My reply was to your quote with the list and several of those games you where giving props (and then asked if they looked like Sony games).

No problem I won't say his name, but then will you admit that Halo Infinite was looking underwhelming and that the games that aren't crossgen were looking better than the crossgen on Xbox show, and that X1 is indeed holding back Series X?

You can for sure keep claiming your neutrality, dismissing all comments against xbox as warfare that you reply and antagonize while the ones in favor of xbox or against playstation even when completely false you turn a blind eye. Also sure pretend I'm the only one that thinks this.

And you think MS discovered now that Corona is a thing and that two months prior to going gold even if Covid have been going on for over 6 months, they also didn't know when they showed in July?

Experience. I have worked in the industry. Not once did a delay lead to less crunch. It does often lead to feature creep to make the product more desirable after the dealy, adding more crunch to get the extra stuff working properly as well. For example there are people expecting ray tracing to be added now as well before it launches...

Uh yes, cause they are delaying it now? Why would they say it before it affecting a release which is approaching? It's like you're digging to find anything that might suggest anything otherwise.

First of all, have you worked at 343? If not, I am still asking for actual insider info from people that worked there.

Cause theres a ton of information suggesting the opposite is going on at Infinites development cycle, from people in charge of it no less.

https://gamingbolt.com/halo-infinite-developer-talks-about-creating-a-development-environment-to-mitigate-crunch

So other than making an appeal to people with your experience argument and getting easy likes, what actual evidence is there? 

What in COVID changed from end of July when the game was last show to today, couple weeks later? So much changed in couple weeks that over a couple months delay is needed and that is all due to COVID? Do you really want us to believe it?

Want to bet the game will have a much better graphical showcase whenever it release?

They are delaying the game so it can look as good as it can, just like was expected before they showed in July. They are blaiming COVID because that is the easy thing to do. Even if on the forum there were some people totally thinking it would be possible to give a graphical overhaul on the title in a couple months left for gold (prior to the delay).

Sure, and what in COVID changed in the last couple weeks that changed the release date from the July event to today?

What percentage of posts Kena'd Kena? I mean Kena Kena but Kena Kena Kena? Kena might potentially Kena Kena-ly but Kena Kena to Kena.

KENA!

It must have been a tough call for MS to make but ultimately the smart decision. The Halo brand is already in decline & a half baked entry would have put the franchise on life support.

At the very least, Xbox Series X 2021 lineup isn't so sparse with Halo launching sometime next year.

Appreciate that, I try to be as transparent as possible. About the cross gen comment, part of me thinks 343 is just fumbling hard with their new engine and time management in general. Though I do agree there is a holding back aspect.

The demo looked nothing like the announcement trailer and Halo 5 on base Xbox One looks sharper then some parts of Infinite. Don’t know what’s going on but they don’t have a good record having things ready on a fixed schedule. Hell Halo 5 (multiplayer) and MCC only became amazing years after release. Not ideal but that’s the cards we dealt. 

It is a very big project to management issues is expected. Most big AAA games we have heard of small or big delays, in some cases even multiple ones. But blaming covid for all this year just show that is an excuse since delays occured before and after for several internal reasons, be it issues during development, change of scope, etc.

I know you were fine with it being delivered with the graphics looking current gen because as GAAS it would keep improving, but I hope that with the delay they can deliver an already very strong package from start.