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numonex on 26 September 2010
mundus6 said:

Halo 3 was the game 360 owners waited for, i got my 360 when Bioshock came out which was 1 month before Halo 3. Of course i also got Halo 3 and many other games, it was pretty much the fall of 2007 which made me buy a 360.

Reach while good, it has a strong compeditor named COD which is a bigger franchise now than it was back then. Halo is big though and it will have legs, i still say that by the end of this generation Halo Reach will be the most sold game on the 360, even though it came it short of 1 million on COD MW2. The reason of course being that COD gets updated now, wheres Halo probably has at least 2 years before something new in the Halo franchise happens and its not even Bungie so we don't know how that will turn out.

I believe Bungie will return with a new Halo game for the next system in 2013/14. Halo 3 was supposed to be last Halo game ever in the franchise and the completion top the Halo trilogy. 3 years later Halo: Reach was launched. 2 years later Halo 3: ODST expansion of Halo 3 was launched.  Last game creates more hype and boosts sales exponentially especially in America, it is like a farewell tour of a big rock band who keep touring years and years after announcing their last ever tour.



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Michael-5 on 27 September 2010
numonex said:
mundus6 said:

Halo 3 was the game 360 owners waited for, i got my 360 when Bioshock came out which was 1 month before Halo 3. Of course i also got Halo 3 and many other games, it was pretty much the fall of 2007 which made me buy a 360.

Reach while good, it has a strong compeditor named COD which is a bigger franchise now than it was back then. Halo is big though and it will have legs, i still say that by the end of this generation Halo Reach will be the most sold game on the 360, even though it came it short of 1 million on COD MW2. The reason of course being that COD gets updated now, wheres Halo probably has at least 2 years before something new in the Halo franchise happens and its not even Bungie so we don't know how that will turn out.

I believe Bungie will return with a new Halo game for the next system in 2013/14. Halo 3 was supposed to be last Halo game ever in the franchise and the completion top the Halo trilogy. 3 years later Halo: Reach was launched. 2 years later Halo 3: ODST expansion of Halo 3 was launched.  Last game creates more hype and boosts sales exponentially especially in America, it is like a farewell tour of a big rock band who keep touring years and years after announcing their last ever tour.

343 Studios is making the next Halo. Maybe Bungie will make something for the next gen console, or co-work with 343, but officially Reach is their last Halo.

Whats more likely is Bungie makes a new X-Box exclusive, but even then I dunno. It seems like they want to make an entirely new IP, and make it epic.



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Krill on 27 September 2010

Haven't read through all the posts in this thread, but just had to say that I haven't lol'd so much due to a post on these forums for a long time.  BHR-3 uses simple mathematics to try to make his point and have a go at the 360 and Halo franchise (which are both riding high at the moment), but fails to do his sums correctly to the detriment of his own argument.



Mr Puggsly on 27 September 2010

I'm dissapointed how far behind MW2 it is. However, the series is going stronger than ever and that's awesome.



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hudsoniscool on 27 September 2010

what do u guys reach will do in its second week. halo 3 did 780k. i think reach will doo 900k.



Halo MCC will sell 5+ million copies(including digital)

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x1 will pass ps4 in USA, and UK.

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mundus6 on 28 September 2010
numonex said:
mundus6 said:

Halo 3 was the game 360 owners waited for, i got my 360 when Bioshock came out which was 1 month before Halo 3. Of course i also got Halo 3 and many other games, it was pretty much the fall of 2007 which made me buy a 360.

Reach while good, it has a strong compeditor named COD which is a bigger franchise now than it was back then. Halo is big though and it will have legs, i still say that by the end of this generation Halo Reach will be the most sold game on the 360, even though it came it short of 1 million on COD MW2. The reason of course being that COD gets updated now, wheres Halo probably has at least 2 years before something new in the Halo franchise happens and its not even Bungie so we don't know how that will turn out.

I believe Bungie will return with a new Halo game for the next system in 2013/14. Halo 3 was supposed to be last Halo game ever in the franchise and the completion top the Halo trilogy. 3 years later Halo: Reach was launched. 2 years later Halo 3: ODST expansion of Halo 3 was launched.  Last game creates more hype and boosts sales exponentially especially in America, it is like a farewell tour of a big rock band who keep touring years and years after announcing their last ever tour.

