| BenVTrigger said: I agree that for the forseeable future Halo 5 and 6 will take all their resources as Halo titles are massive big b7dget games. But maybe MS will expand 343 a bit at somepoint. Enough for maybe a second team to work on something else. I hope so at least as 343 are VERY talented |
They already have ~300 people... And they work with Certain Affinity (Anniversary, Halo 4 forge mode, multiplayer maps etc) as well.
They are by MS's biggest game dev already and considering that they also have a who's who of Game devs and movie special effects people they are also likely payed way above average. For comparison Lionhead is ~200, and over at Sony Guerrilla Games is 160+.
And they will likely have to staff up for Next gen development if they want the next game out within the first couple years of the next xbox launch anyway. But that is not to say they won't make other games than the mainline Halo games, they will all be in the Halo universe tho.
To quote "343 Industries is forging the future of Halo, expanding and building upon one of the most important and successful franchises in gaming history."
Yea they are the Halo studio, they are not doing other IP as long as Halo is an industry Juggernaut. You got to remember that 343i is everything Halo they control everything to do with the IP as well from comics and books to toys and movies. And they were created for the sole purpose of making Halo the biggest entertainment IP in the world. MS want Halo to be the new Star Wars if not bigger 343i is not going to have any spare man power to do non Halo stuff MGS have plenty of other teams for that.
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