sigh....the misinformation, the jump to conclusions and the overall lack of comon sense...
the game is over 50 gigs...which is the limit for bluray discs.....it's 5 halo games on one disc, a beta for a game coming next year and a live action series...it's a lot of content...instead of using two discs like ppl did in the past they chose to add the rest of the content via a patch/dlc update.The patch is not some DRM shyt to allow you to play the game, the patch is not an update to fix bugs or any issues when playing the game...it's simply "Disc 2" minus the actual disc.
343 is also saving money by not having to use an extra disc.
you nikkas complain bout everything...do ya googles
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nikkas in here crying over something they won't buy just to try and prove some point...shyt is wild corny. Don't understand the difference between a "patch" that fixes bugs and a download that is essentially the content that won't fit on a 50 gig disc, brehs.