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by stabbim , Des Moines, IA, USA, Sunday, February 17, 2013, 15:30 (4300 days ago) @ kapowaz

I'm not sure what is worrisome about this. There is no subscription cost for the multiplayer in any of Bungie's Halo titles, so why would there need to be here? What's more there are already examples of MMOs* that are financed exclusively through the sale of retail boxed copies (Guild Wars springs to mind); the leaked court documents talked about paid updates (‘Comet 1’, ‘Comet 2’ etc.) coming between the release of the full games, which could be analogous to an MMO's expansion packs.

Yep. They'll likely make money the same way they have on Halo. The initial sales of the game and DLC packs. And don't forget, Bungie had another method of generating revenue during the latter Halo years - Bungie Pro. While we don't know anything concrete yet about precisely how the B.Net and mobile features might work, it's not a stretch to imagine that this new game and associated platforms might have something analagous to Bungie Pro.

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        Two thoughts for empty messages - kapowaz, 2013-02-17, 15:46
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        Sessler quote on microtransaction question - Flynn J Taggart, 2013-02-17, 16:18
        
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        This means on of two things - kapowaz, 2013-02-17, 16:53
        
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