad???

[water10]

[Crowfoot]

Must... buy... new... maps...

[Clayfoot]

I don't want to buy the new maps. Does that mean I won't be able to play with all you folks that do?