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Angelus on 16 June 2023
Machiavellian said:
Ryuu96 said:

Halo isn't being rebooted and nothing in that quote indicates it will be so it's fine.

The last thing that 343 should do is soft-reboot Halo AGAIN.

I mean, Halo 4 was already a large change in the gameplay department, Halo 5 completely ditched the story setup of Halo 4 and Halo Infinite was essentially a soft-reboot in both story and gameplay. How many times do we have to go through it? How many times do we have to go through them abandoning the stories they set up?

Halo Infinite's gunplay is perfect, the story was great and widely praised, they need to lay out a story which can be told over multiple titles and tell that story, not change their mind on their direction on every single Halo. They need to carry on Infinite's story, a soft reboot in story would be incredibly frustrating and a hard reboot would make me lose interest in Halo.

343 needs to take their time, lay low for a while and just keep Halo Infinite content coming until Halo Tatanka, they need to fix their content and tech pipeline. They need to really figure out a multi-game approach and have a set vision in mind that spans multiple titles, they need to truly know what their next Halo title will be and not change it a dozen times during development.

Oh I think we all know Halo isn't being rebooted nor was this tweet along those lines, as my cheeky post was more of what I want then something that would actually occur.

Still, the current formula is barely keeping the old heads and its not bringing any one new.  That is why most creative heads leave a franchise because its way to restricting.  It gets to the point where you touch anything and the old heads bitch and complain about everything.  You are trapped into "Well this isn't Halo" mentality and trying to take the IP to a new direction is a chore.

My take is go to another part of the universe and let the team make something new and unique to their skills but the risk would always be to great but this is the reason why IP decline.  Old head fatigue with the series and new heads no longer caring.

I don't think that this is really true. Halo Infinite had a huge launch. Everyone was excited for it. Everyone enjoyed actually playing the game. People just didn't stick around, because of all the bells and whistles it was lacking, and the painfully slow rollout of content. If Halo Infinite had been a complete package at launch, Halo would likely be in an amazing place right now.

This narrative that classic Halo doesn't sell, or that there isn't a huge demand for it, is flatly, and demonstrably false.

And that's not to say that I wouldn't be interested in more spin-offs. Hell, I would happily agree that the potential of Halo as a larger universe is VASTLY underutilized. There absolutely should be more efforts made to create different, unique experience within the IP. 



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VersusEvil on 16 June 2023

Can’t say I’m a fan of Booty in all honesty.



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VersusEvil on 16 June 2023

Xbox community in shambles over Fables
Allegedly “ugly” character (an opinion I do not share) is actually tragic lol. The incels losing their absolute minds in the TA thread is incredible with quotes like “ I wonder if the character's name is Pat” and “ I said the person is too ulgy to look at for many hours of play. 1 out of 10” ..



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EpicRandy on 16 June 2023
Ryuu96 said:
EpicRandy said:

New question for anyone:

Do you think, that if the foreseen Starfield success materializes come September Zenimax Online may be tasked with something like Starfield Online? I, for one, certainly think so.

I don't think so, Zenimax Online Studios is already Bethesda's biggest studio and Xbox's 2nd biggest studio overall, Lol. That's just with The Elder Scrolls Online and their new IP (which is also an MMO). Juggling 3 MMOs would be a nightmare, especially one with the scope of Starfield, Lol.

I don't think studios should be bothered too much about expanding, whatever their current size is, provided they have a clear mandate on an almost guaranteed success. Maybe you're right, but if that's the case, do you think other studios would be tasked with such a project?

If Starfield is as huge of a success as I anticipate it to be, given the nature of the game, there will be a huge crowd craving a multiplayer or MMO version for sure. 



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Ryuu96 on 16 June 2023


Ryuu96 on 16 June 2023


Ryuu96 on 16 June 2023

"Our business right now, from a revenue standpoint, is about twice the size as it was in the Xbox 360 generation. And we're millions of consoles ahead of where we would've been compared to 360. We've never had more Xbox players than we have right now."

Phil Spencer on The Future of Xbox: ‘Most People Just Want to Find a Great Game’ | Games | The Guardian



NobleTeam360 on 16 June 2023
Ryuu96 said:

"Our business right now, from a revenue standpoint, is about twice the size as it was in the Xbox 360 generation. And we're millions of consoles ahead of where we would've been compared to 360. We've never had more Xbox players than we have right now."

Phil Spencer on The Future of Xbox: ‘Most People Just Want to Find a Great Game’ | Games | The Guardian

Copium. 



coolbeans on 17 June 2023
VersusEvil said:

Xbox community in shambles over Fables
Allegedly “ugly” character (an opinion I do not share) is actually tragic lol. The incels losing their absolute minds in the TA thread is incredible with quotes like “ I wonder if the character's name is Pat” and “ I said the person is too ulgy to look at for many hours of play. 1 out of 10” ..

I mean... she does have a little Female Grug look going on.  But what really sealed the deal for me was what we could've had.  

Why the hell wouldn't you just facially recreate this smokeshow?  



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