Not a chance. Halo has been wanted by many on pc for years... Why ignore them?

So you state that their is no "console race" I state the benefits of having a high console installbase and you say "yeah so?" Ok! haha.

Ps4 software is at 246 million, XBO at 128 million. You're right getting games into peoples hands is what matters, games that you get revenue from. There is a console race, because the higher your console marketshare the more "games you get into peoples hands".

You said "no console race anymore" present, not future tense and I am unsure how you believe that platforms holder will no longer recieve a cut from third party's. Yes this is happening on PC with publishers creating their own service such as Origin and Uplay.

But how is this going to happen on consoles which by your own admission is the majority. Without publishers releasing their own Console, releasing their games on android devices or creating their own cloud gaming service, none of which seems likely for the near-future. Yes publishers would love that money for themselves and it is a good reason why the practice wouldn't continue, if it was practical. On PC it is achievable for the biggest publishers, on Consoles their is no alternative and splintering out into many different services will no doubt cause numerous problems.

Each service requires servers, friends lists, profiles and is just a major pain in the ass for consumers, lowering installbase and exposure. We're not moving away from a centralized platform anytime soon, and when cloud gaming does rear it's head it'll no doubt be a similair situation to what we have now, just with remote hardware instead of local.

Third Party's have no choice but to pay that cut, the majority can't even escape it on PC.

Yes I suppose it can not be classified as a race with everyone starting at different times and running a different track, it's more of a battle for install base I suppose, which goes beyond classic generations and singular pieces of hardware. I guess I misunderstood your comment.

Thought I heard rumor of MCC, 5, and future titles going PC too much like Wars is. Wouldn't surprise me at this point and I'd welcome it.

Would have been a good poll question so I don't have to echo what most are saying, but no, Halo will no longer be a console exclusive. Microsoft seems to want to market their gaming division as a service, and what game would market it better than Halo?

On a related note (but somewhat off topic), I think these companies are going for a service model, because making a new console is expensive, but staying with console generations limits the graphic capabilities severely compared to PC. Especially considering each generational leap, however massive when crunching numbers, feels smaller than the last, because things like performance and AI are where these consoles are improving most.

Copying Apple's model and incrementally upgrading consoles every few years might prove more lucrative and less costly in the meantime instead of having one huge launch every 5 to 7 years. But I don't see the move being as successful as what's going on with smartphones, because phones are a personal item while consoles potentially dominate a room or a household as the entertainment centerpiece. When the tech and price align, Sony and Microsoft will ditch consoles and exclusively deliver content ala Netflix.

Halo 6 is definitely coming to PC

Really doesn't matter. Money goes to the same place.

Microsoft has conceded to Sony about their major lead but their internal struggle to gain a little more market share is not over. They are trying to salvage what's left of a wider installed base and profiting by making their games more accessible. If Microsoft was winning they would not have put so many games into Windows 10. 

think about it. If you lost most early adopters that you had last gen, in order to profit wouldn't you widen your means of possible profitability or would you be stubborn and continue to publicly face them head on? Everything Microsoft did with Scorpio is proof that the war technically is not over but rather well worded or is being used. If Microsoft could keep all multiplatform games easy access to both consoles they would because they don't want to lose anymore potential consoles to Sony over multiplatform multiplayer title.

regardless, we all win... Especially those of us who are lucky enough to own multiple consoles.

givingw up halo and gears to Windows 10 is like Nintendo giving up Zelda and Mario to Apples game App Store.it drains the strength from the brands console sales whilst maximizing profit on the individual up.

Next Halo game is going to be PC/Xbox.