Please remove the Microsoft account requirment

[Squillbert]

That is all.

I'm trying to place CE offline singleplayer and I have to go pull my 10+ year old ms account up cause Microsoft felt like being ♥♥♥♥♥? Why is this even allowed on steam?

[Aspen]

Any MS account works, including the one you are likely using for Windows right now.

[Squillbert]

Originally posted by Aspen:

Any MS account works, including the one you are likely using for Windows right now.

That doesn't make this not an issue. No one should have to sign into any account to play a singleplayer game. It's annoying and pointless.

I only have an ms account nowadays for this game. I ditched windows years ago. So I gotta go reset the password every time I get the urge to replay every year or so cause hell if I remember it. Not that this should even mater, it's the principle

[Aspen]

I think if one of your main complaints is that you keep forgetting your passwords, then that’s just a skill issue at that point

[SR388]

sure but its not just a single player game, it has multiplayer, along with 6 other games, the reason theres a microsoft account requirement is cause it does crossplay with the console version.

[Rws vi Britannia]

They need an account so that they can disable our access for a day during july so we can celebrate disability pride month

[Aspen]

Originally posted by Rws vi Britannia:

They need an account so that they can disable our access for a day during july so we can celebrate disability pride month

This doesn’t happen, Xbox Live doesn’t have planned outages like Steam does.

[Squillbert]

Originally posted by SR388:

sure but its not just a single player game, it has multiplayer, along with 6 other games, the reason theres a microsoft account requirement is cause it does crossplay with the console version.

and somehow that requires you to login to MS servers to play Halo CE singleplayer?

[Squillbert]

Originally posted by Aspen:

I think if one of your main complaints is that you keep forgetting your passwords, then that’s just a skill issue at that point

[Aspen]

Yes.

This allows connection to Xbox Live servers which, among other things, allows you to sync your player name in LAN, play with others via the Xbox Live network (both on PC and Console in the case of Halo 3), and sync achievements with Xbox Live. Thats all just for campaign.

In Microsoft’s interest are also them not wanting people to pirate their products. You can consider the Xbox Live requirement a more passive form of digital rights management software, or DRM for short.

[Squillbert]

Originally posted by Aspen:

Yes.

This allows connection to Xbox Live servers which, among other things, allows you to sync your player name in LAN, play with others via the Xbox Live network (both on PC and Console in the case of Halo 3), and sync achievements with Xbox Live. Thats all just for campaign.

In Microsoft’s interest are also them not wanting people to pirate their products. You can consider the Xbox Live requirement a more passive form of digital rights management software, or DRM for short.

None of that is necessary for Halo CE to function. I had the original Halo CE pc port from 2003 and didn't need internet for anything. You could optionally make a GameSpy account to use the online features. There is no reason MS can't configure MCC this way

[Chris P. Bacon]

they wont remove it nor they plan to.

[Aspen]

Xbox Live didn’t even exist in 2003 so idk that seems like a pretty poor argument

[Moderator Abuse]

Originally posted by Aspen:

Xbox Live didn’t even exist in 2003 so idk that seems like a pretty poor argument

It always is a poor argument, MS are ruining more and more games.

[le mec la bas]

Originally posted by Aspen:

"Xbox Live didn’t even exist in 2003" "that seems like a pretty poor argument"

Speaking of poor arguments...

Imagine having an optional login for online functionnalities, imagine being able to do LAN in Local whithout rellying on an online account, imagine that steam achievements would be steam achievements standalone like in.. well.. every games on steam ? Microsoft want a growing account number, but thats creating network issues and login frustrations to players who don't care about online stuff.