Après les rumeurs d’un add-on payant pour Halo 2, Bungie s’explique dans son point hebdomadaire :
Next week, we’re going to have a major announcement about the details of our new maps. Right now, there are some dates, details and ideas out there that are actually wrong, so please take everything you read between now and then with a grain of salt. We can’t talk about how and when the new maps will be released, we’ll leave that to the smart folks who actually do all the logistical work for this stuff – marketing and PR, but we can tell you this much – our entire plan is designed to make new content available for everybody, those with Xbox Live and those without Xbox Live. We hope in the end, everyone will be satisfied.
Autrement dit, si des téléchargements via Xbox Live ne sont pas exclus, il semble bel et bien probable qu’une extension sorte dans le commerce. Bungie profite de l’occasion pour signaler qu’ils continuent de bosser sur un patch corrigeant des bugs et annihilant des cheats. Là encore, ils laissent entrevoir la possibilité que ce patch ne soit pas disponible que sur le Xbox Live.