Halo MMO will pwn the world?

Well, XBL is dear enough anyway, but having said that I would pay for it

There's no way that there could be separate monthly charge for this unless it was exclusively on the PC. Microsoft is entirely dedicated to gaining a large subscriber base with Xbox Live. If anything, this MMORPG or MMOFPS would be part of the XBL service.

Instead of charging a subscription for this game, Bungie could probably offer certain characters, weapons, etc. on XBL Marketplace to gain a bit more profit.

I could see this happening. Gamers are going to be charged to Play Final Fantasy XI Online, why not Halo? As long as Bungie pulled it off, which they definitly could, I'd pay for it.

I agree.
It doesn't mean you pay for both.
People with a silver subscription could still access it with a monthly fee (just like Final Fantasy).

I think the Halo universe could work and Bungie is innovative enough to avoid the typical grind.

Halo and Halo 2 are still the most popular games in my house, we just play them on the 360 now.

Nope it wouldnt happen... They defiantly could not charge Gold subscribers a fee. Lets get real here guys. A Halo MMO would defiantly blow the industry away. Microsoft wants Xbox live subscribers right? Gold members access it for free. Silver members could pay 8.99 per month. The best way for the consumer would be to go the Gold route. They would eventually end up w/ 8-10 million live subscibers in 3 years. Dont put it on PC. Make it XBOX 360 EXCLUSIVE. Make those PC guys go purchase the system. And just like HALO made you buy the first XBOX. THIS Halo would make you buy the 360. This HALO would make the shadiest PS3 fanboy buy the 360. PS-WHAT?... World of War-WHO?... But the game would have to be made right. The Spartan status would have to be elite. And the soldier ranking system would have to be balanced perfectly. Not some gussied up version of Planetside.

But personally I would like to to have the current story finished in a single player or co-op mode. Close out this current chapter with Halp 3, then uncage the beast, let him fully take adavantage of the hardware and
let him make gaming history.

There is no way I pay a monthly fee for any game on top of my gold Live subscription. Period. I would boycott the game out of principle.

yeah ive been saying this for months aswell, its such a obvious opertunity there is not a chance it wont happen , the genre is crying out tobe done well, and the monthly fee revenue is something no company could ignore .
bring it on i say , to think that nobody took from planetside and made it better yet is crazy, so much potential for the genre .( huxley and its zoned fighting doesnt count)

ohh and for those saying they couldnt do this with the monthly fee i think are wrong , we pay a measly 40 quid a year for the live service .
getting charged a few MS points a month wont mean jack if they do it well.
the popularity of the game would win over those who are unsure of paying.
a game like this couldnt be done without the monthly fee , so its either pay up or miss out, i know what ill be doing .

I don't think this would happen. . .though its nothing about fees. I mean this "GOLD" thing doesn't cover MMO fees, just like you had to pay extra for stuff like phantasy star online. . .and their isn't a "GURANTEE" anywhere on the box that an application can't have its own fees. An MMO would require extra fees, or it wouldn't be worth it.


But people seem to forget the clear and crucial fact here. HALO isn't World of Warcraft. Who would want to play a RPG version of Halo2? Where you don't shoot, but instead click on the guy your attacking select weapon and wait for the battle.

Eh crap. . .

And I've never seen a giant online game be able to pull off a thousand players actually doing something like a FPS.

8"And I've never seen a giant online game be able to pull off a thousand players actually doing something like a FPS".

you havent played planetside then ?
behind all its flaws that game/genre has loads of potential , the large battles with ground and air support were really impressive .
nobodys talking about any point and click stuff ,