I must stress that despite the flaws I AM enjoying Halo 4… but after discussing stuff with friends and colleagues at work about all the stuff missing from Halo 4 (e.g: game types like Assault, Invasion and Firefight, Weapons (Brute Shot), Vehicles (Hornet or Falcon), a rubbish nerfed version of Forge, lack of Forge maps in Match Making, broken file search etc etc), Plus the fact that the 3 DLC packs mentioned so far will ALL be out by April 2013, I am beginning to think that Halo 5 might be a launch title for the next Xbox which I reckon will be announced at E3 2013 (June) and released in November same year.
Personally I don’t mind this and can maybe view Halo 4 as a Prologue (or if you like a cheeky Beta) to Halo 5… just a conspiracy theory, what are your thoughts?
What if 343i just didn’t put in a huge amount of effort in achieving proper longevity for Halo 4 because they knew that it would basically come to a halt with the new wave of consoles?
I think we can expect a new Xbox console around 2014-2015 with an announcement next year for it and Halo 5 will almost certainly be a launch title. But if 343i really did do this all intentionally (not saying they did) for that express purpose…well, I guess I could see it happening and as long as Halo 5 was everything I had hoped (and still hope) Halo 4 would be and more, I wouldn’t care.
> You’ll know it’s COD if they start releasing new halos annually.
Yep, 343 is jumping aboard the COD Express. It’s a proven business model which sacrifices quality for quantity, allowing companies to generate more money while spending less on investing in each installment.
> You’ll know it’s COD if they start releasing new halos annually.
It’s only COD if they do it every year, I would be ok with them releasing Halo 5 for the new Xbox (if it is released next year)… but not Halo 6 if it came out the following year.