Halo Infinite and XBX Game Pass. How will it work?

Games Halo Infinite
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So I imagine most people here know now that Halo Infinite will be available as a free download to Xbox Game Pass subscribers at day one of its launch (either this year or early 2021 should it be delayed). Microsoft/343 also plans for Halo Infinite to encompass the next 10 years of Halo, as a live service model.

But this raises some interesting questions:

  • How long will Halo Infinite stay on Xbox Game Pass for users to try the game?
  • Or as a live-service game, will stay on Game Pass forever similar to how the base version Destiny 2 is free for everyone at the moment?
  • How will DLC work with Halo Infinite over its 10 year life span? Will DLC be free for Xbox Game Pass subscribers or will they be forced to pay for DLC as well?
  • Should Halo Infinite flop, and have low active player numbers after 6 months etc. for its release, what does this mean for Halo and 343 as this game is meant to be alive for 10 years?
  • If low active player numbers after Halo Infinite’s first year negatively impacts future DLC sales for Halo Infinite, how long will 343/Microsoft continue supporting the game? If it becomes clear that Halo Infinite won’t last anywhere near 10 years because of this, will the production of a newer, next-gen only mainline Halo game be expedited? Bungie did this with Destiny 2 so this is very much a possibility going forward.
  • Should Halo Infinite flop as mentioned in the previous 2 questions, will Microsoft continue to support the franchise and 343 Industries over the planned 10 year lifespan of Halo Infinite, especially after Halo 4 and Halo 5? Or will they replace the upper management, dissolve the studio etc. and close the Halo franchise for the foreseeable future, with a Fable-like reboot planned in the long run?If anyone has any answers to these questions please feel free to share! The future of Halo certainly looks uncertain as things are.
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Halo infinite being on Gamepass is probably the best thing out there. People will have access to the game without paying 60 bucks. It will still need to be good to keep people engaged, but it will be supported for a long time. Look at the support for MCC. Also Forza Horizon 4 is on gamepass and still gets updates.

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Halo infinite will be on game pass forever.

DLC may or may not be included

If infinite flops then it will be like how Destiny flops, as long as it gets updates it needs it will get better.

Possible that the Fable reboot is to see how it is reactivating past titles which flopped. If it succeeds then they might look into it for Halo but I doubt it, maybe if they can’t get Halo back to it’s glory after 4 games.

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  • it’s a first-party title, it will always be on gamepass. - same as 1 - given its first-party, they will be included most likely - kind of pointless to think about this now honestly, especially where failures get major comebacks and thrive. - same as 5, pretty pointless to discuss this - again, its pointless to discuss this
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> So I imagine most people here know now that Halo Infinite will be available as a free download to Xbox Game Pass subscribers at day one of its launch (either this year or early 2021 should it be delayed). Microsoft/343 also plans for Halo Infinite to encompass the next 10 years of Halo, as a live service model.
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> But this raises some interesting questions:
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> - How long will Halo Infinite stay on Xbox Game Pass for users to try the game? - Or as a live-service game, will stay on Game Pass forever similar to how the base version Destiny 2 is free for everyone at the moment? - How will DLC work with Halo Infinite over its 10 year life span? Will DLC be free for Xbox Game Pass subscribers or will they be forced to pay for DLC as well? - Should Halo Infinite flop, and have low active player numbers after 6 months etc. for its release, what does this mean for Halo and 343 as this game is meant to be alive for 10 years? - If low active player numbers after Halo Infinite’s first year negatively impacts future DLC sales for Halo Infinite, how long will 343/Microsoft continue supporting the game? If it becomes clear that Halo Infinite won’t last anywhere near 10 years because of this, will the production of a newer, next-gen only mainline Halo game be expedited? Bungie did this with Destiny 2 so this is very much a possibility going forward. - Should Halo Infinite flop as mentioned in the previous 2 questions, will Microsoft continue to support the franchise and 343 Industries over the planned 10 year lifespan of Halo Infinite, especially after Halo 4 and Halo 5? Or will they replace the upper management, dissolve the studio etc. and close the Halo franchise for the foreseeable future, with a Fable-like reboot planned in the long run?If anyone has any answers to these questions please feel free to share! The future of Halo certainly looks uncertain as things are.

Firstly, what means “flop” to you?
“Flop” you mean, it doens’t sold well like older Halo’s? Or “flop”, being a complete failure in sales?
Until now, Halo Infinite have received mixed reviews, but in my vision, they maybe have enough players base to keep it alive. Maybe 1 million, 2 million or, in the worst of cases, 500.000 of players. But at the same time, I could tell it that would be a “flop” at launch, because the game was bad received byt half of the fanbase and doesn’t get enought attention in the gaming community as worth value of a next-gen game.
Everything I’m saying is uncertain, but I’m sure the 343i and Microsoft have enough money to cover the losses.
But I have certain about one thing: trought future updates, the game will get even better and “complete” than before. But it will take a very long way to get at this point.
If you want to compare to something real, it’s like Sea Of thieves - Lacking of content at launch, but getting improvements and contents trought time. It’s look a twisted way of being successful, but it ended up becoming.

About those DLCs, we don’t know.

Being realistic (not really advocating this type of practice), I believe that the DLC is only paid for in history and in progression in multiplayer (unlockables-cosmetics, vehicles, skills and weapons in coop mode, badges, etc). I hope the campaign expansion should be for free or paying less than main game.
Hoping these graphics and multiplayer should be always receiving new content and without paying for that too.