Honestly, who cares about game preservation?

[Gizmo_Duck]

Microsoft aren’t even bothering to put actual data on disc anymore. The paid single player campaign only acts as digital DLC to multiplayer

Halo Infinite's campaign actually weighs in at around 25GB, with its multiplayer portion around another 4GB - though these values vary depending which pieces of Halo Infinite you may have already, and what you're now looking to install.

There's currently no way of installing the campaign without multiplayer - which tallies with how the game's campaign is listed as £49.99 DLC on Steam.

And since the game treats the campaign as DLC, the idea of having a disc for the game at all is rather muddled. How do you sell a physical copy of a free-to-play game when what you're really paying for is more of an add-on? With great difficulty.

Microsoft gaming chief calls for industry-wide game preservation

@winb83

 

[ForeverLurking]

I do

 

[The Mad Titan]

*Plays Halo for free*

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

*Plays Halo for free*

And what does this have to do with the thread?

You play it for free because they are allowing you to. If they ever shut down the FREE multiplayer the paid single player goes with it, disc or no disc

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

That is strange and disingenuous. I wonder what made them do that?

 

[The Mad Titan]

And what does this have to do with the thread?

You play it for free because they are allowing you to. If they ever shut down the FREE multiplayer the single player goes with it, disc or no disc

Worrying about persevering Halo is probably the last thing anyone has to worry about being preserved.

It'll be here as long as Xbox is here at the very least.

Worrying about preservation of a free to play game or even a game that's provided to you via a sub service is like worrying about the preservation of Fortnite or Apex legends.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Worrying about persevering Halo is probably the last thing anyone has to worry about being preserved.

It'll be here as long as Xbox is here at the very least.

Worrying about preservation of a free to play game or even a game that's provided to you via a sub service is like worrying about the preservation of Fortnite or Apex legends.

The single player campaign is not free to play, its sold separately in stores for 60 dollars. If you really cared about game preservation -which you do apparently:

Not only does the PS5 not favor game preservation, but certain PS3 games are unable to get patches

- then you wouldn’t put imaginary goalpost on this such as “xbox will be around forever so who cares, halo infinite multiplayer will never go away, who cares. When we know that isn’t true.

They themselves have described it as a 10 year game. What happens after? Your halo infinite campaign poofs?

 

[The Mad Titan]

The single player campaign is not free to play, its sold separately in stores for 60 dollars.

Fortnite is also sold in the stores as a physical copy

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Fortnite is also sold in the stores as a physical copy

Does fortnite have a single player campaign that is sold in stores separate from the multiplayer? Can that campaign only be played if the multiplayer is installed?

 

[Ya Sinning Mane]

That’s why I stop buying weapon skins n shyt.these free games like apex n shyt not gon last forever.

especially how fickle the gaming industry is.

 

[The Mad Titan]

Does fortnite have a single player campaign that is sold in stores separate from the multiplayer? Can that campaign only be played if the multiplayer is installed?

I can still play my most of og Xbox games, especially the "1st party titles" 21 years later natively with the disc.


I think I'll be ok.

I can't say that for ANY other current gen gaming consoles on the market right now

 

[-DMP-]

I buy discs so me.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

I can still play my most of og Xbox games, especially the "1st party titles" 21 years later natively with the disc.

There’s literally less than 50 games you can run through BC

 

[ball15life]

Gizmo has made 14 Halo threads and never even played the series what the fukk

 

[Diondon]

It be the I want to play PS1 games nikkas for me

Like if a remaster is announced, fine
but you want to play the actual game from 1996 nikka
All this hoopla at the start of this generation from you know who