If you look at my last comment, everything is explained there.

They would do this once Bungie is gone.

They'll probably do a Crash bandicoot and get some other developer to do it but they'll do a shitty job and it will die...okay that's worst case scenario. But still CB was a big series that sold 5+ million copies per game in its good days.

Okay I kinda got rambling there, my point is they won't let Halo die. I bet they get some other developer to take the reins. But I don't think any developer would do as well as Bungie so Halo would lose popularity.

There is already a Halo team at Microsoft, and has been for over a year.

Which is 343 Industries, headed by Frank O'Connor of Bungie Studios.

From a fanancial standpoint, Bungie would go multi-plat, only with serious incentive from another console...they are rich, and will only be richer with ODST and Reach's launch...if they are working on a MMO, it's probably going to be PC/360 and it's going to consume them for a while, like WOW did to Blizzard. Diablo and Starcraft when into hiatus as Blizzard became the house of World of Warcraft. I think Bungie is going to do with the 360 and the nexbox for MMOs what Blizzard did for PC.

I read somewhere that MS hired some of the best developers in this industry to work on Halo after Bungie is done.

Dont ask for a source, because this was just a small news more than a year ago. I guess they hired 2 people who worked at epic, 1 from gearbox (Brothers in Arms) and one who worked at Metal Gear Solid 4.

WOW I actually found a source:

http://kotaku.com/5057683/its-official-mgs4-producer-now-working-on-halo

so they got:

• Ryan Payton (Kojima Productions - Metal Gear Solid 4)
• Corrine Yu (Gearbox - Brothers in Arms)
• Kenneth Scott (iD - Doom)
• David Wu (Pseudo Interactive)
• Frank O'Connor (Bungie - Halo)

I am very confident MS will take care about the Halo franchise. And Halo Reach will be out in 2010, so a new Halo in 2012 or even 2013 would be possible. They won't rush a new Halo.

MS needs a new franchise,Gears is awful IMO, Halo is Halo already enough of them out,i need a new Zombie coop franchise,Quick MS buy Value!

Fixed.

I don't see Bungie leaving Halo...sorry...but I don't see it. It's not about money...it's about volunteering to let your beloved child leave, when you don't have to. Bungie has enough money and options to leave Halo behind...but those guys have a HUGE amount of emotional invesment in Halo...listen to the latest Podcast for OXM, and you'll hear what I'm talking about.