Halo 4 was a fail, numbers prove it by having the quickest decline in player base, aside from maybe Reach, out of the entire franchise history. I never kept track of Reach stats but it is currently far under Halo 2 and 3 even a year after release, and it hasnt even been a month. and unless they actually make Halo 5 a Halo game and not Call of Halo… it will happen again, and possibly sell less. I personally bought LE and console for this game because i had faith 343i could restore Halo to its glory.
I always loved Halo for its unique gameplay, but it is getting closer and closer to being just another game. Reach had loadouts, that were largely broken and Bloom which… just… no.
Halo 4 now allows you to spawn with a 1 hit kill weapon (btw H4 has more 1 shot kill and power weapons in general than any of the other Halo titles) and makes them sooo easy to get with its horrid personal ordinance. You mix that in with broken KILL CAMS (im sorry… SitRec) and instant spawn and you have CoD with shields.