In the words of those who worked on it, Microsoft and 343 Industries set it up to fail. A lack of resources, a fractured production cycle, unclear post-launch plans, and constant fumbling of a project that should have been a slam dunk. This is Halo. Do it right and the game will sell itself, and it almost did. The gunplay was amazing, the multiplayer was satisfying, and the solo campaign was emotionally resonant in all the right ways. Yet here we are less than two years later, staring at the decaying corpse of a blockbuster that could have had the world.
A lack of resources??
That's certainly not what the public were told. We were told they had $500mn+ and 5 years, with a HUGE amount of people on it. Then it was delayed for a year, presumably bumping that cost far higher, and it still came out half-baked and badly supported for ages thereafter.
What gives? Were we lied to, or is this excuses time?
It had good fundamentals. The gameplay is as good as it's ever been. However what they've done is built a solid foundation and then not built a house on it. The amount of maps and game modes at launch was pitiful. They could have just added redesigned classic maps and game modes and fans would be happy.
Poor management, that's all there is to it. From 343 and Xbox.
Yeah it did.
People here blame Microsoft/Xbox and Phil Spencer for Halo Infiniti by people that probably never even played a Halo game before. 343i had all the time to make a perfect Halo. Longest development time for a Halo game, Microsoft deep pocket. If I invest money in a company for a product then I damn sure expect it to be good. And 343i clearly didn’t live up to that.
While Halo Infinite wasn’t a bad game(campaign) but it should be a lot more for the time they had the game in development. It felt like it was half finished, story wise. Like different visions of creators that didn’t match up.
This is 343i fault and the person to blame is Bonnie Ross.
She should step down because of the bad management and and the shit Halo Tv series that she approved to be made.