Halo: The Master Chief Collection: We are Golden


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Hey there Halo fans!

It?s been a long, crazy, exciting road, and we?re finally getting close to launch of Halo: The Master Chief Collection in November.  I wanted to personally share some big status updates with you. Let?s start with the biggest:

Halo: The Master Chief Collection has gone GOLD!

This is a massive milestone for the team and also means that the game will be available for Pre-Order and Pre-Download later today.  I couldn?t be more excited to start having fans grab this game online so everyone can hit the ground running on release day! The team has been working incredibly hard to make this happen, so we?re all eager for you to play this labor of love.

One of the questions we get asked most is about worldwide release plans.  The reality of worldwide sales and retail processes always makes simultaneous launches challenging.  Some fans expressed disappointment in our original planned release date of November 11 in North America and November 14 in several other territories around the world. We heard you loud and clear, and I am happy to announce that Halo: The Master Chief Collection will be released on November 11 for the majority of our fans around world!

There are still a few countries that will see a slight delay due to public holidays. In Europe, Belgium will release on November 12 and France will release on November 14 as part of their typical Friday release schedule.  Our fans in Japan will see a release of November 13.  Given the social aspects of the experience, we were really happy to get it as close to a simultaneous worldwide release as possible so that we can all celebrate on November 11 and start playing together.

This is literally going to be the biggest Halo experience so far

That is to say, the sheer size and scope of the content. To recap, Halo: The Master Chief Collection contains four complete Halo games, every multiplayer map ever released (including DLC from console and PC) across each game, a complete remaster of Halo 2with all-new audio and Blur?s mind-blowing cinematics, and all of this is tied together with (and enhanced by) a revolutionary user interface.

From the start, our philosophy has been to give Halo fans the best possible experience and not compromise the quality or features of the collection.  The result is that Halo: The Master Chief Collection will take up almost all of the usable space of a single Blu-ray (45 GB), and we will also issue a content update at launch that is estimated to be 20 GB.  You?ll be able to start playing Campaign and more as the content is installing, with some features and multiplayer content being added via the update. Yes, the update is large, but we weren?t about to cut corners to save disc space.  This ensures that you are getting every bit of Halo goodness we can fit in.  Our work is not done, however, as we continue to tune, tweak and optimize the online experience to ensure a smooth multiplayer launch. This will continue right up until launch day.

One caveat we wanted to share is that Spartan Ops, our episodic co-op experience fromHalo 4, will now release in December.  In the meantime, we?re making some technical enhancements to that experience to make sure it?s smoother and even better than before. All ten episodes will be available at the same time, so we?re working to make an event out of it with our Community teams.

26 more sleeps!

Lastly, I?d like to extend my heartfelt thanks to you, our fans. Development of a game is always hard, but Halo: The Master Chief Collection has been the most challenging of my career. No team has really attempted a project like this, and the number of moving pieces has been staggering. The development team at 343 Industries has been working hard alongside our partners to make this happen and, at every step, you have been there for us. Whether it?s with encouraging words at events, or via messages on Twitter, I can tell you that your feedback is crucial and fuels our drive to make Halo: The Master Chief Collection the best it can be.

I?d like to thank you all for your continued enthusiasm, excitement and support for this game. See you on Xbox Live!

-Dan

 

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Am I reading it right that the total size could be upwards of 64 GB required for the whole collection, if one were to go the pure digital route? Gotta clear some space on my XB1 in the near future... :D

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whatever happened to the 100gig and 200gig blu ray discs they were supposed to come out with?  I hate the size of "updates" in this new generation.  Who the hell wants to download 20gig as a day one download, give me a break.

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Am I reading it right that the total size could be upwards of 64 GB required for the whole collection, if one were to go the pure digital route? Gotta clear some space on my XB1 in the near future... :D

You're going to need the same amount of space regardless of whether you get the disc or digital copy.

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You're going to need the same amount of space regardless of whether you get the disc or digital copy.

Ah, OK. The entire disc content gets copied to the drive. Didn't know that. Makes a lot of sense for performance.
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Ah, OK. The entire disc content gets copied to the drive. Didn't know that. Makes a lot of sense for performance.

Correct. That's how both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 work -- you have to install games, even disc-based ones.

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Done :D

Ditto. The pre-load currently only shows 45GB download. I take it that the additional 20GB will start to download as release draws near.

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thank goodness for my 3840040910.png

 

 

or should i just buy the actual physical media?

 

You'll have to get the 20GB download no matter which copy. Presumably that's because it just doesn't fit on a Bluray and they did this instead of packing in two discs.

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thank goodness for my 3840040910.png

 

 

or should i just buy the actual physical media?

That's beautiful... But I don't have an option for Fios...

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Sweet, I'm holding off getting it until/if my X1 gets fixed. Really disappointed with the build quality and use of cheap fans in the console (main fan already dying in my barely week old X1). MS are in full denial mode for the problem too so wait and see. Before people chime in, I didn't exchange it because the problem is so widespread that there is no guarantee the replacement won't have the problem either (some people have had theirs replaced multiple times and still couldn't get a good one). I'd rather my perfectly fine (other than the fan) system be fixed. If your system is fine and quiet then that is great! your one of the lucky ones, wish mine was...</rant>

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You'll have to get the 20GB download no matter which copy. Presumably that's because it just doesn't fit on a Bluray and they did this instead of packing in two discs.

 

 

that will be no problem, just will have to remove some games is all

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Sweet, I'm holding off getting it until/if my X1 gets fixed. Really disappointed with the build quality and use of cheap fans in the console (main fan already dying in my barely week old X1). MS are in full denial mode for the problem too so wait and see.

You should never put up with failures, get it replaced. If your near a store, get it swapped out. Issues with the fan should be reported and replaced.

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You should never put up with failures, get it replaced. If your near a store, get it swapped out. Issues with the fan should be reported and replaced.

Replacement is not an option, the problem is so wide spread that there is a high probability the replacement will make the same noise (or worse). This issue is caused by the use of a low quality fan in all the consoles. If you managed to get a non faulty one you are very lucky. MS are in full denial mode about it of cause, chances are my system will return untouched. If that happens I am stuck with a faulty console since the store I bought it from will not accept a replacement since you cannot prove it's actually faulty. As it can only be heard in a quiet/small room. It drives me insane but in a noisy store it will sound fine.
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Replacement is not an option, the problem is so wide spread that there is a high probability the replacement will make the same noise (or worse). This issue is caused by the use of a low quality fan in all the consoles. If you managed to get a non faulty one you are very lucky. MS are in full denial mode about it of cause, chances are my system will return untouched. If that happens I am stuck with a faulty console since the store I bought it from will not accept a replacement since you cannot prove it's actually faulty. As it can only be heard in a quiet/small room. It drives me insane but in a noisy store it will sound fine.

 

Then send it back to MS. If you're really wanting to prove it, record a video of the noise and upload it to youtube or something and show the game store/microsoft the symptom. Even if you get another one with the same issue you can always return it again (or maybe the new one will work). Assuming you'll just get another bad box is just going to leave you with a dying fan on your current system and no problems solved.

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