A former 343 developer has revealed that mountains of Halo pitches failed to be approved, including a return to ODSTs and a push for more intimate, dark themes.
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With its smooth jazz and iconic New Mombasa streets, we need Xbox's next Halo game to return to the remarkable world of Halo 3: ODST.
Microsoft wants to spread its Xbox games far and wide, and if that logic holds, bringing free Halo multiplayer to PlayStation is not an impossibility.
There might be one more console..and sooner or later they will go from downloads to streams only.
Its just a matter of time and will happen to every gaming platform except the pc I fear.
"Its just a matter of time and will happen to every gaming platform except the pc I fear."
I mean, Microsoft has stated for years they envision a day when even Windows/PC itself will be cloud only.
In my opinion the whole reason they started Game Pass was to move gaming onto cloud through a subscription because they saw "gamers" as easier to manipulate with their thought being that if they could get enough public adoption of cloud gaming they would be able to use that as a door way to moving the entirety of computing into the cloud, which of course they would control.
But of course, luckily thus far their subscription growth hasn't been great and the billions of gamers they thought they were going to hook seems like a fever dream and cloud gaming is still off to a very slow to start
Agreed it'll be the gen after I think but I wouldn't be surprised either if they didn't.
Maybe they'll go all digital though with a series S style console with cloud/AI help to boost specs ? And out GP on playstation and Nintendo day1.
It's all upto playstation and Nintendo weather they allow it though.
I think we still got plenty of time. Sony and Nintendo are still doing an exceptional job with physical releases. Look how many small publishers are out there still doing physical. Some even as low as 1000 print runs. Good for Sony and Nintendo.
On everything going to streaming,
not going to happen.
Our demand to push more data will continue to outstrip the advances to make streaming better...physics gets in the way.
Now we want 60fs...120fps...VR...
Local consoles will continue to be a thing one way or another.
I am 51 years old. I watched the birth of this hobby, saw it mature into a titan of financial wonder, and will watch its demise as it becomes more of a streaming only enterprise with no more innovation or effort put into individuality of platform. Then i will die knowing all that i know and experienced will never again be known or experienced by the younger generations to come.
I think back then it was like their last resort, Phil Spencers last big push to try and tip the scales in their favour sale wise. It would also show Microsoft higher ups that Xbox was still relevant as we've all seen past articles on how they wanted to sell Xbox off and the like until Phil Spencer had his way.
Making Starfield an exclusive was them using every tool at their disposal but since Xbox sales didn't improve and people continued to buy PS5s its obviously made them change their strategy.
Not a slam dunk. Even if they're a distant last place and choose to not do exclusives they may still make one for their loyal GP fan base
The whole industry will likely go streaming that's the sad reality they are all pushing for.
When that happens I'll be strictly retro
Yup...sadly that might happen. Only small teams will continue to let you download games. I guess the time of physical media in general is counted in some years as well aside of some obscure collector editions. Just look at the music and movie market already. There are less and less albums and movies available on cds, bluray or dvds.
Sega survived after going 3rd party publisher. Microsoft could sit back and let Sony manufacture the consoles and reap the rewards.
Sega survived not thrived but they were lucky.
3d0 died after a few years of third party publishing on the 5th and 6th gen.
Atari died and was split up sold and only exists in brand name alone.
I know Microsoft has the bankroll to become 3rd party but it just seems almost impossible they would Microsoft don't like to participate in anything they don't control entirely it's always been that way in other areas eg they weren't in control of virtual machines at the start so they built hyper v to compete with VMware and made it free then built it into Azure now VMware is failing and was brought out
A proper reboot of the series 1-3 would be great.
I had good memories with the co-op and multiplayer. Back when you had to link you and your friend’s Xbox for local area network.
Honestly it doesn't bother me if so.
When I do play Halo, I play it on PC so no skin off my nose if certain consoles are no longer required.
Halo to me seems more distant in terms of quality and captivating story after 4. Creatively 343 is in a slump and can barely keep a cohesive grip on what snagged our attention back in the days of Bungie. Halo needs a significant storyline improvement for me to return.
Microsoft is a business first not your buddy or your family. If they decide Playstation or Nintendo can strengthen their financial records then do not be surprised to see them function as a 3rd party publisher in the years to come.
Well, 4-Infinite dropped the ball massively so don't worry.
Dead IP, time to invent something new.
ODST 2 would've been great.
Maybe they can have ID or one of the COD studios help 343 with this series.
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