Halo Campaign Evolved announced for Xbox Series, PC, and PS5

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Pemalite said:

Halo CE originally came out almost a quarter of a century ago.

There is literally an entire generation of people who likely haven't played it... Just like we have several generations of people today who have never played Super Mario World, Spyro, Sonic, Goldeneye and more.

Time has moved on, the games generally havent.

Although Halo did get a remake on Xbox 360 and then remastered for the Xbox One/PC and Xbox Series, Playstation and Switch gamers likely haven't had the opportunity to play the game... And that's hundreds of millions of gamers.

Same can be said for Half-Life. Steam didn't exist until HL2 and now has 147 million monthly active users.

Half-Life Black Mesa has reached 2% or so of Steam users, I guess if it sells to 2%-5% of PS5 and Switch gamers it will be worth it for MS. With good marketing and sales it should be able to do that. However Halo doesn't have the name it used to have anymore. My kids had never even heard of Halo and weren't interested in playing Halo Infinite at all. 

I guess it will depend on the pricing, yet in the age of Fortnite, Rust etc, new generations aren't exactly looking for a single player / co-op campaign. No multiplayer PVP planned for this remake?

This is today's mentality

Most reviews suggest focusing on Battlefield 6's multiplayer as the primary and more worthwhile experience, with the single-player campaign being a secondary and less impressive offering. The campaign is often described as short, linear, and lacking in innovation, while the multiplayer is lauded for its large-scale, chaotic sandbox gameplay that allows for creative player moments.

The question is, will Halo's campaign revive the interest in linear story based shooters or confirm it's a thing of the past :/