RickMasters
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True. It's just when they milk and remaster their franchises over and over again when o have an issue. Sometimes the next big sequel don't need to happen till a next gen of hardware comes along.
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Opinion: Xbox Should Consider Cancelling Halo: Campaign Evolved For PS5.
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True. It's just when they milk and remaster their franchises over and over again when o have an issue. Sometimes the next big sequel don't need to happen till a next gen of hardware comes along.
ShaiKhulud1989
Gold Member
This thinking is too many PS5 FH5/SoT copies sold too late.
VolticArchangel
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RickMasters
Member
Well….. they certainly have a lot of money. And time is what you do with it. Not saying they could do some sort of overnight comments k but with the right moves next gen and a 180 on this 'no exclusives' stuff they would certainly be back on the right track.
Artistic
Member
Think marketing has anything to do with it?
Seems like they just make the games and hope it gains some kind of traction well after launch.
ByWatterson
Member
Yup.
But without essentially restarting their entire console business from scratch, including heavy subsidization of hardware and billions lost on the next (functionally first) generation of Xbox, they cannot meet hardware and software goals at the same time.
The only way to truly revive Xbox as a platform is a decade-long project at least. And Satya "AI ME BRO" Nadella doesn't have that kind of patience.
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J Required
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They should honestly, it will create value for their platform but I don't think they can do it after burning $70B on Activision.
Codes 208
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lol
As a long-time halo fanboy (even though ive gone on to say i find halo 5 and the tv series about as interesting as a durian smoothie) im HAPPY more people have a chance to play the first game through this remake.
Xbox already opened pandoras box with crossplat sales, theyd just hurt themselves further by cancelling it now.
As a long-time halo fanboy (even though ive gone on to say i find halo 5 and the tv series about as interesting as a durian smoothie) im HAPPY more people have a chance to play the first game through this remake.
Xbox already opened pandoras box with crossplat sales, theyd just hurt themselves further by cancelling it now.
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sainraja
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I mean, they could cancel, but why after announcing it and being on PS could breath new life into the series. I think backtracking now would be kinda bad.
Mr. PlayStation
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Opinion: Xbox Should Consider Cancelling Halo: Campaign Evolved For PS5
Maybe Xbox's most iconic franchise should stay on Xboxwww.purexbox.com
They could've at least prevented their games from going to PC day and date; that was the deathknell of Xbox hardware.
kaizenkko
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I don't believe it's that simple. Strong exclusives would certainly help, but it's more than that. It involves marketing, brand building, accessibility, and so on.
But worst of all, this would be yet another radical shift that, as I said, takes a lot of time and money, all of that for it to maybe work. I honestly don't see that happening. It could happen, but I think it's unlikely.
Brigandier
Member
It will sell many more copies on PS5 than it will Xbox so it makes business sense for a dying platform holder to keep games multiplatform... This IP needs a successful comeback so being on as many platforms as possible is a good thing lol
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poppabk
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Is it? Activision had a profit margin of roughly 20% before being bought. Sony gaming has a roughly 15% profit margin.
Unfortunatecookie
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And then and then and then they should take the ummm PlayStation devkit computer thingies and stuff and set them on fire
PixelatedBeast
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Oh yes, its a shame Playstation owners have only been limited to playing games like COD, Rainbow 6, Apex Legends, Ghost Recon, Titan Fall, Battlefield, Overwatch, Destiny, Battlefront, etc. People born after arena shooter went out of style are so missing out....They should not cancel it and let PS5 have a decent shooter for a change.
KanKamAndNob
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Considering how this remake already looks like garbage, Sony isn't missing out on much. If someone was interested in Halo, they've had 25 fucking years to do so. Shitting out this lazy, UE5 trash, isn't going to make Halo the massive IP it once was. Normies already have God knows how many FPS's to choose from (for free I might add), why the fuck would they settle for this inferior remake of a game older than the majority of this elusive demographic that was desperate for Halo, but never bothered playing on Xbox/PC? Gears didn't do well on PlayStation and I don't see this doing much better.
Sooner
Member
Or to save Xbox? Because without exclusives, it's dead.
I'm personally fine with that, though. So keep bringing everything to PS5.
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mayham2199
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The problem is at this point it wouldn't save Xbox. The hardware is to expensive. What it would do is just cause people to wait. Meanwhile MS would continue to eat losses and continue to not hit their 30% margin. MS as lost their patience with the Xbox division. The threw like 90 billion at it and nothing has changed.
lughnasadh123
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There are so beyond that point of saving their hardware business. Even if they had absolute bangers for exclusives, it would still take multiple generations to maybe(hard maybe) turn opinion around enough for that console to be viable enough sales wise to keep those games off the competitors. Not to mention the effect Game Pass has. I wish things were different since imo having them helps keep Sony in line more, but sadly it's just too far gone.
Unknown?
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Moriarty1889
Member
They should. Until Sony gives them God of War or something on that level they shouldn't give them shite.
Hollywood Hitman
Gold Member
Nope
hououinkyouma00
Gold Member
Sometimes I wish I could do that.
Unfortunately, I'm like a battered housewife who keeps telling herself that he (Halo) isn't a bad guy and that he loves me and that he's just going through stuff and I just can't leave. I just keep telling myself that maybe next time it will be better.
Daniel_Mallorca1985
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xrnzaaas
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Sharma is saying empty words and no one in their right mind will believe her. And people saying that Microsoft should return to gatekeeping their IP's are just funny. The whole reason why they're expanding to other platforms is because they need to sell more copies. Return to only Xbox & PC and you'll sell less, return to only Xbox consoles and that's even less.
Microsoft has been on this path for years. Making Xbox a CONSOLE people would want to buy would require a long and expensive reboot with plenty of great games to make people want to be a part of that ecosystem.
Microsoft has been on this path for years. Making Xbox a CONSOLE people would want to buy would require a long and expensive reboot with plenty of great games to make people want to be a part of that ecosystem.
vodka-bull
Member
Don't worry, I won't go after you, there's no pvp multiplayer in Halo Campaign Evolved.
Ellis
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Halo is not the series it was twenty years ago. It's not selling Xbox hardware today, or PS5s.
It will however have a chance of decent ish sales on other platforms but the Series consoles.
And it would make sense. Xbox will cater to consoles that actually bring sales to their games. Xbox is not that platform any longer.
It will however have a chance of decent ish sales on other platforms but the Series consoles.
And it would make sense. Xbox will cater to consoles that actually bring sales to their games. Xbox is not that platform any longer.
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Radical_3d
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Should?
Yes. But the guy with the bad decisions is gone. Now the guys who's bad decisions were meant to please are in charge.
Yes. But the guy with the bad decisions is gone. Now the guys who's bad decisions were meant to please are in charge.