Halo Infinite Players Slam 343 as "Greedy" Following New Discovery

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A new Reddit post has gone through the trouble to reveal how much money Halo Infinite players on Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, and PC need to approximately spend to own every cosmetic item in the game that can't be earned through natural progression. And according to the findings, you will need to spend a whopping $1,035.

Of course, Halo Infinite's multiplayer is a free-to-play game, so it always going to have lots of cosmetic items locked behind a paywall. However, while many Halo fans anticipated this, it's not enough to take the sting out of "$1,035."

"It's bad enough that a lot of stuff like having Carters or Emiles shoulder armor as a standalone item or classic reach helmets like Gungnir or CQC are only unlockable for money," reads the Reddit post with over 26,000 votes up and a bajillion Reddit awards. "Remember that cool-looking Yoroi armor in the trailer they told us would be free? No, we just get the base armor for free with very few items and coatings in the event pass. Even Red and Blue colors for Yoroi are only available through the shop.... This is as greedy as an in-game store could get. Even for a free-to-play this is way above any Halo fan should accept."

The Reddit post goes on to note that items are too expensive across the board and claims the whole monetization of the game betrays what 343 Industries had promised in the past. Whether this is completely true or not, is up for debate, but many fans seem to agree with the sentiment.

Posted: Nov 26, 2021 8:21 pm
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Source: https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/halo-infinite-multiplayer-item-store-bundles/

Comments

Mario350Posted: Mon. Nov 29, 2021

well its a free to play game how else will they make money, store fronts in free to play games are perfectly ok imo but not ok in full priced pay to play games.

YinPosted: Sat. Nov 27, 2021

I agree that what was advertised for the Yoroi armor should be available for free for doing the event. I agree that having some parts of a set unlocked with the battle pass and then putting the rest in the store is messed up. It having over $1,000 worth of items in the store, I don't really mind. It being free to play, I understand there will be a lot of items in the store and quite a few will be pricy. I think that there should be a bit more available by playing though. Basic colors for all armor sets for starters. Not a fan of the armor core situation, but I don't hate it as much as other people. Maybe a few free armor sets right out of the gate or quick challenges so everyone can look kind of different from each other. Overall, I feel like Rocket League does all of this better and maybe Halo should look at it or even the others to make their game better.