Halo 3 was the end of the trilogy not the franchise... We all knew there would be at least another Halo by Bungie on Xbox 360. Bungie's 10 year deal with M$ is up, they have now made a 10 year deal with EA (or was it Activision im not sure) so the next game and probably franchise that comes from Bungie will probably not be Xbox exclusive.

The Halo franchise will contine to be created by another studio and when you take into account the talent Microsoft has put into that studio, i do think the next Halo will be great, maybe not bungie great, but fun nonetheless.



Michael-5 on 28 September 2010
mundus6 said:
numonex said:
mundus6 said:

Halo 3 was the game 360 owners waited for, i got my 360 when Bioshock came out which was 1 month before Halo 3. Of course i also got Halo 3 and many other games, it was pretty much the fall of 2007 which made me buy a 360.

Reach while good, it has a strong compeditor named COD which is a bigger franchise now than it was back then. Halo is big though and it will have legs, i still say that by the end of this generation Halo Reach will be the most sold game on the 360, even though it came it short of 1 million on COD MW2. The reason of course being that COD gets updated now, wheres Halo probably has at least 2 years before something new in the Halo franchise happens and its not even Bungie so we don't know how that will turn out.

I believe Bungie will return with a new Halo game for the next system in 2013/14. Halo 3 was supposed to be last Halo game ever in the franchise and the completion top the Halo trilogy. 3 years later Halo: Reach was launched. 2 years later Halo 3: ODST expansion of Halo 3 was launched.  Last game creates more hype and boosts sales exponentially especially in America, it is like a farewell tour of a big rock band who keep touring years and years after announcing their last ever tour.

Halo 3 was the end of the trilogy not the franchise... We all knew there would be at least another Halo by Bungie on Xbox 360. Bungie's 10 year deal with M$ is up, they have now made a 10 year deal with EA (or was it Activision im not sure) so the next game and probably franchise that comes from Bungie will probably not be Xbox exclusive.

The Halo franchise will contine to be created by another studio and when you take into account the talent Microsoft has put into that studio, i do think the next Halo will be great, maybe not bungie great, but fun nonetheless.

Activision, and was it really for 10 years? Wow.

Still a large portion of 343 Studios is composed of people from Bungie who want to stay with Halo. Halo 4 will be great.

I think MS will put more funding into Halo 4 so that the game is ridiculously good. If the game is any worse then a Bungie Halo, it will hurt the franchises growing popularity.



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Reasonable on 30 September 2010
numonex said:
mundus6 said:

Halo 3 was the game 360 owners waited for, i got my 360 when Bioshock came out which was 1 month before Halo 3. Of course i also got Halo 3 and many other games, it was pretty much the fall of 2007 which made me buy a 360.

Reach while good, it has a strong compeditor named COD which is a bigger franchise now than it was back then. Halo is big though and it will have legs, i still say that by the end of this generation Halo Reach will be the most sold game on the 360, even though it came it short of 1 million on COD MW2. The reason of course being that COD gets updated now, wheres Halo probably has at least 2 years before something new in the Halo franchise happens and its not even Bungie so we don't know how that will turn out.

I believe Bungie will return with a new Halo game for the next system in 2013/14. Halo 3 was supposed to be last Halo game ever in the franchise and the completion top the Halo trilogy. 3 years later Halo: Reach was launched. 2 years later Halo 3: ODST expansion of Halo 3 was launched.  Last game creates more hype and boosts sales exponentially especially in America, it is like a farewell tour of a big rock band who keep touring years and years after announcing their last ever tour.


Very unlikely I think.

One - my understanding is Bungie had a contract with MS where they had to deliver 2 more Halo titles after Halo 3.  They have now with Reach and ODST and I note they chose not to really expand on the core trilogy, nor even use MC as the main character, but simply provide expansion stories around the core narrative - while of course continuing to improve their stellar MP and modding capabilities.  I really get the feeling that creatively Bungie have already quit the Halo Universe and have little desire to return to it.  They left MC in perfect narrative suspension, heading for new adventures to be picked up by someone else.

Two - my understanding is that Bungie now have a 10 year deal with Activision and I'm sure Activision will want to see them deliver multi-platform titles with the hope of seeing MW2 level sales vs single console exclusives.

So no, I doubt Bungie will return as you hope.  Halo's fate lies elsewhere now I think, with MS and 343.



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