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Barozi on 30 March 2020

jason1637 said:

Pemalite said:
Have I missed something? Or has Microsoft not announced Games with Gold for April yet?

You know its going to be bad if they wait til the last minute to announce them.

There's probably enough to create bingo cards.

I'm going with:

1st X1 game: Adventure game
2nd X1 game: MP focussed indie game
1st 360 game: mediocre Disney game
2nd 360 game: 10+ year old XBLA game

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Barozi on 30 March 2020

Probably nothing for trunks who desperately needs one but here's an extremely good deal for Europeans:

Xbox One X + Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order + Doom Eternal + GTA V + Red Dead Redemption 2 for €271.

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That's over €100 worth of games leaving roughly €150 for the console.

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Ryuu96 said:

Xbox Series X and Halo Infinite are like one unit. They won’t release one without the other. What this means for the possible constellations remains to be seen.

I expect campaign to be a priority with multiplayer maybe receiving a few maps/sub-modes a few weeks after launch.
— Klobrille (@klobrille) March 30, 2020

Conflicting rumours.

Don't do it 343, Goddamnit. This would be a terrible idea and lead to it getting criticised in reviews for lacking content, I don't give a shit if Series X launches without Infinite, delay the game if you have to.

Delay Series X if you have to, 343 can't take anymore hits on Halo...First impressions are still important even with Gamepass and people aren't going to like a Halo lacking content cause it'll just get patched in later.

I mean, you're probably right on account of gaming...."journalists" being mostly shit, but if they really hold it against a studio for rolling an important console launch game out in stages, due to a global pandemic affecting work....well then they're really just cementing how unprofessional they really are. I would be perfectly happy if I can play the Halo Infinite campaign this holiday on Series X, but then have to wait maybe another couple of months to play the MP.

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Angelus on 30 March 2020

Ryuu96 said:

Angelus said:

I mean, you're probably right on account of gaming...."journalists" being mostly shit, but if they really hold it against a studio for rolling an important console launch game out in stages, due to a global pandemic affecting work....well then they're really just cementing how unprofessional they really are. I would be perfectly happy if I can play the Halo Infinite campaign this holiday on Series X, but then have to wait maybe another couple of months to play the MP.

But they can delay it, they can delay Series X, they have the perfect 'excuse' for a delay too, if this virus goes on much longer it's not like people will be in a good financial position to be splashing on expensive hardware anyway, I kinda hate that Infinite's fate is tied to Series X.

It's also not going to be good for first impressions, Halo is not the FPS it once was and 343 has already suffered multiple setbacks, the competition now is tougher and if 343 doesn't get certain folk in, they'll quickly move onto the next major FPS title.

If I'm being honest I don't really care much about Halo's MP nowadays, I'm mostly a campaign/story person but on a "wanting Halo to be a success cause it's my favourite franchise" level, I'd be annoyed if the content was split into parts. I do like Firefight though but I don't expect that on launch, I would expect Campaign, Multiplayer, Forge.

Multiplayer needs a mix of Casual/Competitive, BTB this time, most people didn't seem to like the Forge maps or Remixes and want actual built from the ground up maps that feel unique. I do enjoy the casual game modes still like KotH, Oddball, Infection, etc. but Halo 5 had a crazy focus on E-Sports and basically ignored all those casual game modes which kinda alienates a portion of Halo's traditional fanbase, I fear they'll do that again with Infinite if they refuse to delay.

Edit - I would blame the person who refused to delay though, not 343 as a whole, obviously with Coronavirus affecting workflow it's not their fault. So I wouldn't blame the developers as a whole but upper management.

I get where you're coming from, but MS has to operate under the assumption that the PS5 is releasing this year. If the PS5 is releasing this year, then the new Xbox has to release this year. If the new Xbox is releasing this year, and Halo Infinite is potentially the only game MS has in it's pocket to showcase what the new box really has over the old one, then Halo Infinite has to launch in some capacity this year.

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jason1637 on 30 March 2020

343i cant afford to release a incomplete Halo again but MS cant afford to push back the launch if Sont launches in the holiday. MS will still need that system seller too so I can see how whatever thry decide will have a negative impact on the Series X launch. What 343i should try to do is launch with all the modes and maybe leave some maps to early 2020.