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Halo Waypoint goes live: first impressions

OXM UK: The server is being a tiny bit temperamental at present, probably because half the planet is trying to use it, but we've been able to have a go and bag some Avatar swag.
Jonty - contributor
Published: 52 days 2 hours ago | News | Xbox 360
 
 

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kissmeimgreek - 51 days 19 hours ago
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it seemed pretty bare boned to me... but i believe itll get better when they add exclusive halo content on it and such. Id also like to see them get help from bungie as bungie.net is a great example for what waypoint should be.
2 LostDjinn | 51 days 18 hours ago - deleted by mod -
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The BS Police - 51 days 18 hours ago
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How the hell is this milking? It's purely fanservice and it's free for Gold subscribers.
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LostDjinn - 51 days 18 hours ago
2.2 - I guess (by what you're saying) Bungie didn't have anything like this in place already.
It was free though (no gold membership needed as long as you had access to a browser) so I guess that may have been a problem.
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dachiefsman - 51 days 18 hours ago
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give the people what they want? Do you want another Ratchet and Clank or has that franchise been milked?

I want another God of War, but supposedly that's over with 3. Evidently you don't like halo, so why don't you move along. It's not like you are offering anything.
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reintype - 51 days 18 hours ago
2.4 - It's purely fanservice and it's free for Gold subscribers?
You can't put the word Fanservice and Gold subscribers in the same sentence.

This is more like an added incentive to Gold subscribers than a Fanservice in general for Halo Fans. You can only call something a "Fanservice", if all your fans can enjoy it and it's free. The moment that you have to pay for it or need certain priveledges to access it, then that means it's "Business" already.
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LostDjinn - 51 days 18 hours ago
2.5 - @ dachiefsman.
I do think that R&C is being milked. After seven games it's getting a little stale. Be that as it may, I have yet to see a R&C drink, book, film or anime though.
Did you expect me to answer differently?
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Jason 360 - 51 days 18 hours ago
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When PS3 fans say the word milking it reminds me of 5 Metal Gears, 13 Final Fantasys with about 8 spin offs, 10 Sing Star, 5 Grand Turismo and 5 more that are just demos. Isn't there like 6 or 7 SOCOM's and like 6 Ratchet and Clanks? <--^^^ Hypocrisy at it's finest right there.
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LostDjinn - 51 days 16 hours ago
2.7 - Jason 360,
did you read what the comment above you says or do you just post whatever the voices in your head tell you to?
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P33OnUAndHopeUDie - 51 days 18 hours ago
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I was done with Halo after the big hype over Halo 3.
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4Sh0w - 51 days 17 hours ago
3.1 - And yet,
Not only did you stop to read news that starts with the word "Halo" but you even took the time to comment. It seems to me you say one thing but you do another. In other news I'm off to mess around with the Foam Gun in Shadow Complex again, a game which I'm clearly done with.
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MrAnonymous - 51 days 12 hours ago
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lmao...agreed with 4show

why do ppl say things about a game like "i was done with (insert game title here) since (insert time frame here)" or "im not buying (insert game here) because of (insert reasons here)" and yet are on an article about the game that they are clearly trying to bash...real pathetic imo
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P33OnUAndHopeUDie - 51 days 9 hours ago
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You have me wrong, I'm not trying to Bash it in anyway. In my opinion Halo 1 was the best Halo of the sires.

Halo 2 was great, but shorter than it's original counterpart. Halo 3 then was shorter, and the graphics weren't that big of a upgrade of Halo 2's. It was more like Halo 2.5.

Then the Halo RTS came out and ODST. I was not trashing Halo but trying to state my opinion.
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ViciousBoston - 51 days 18 hours ago
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Yeah. Read what you said again. Free for Gold Subsccribers. You still hve to pay for it one way or another. Money is required to be paid to use the service. Its a P2P service.
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SpoonyRedMage - 51 days 18 hours ago
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How can it be a P2P service? It would require that users already had the waypoint built-in. The information is obviously coming from a Microsoft server so it's not P2P...

Do you actually know what P2P is, or is it just a buzzword for hating on Xbox Live?
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Jason 360 - 51 days 17 hours ago
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LOL he probably thinks Open NAT is a type of insect and port forwarding is a place where ships park.
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MrAnonymous - 51 days 12 hours ago
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port forward is obviously not were ships park...its the direction the ship is supposed to go in, im sure he isnt that stupid...lmoa, i think

yea, i find that some fan(boys) of specific consoles use words that they read in reviews, blogs, etc...and repeat it on the net as if they know what they are talking about, only to make themselve look pretty stupid cause they used it in the wrong context
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SARGEHALO666 - 51 days 17 hours ago
5 - Recon helmet!
The Recon helmet that you get is worth it though! (Even if it's free for Gold subscribers)
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Diselage - 51 days 16 hours ago
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I'm sporting the ODST armor with a little guilty sparks type guy, i'll probably change it once everyone else has it but they're pretty cool and probably the only way i would have it seeing as i refuse to buy dress up clothes for my xbox doll.
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BaseballFan15 - 51 days 6 hours ago
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same
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kaveti6616 - 51 days 14 hours ago
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Haha, PS3 fanboys are saying that every time a new feature gets added into XBL Gold you are automatically paying for it.

IF the price of the membership doesn't go up, that means you're not PAYING for it.

For example, if I go to buy a BMW that costs 50,000 bucks, and the dealer starts adding new features in it, do I start yelling, "Wait, you're making me pay 50,000 bucks for this DVD player?" If he starts adding better brakes into the car, do I start yelling, "wait, you're making me pay 50,000 bucks for better brakes?"

No jackasses, people who already have XBL Gold are not "paying" for these new features. They're already paying for the membership. These features are being added into XBL, without further charge. Stop being PS3 fanboys and start playing games.
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