Considering how poorly Halo's been managed this generation, when do see a management change up at 343?
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Halo Infinite Delayed until 2021
- Thread starter Lant_War
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The thing is, even if it was sub-par, it would of sold gangbusters. The IP alone would given it enough sales to make it worth it.
But Xbox loses a major reason to get the new console off the bat. Curious, are there are other major (AAA type of major) games that are Xbox exclusive that is coming out this year?
Going to be a lot more interest in Microsoft's August Xbox show beyond just the price now (if it is revealed...)
Why launch the box the same month as Sony if they're not playing the same game? Just delay it out of holiday and carve out your own niche in spring of 2021.
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Best move big M$ did so far on one hand, since the game looked like a horrible showcase for next gen selling system. On other hand who's gonna buy the system now?! With no Halo on release date, they might as well postpone the system launch as well. No great launch game = no system sellers. Sony is gonna kill it out of the pole postion OMG! No Forza, Gears or Halo games at launch is gonna be a catastrophe for Microsoft.
Do you think this is them trying to do right by their employees?
No, the far more likely thing to happen here is that this will results in many additional months of intense work for them.
3 months (February's initial date to May, I don't really think the delay to June due to logistics is the kind of thing we're talking about). Don't think it's an apt comparison; PS4 wasn't lacking in games last year as the library was huge. It had a few delays early gen (Driveclub and then The Order's delay from 2014 to early 2015). I think what makes this unique is it was the defining killer app of the Series X launch. I don't know what MS has planned for launch as well, but that's a pretty huge deal. It'd be similar to Sony not just delaying Driveclub, but also Killzone, so you have Knack and Resogun. The latter is great, but the launch no longer would have the pop of a huge upcoming racing game and a flagship FPS (putting aside the quality in which it launched).
Dunno how this will affect the Series X launch since current gen consoles did great without a, "EVERYONE STOP AND PLAY THIS GAME," game.
Hope the game turns out OK but i have this feeling that we could potentially be looking at another Crackdown 3 situation.
Sony's seems pretty tight and the first year seems stacked.
Miles Morales, Ratchet, Deathloop, Demon's Souls, Horizon, The Pathless etc. They aren't even done announcing 1st year games.
I said it in another thread, Microsoft aren't ready for the next generation software wise. Their pipelines for the next year or so just aren't there.
I hope this does not lead to more delays for other games even for sony. I know personally at my work we had a few big projects and because of corona we were unable to make any new hires/interview and the project completion has been impacted as a result. Luckily for us the customers at the same time had cash flow problems and post-poned/delayed payments so it worked out for us so far but with set release dates for games/consoles you don't have that luxury.
Kudos MS, and lots of it. Near impossible decision but at least they are showing respect to the Halo fanbase rather than rushing it out for launch.
With regards to 343, you just need better developers working on such a tentpole. Time and time again they've shown they just aren't good enough...
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With regards to 343, you just need better developers working on such a tentpole. Time and time again they've shown they just aren't good enough...
ps3ud0 8)
Sir, delays only means more crunch. Delays means that they couldn't finish the game even with crunch already happening. It was a good call from MS, but don't expect that devs will be fine.
I will say, it's amazing there isn't one person in here that is like "oh no, how could they do this? I really wanted to play this!"
Just crazy that it's unanimous that no one thought this game had any business being released in the state they showed it.
If 343/MS sees this post, I hope that at least gives them some comfort with this announcement, haha.
Just crazy that it's unanimous that no one thought this game had any business being released in the state they showed it.
If 343/MS sees this post, I hope that at least gives them some comfort with this announcement, haha.
Jason does right by the community on reporting the mismanagements of all studios equal. not like they are going to scream when Jason posts his article. ND and Rockstar survived and launched their games with massive success.
I think M$ is banable term at the moment, might want to edit that.
There was a rumor that the multiplayer component of Halo Infinite was delayed... and that rumor was shot down.
https://www.ign.com/articles/halo-infinite-multiplayer-is-not-delayed-devs-say
"Nothing to see here folks, this is not true" said the devs.
That was like three weeks ago.
https://www.ign.com/articles/halo-infinite-multiplayer-is-not-delayed-devs-say
"Nothing to see here folks, this is not true" said the devs.
That was like three weeks ago.
I wonder how big an effect COVID truly had on the delay? I mean, it obviously had some, but maybe the game had been in trouble for a long time? After all, didn't the creative director leave last year?
Seems like the right move. Game certainly needed to be next gen-ified from the showing. It was red flags since they made the statement about how Halo Infinite was going to be a ever evolving game which usually means this game is launching bare bones and we'll finish it after. Plus it gets it out of that jumble of games all launching around the same few weeks with Cyberpunk, Assassin's Creed, most likely Call of Duty, the Destiny expansion etc.
Really surprised MS managed to not have stuff like Forza 8 or Halo ready for launch though with how long they have been since the last release.
Really surprised MS managed to not have stuff like Forza 8 or Halo ready for launch though with how long they have been since the last release.
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Wow, this is super surprising. If it results in a better game though, good. Especially if this is to be the Halo "platform" for the foreseeable future.
Id honestly just rather the IP go to someone else. Let 343 do something new.
I guess this means we'll get an article relatively soon.
That said, whatever is the reason for the current state of development, they made the right decision here.
His tweet came off as sideline commentary on the quality of the game... not reporting mismanagement.
Okay? Is Halo Infinite still not launching within the first year? I did not see that in the 343's statement. You don't think Halo Infinite will release until December 2021?
Hopefully soon. 343 in its current form ain't doing it for anyone. Massive change needs to come.
Goes to show they value the franchise and the platform it represents more than the launch of a single box, and considering how Xbox as a business works now, this is totally the right move IMO.
On the short term, that's probably true.
But they made it clear that short term isn't what they were going for with this game, and a bad launch could have completely messed that up as well as devalue the ecosystem they're trying to push.
On the short term, that's probably true.
But they made it clear that short term isn't what they were going for with this game, and a bad launch could have completely messed that up as well as devalue the ecosystem they're trying to push.
I can't imagine the higher ups have to be happy with 343i. They were built from the ground-up to be the new stewards of the Halo franchise but it has not been handled well at all. What a shame.
Hope they take their time and do Infinite/Halo right.
Hope they take their time and do Infinite/Halo right.
This is pretty bad for Xbox but I think only short term. As long as the game is good and worth the wait. A rocky console launch clearly isn't an insurmountable problem for them at this point.
