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[LiquidRex]

With 343 Industries rumored to have lost 1/3 of its staff and the studio relegated to a support studio, what if Halo was offered to anyone interested in the IP... This could be an interesting discussion here.

 

[xion4360]

why would Microsoft sell off their biggest IP to their competitor?

 

[bender]

 

[GhostOfTsu]

Bungie is done with Halo even if Sony gets it for free.

 

[Mattyp]

Bungie didn’t want to make Halo anymore, instead they got locked into shitting out Destiny for decades instead.

A Bungie Halo at this point in time isn’t going to be any better than what just shipped. It’s time for a decade off and when we relaunch hitting absolutely hard with MP out of the gate, dozen maps, forge, etc.

 

[LiquidRex]

why would Microsoft sell off their biggest IP to their competitor?

Halo Infinite was not the hit they hoped it would be and with the TV series being underwhelming at best, it makes you wonder if they really care about how Halo was once regarded the all time great shooters, Sony currently is having success with it's tlou series and with Bungie expertise its not a bad idea.... I never said it has to be exclusive to the PlayStation platform. It's just a thought.

 

[Syphon Filter]

Halo Infinite was not the hit they hoped it would be and with the TV series being underwhelming at best, it makes you wonder if they really care about how Halo was once regarded the all time great shooters, Sony currently is having success with it's tlou series and with Bungie expertise its not a bad idea.... I never said it has to be exclusive to the PlayStation platform. It's just a thought.

I dont think current bungie would make Halo proper. Bungie is not what they used to be, most of the key guys left.

 

[flying_sq]

It'd become a moody third person action game and sell more copies than GTA5.

 

[lh032]

Sony is not dumb enough to acquire that crap IP.

 

[Iced Arcade]

congrats on the dumbest thread of 2023!


I'm sure there will be challengers BUT you got banger right out the gate

 

[remember_spinal]

Bungie didn’t want to make Halo anymore, instead they got locked into shitting out Destiny for decades instead.

A Bungie Halo at this point in time isn’t going to be any better than what just shipped. It’s time for a decade off and when we relaunch hitting absolutely hard with MP out of the gate, dozen maps, forge, etc.

Microsofts biggest blunder is not letting Bungie move on from Halo and make Destiny for them. Instead they spent an absorbent amount of money to keep a franchise that came to it’s natural end going with an incompetent studio while letting go of one of the best FPS studios in the industry with one of the biggest Multipalyer titles go to their biggest competitor.

All while they continue to drag around the dead carcass of the Halo IP for years

 

[XXL]

I'd prefer Bungie making something new.

 

[Kacho]

This is the dumbest thread I’ve seen on GAF in years lol

 

[Gobjuduck]

The paradigm shift of Sony fans liking halo would snap the world in two

 

[Jennings]

If Sony was to acquire the Halo IP then it would be a step backward for Playstation. Halo is played out. It can't be improved upon without upsetting vocal old fans, and it can't appeal to new fans because of all the baggage it carries. The best thing for Halo would be to put it on ice for fifteen-twenty years and then reboot the whole thing for a whole new generation. Only then will people's interest be genuinely piqued.

 

[THE DUCK]

It's a great IP, if MS wanted to do something new with it they would hand it to ID/Bethesda.
The idea of it going to Sony is about as likely as Ms Bringing on the last of us on xbox.

 

[Topher]

congrats on the dumbest thread of 2023!

Bonus points for an accurate avatar....

Just messing around LiquidRex

 

[LordCBH]

 

[Magic Carpet]

James Cameron could use some of that Avatar money, buy the Halo IP and take it down on his deep sea sub and leave the Halo ip at the bottom of the ocean.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

 

[LiquidRex]

well hey Bungie are recruiting... But I'm not implying it has anything to do with Halo. On a serious note as much as many will think this thread is dumb, I truly hope those that found themselves out of work find something asap and are fulfilled in what they end up doing.

 

[bitbydeath]

It's a great IP, if MS wanted to do something new with it they would hand it to ID/Bethesda.
The idea of it going to Sony is about as likely as Ms Bringing the Knack to xbox.

Fixed.

 

[diffusionx]

why would Microsoft sell off their biggest IP to their competitor?

>biggest

 

[March Climber]

why would Microsoft sell off their biggest IP to their competitor?

This isn't about Forza.

 

[light2x]

Can't think anything more disgusting than Halo adopting the Sony formula™

 

[Mokus]

Sony doesn't need Halo... They need Call of Duty!

 

[xion4360]

This isn't about Forza.

How is Forza bigger than Halo? I know Halo isn't what it used to be but that doesn't change history...Halo as a franchise is over 80 million in sales.

 

[Crispy Gamer]

In this fantasy world Bungie buying the rights to Halo would be the best thing for the franchise because it would be in the hands of a world class developer plus it would go multi-platform everyone wins too bad it'll never happen

 

[BennyBlanco]

 

[remember_spinal]

Can't think anything more disgusting than Halo adopting the Sony formula™

The formula of “good”

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

c'mon now.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

They should sell it to Activision after the deal falls through

 

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[chessy_08]

im a sony fanboy and love bungie but i have no confidence at all Sony as the publisher would save Halo

 

[Northeastmonk]

Bungie sold that horse a long time ago.

 

[The Fartist]

Bro, Halo killer, bro

 

[LiquidRex]

They should sell it to Activision after the deal falls through

Tbh if you really think about it the Activision/Blizzard deal may go through now after all, I mean if the regulators see how Microsoft ruined there biggest IP (Halo), then what does the competition have to worry about.

 

[Kurimao]

I cool with it but not FPS, I want Sony 3rd person movie style and Naughtydogs developing it.

 

[Graciaus]

I couldn't be any worse than it is now right? Everything 343 made has been average at best to trash.

 

[Damigos]

Since we ve come here…
Yes please

 

[Raven117]

An IP is only as good as the studio that creates it. Unless Bungie wants it back, it’s time to retire it to the annals of gaming history

 

[SegaManAU]

 

[remember_spinal]

It would take bungie an afternoon at the pub to come up with a better story than Halo. There is no value in that IP

 

[abacab driver]

Killzone and Resistance are rolling in their graves at this idea.

 

[REDRZA MWS]

Master Chief is a
Red blooded American. He’s an Xbox creation. You’d sooner see GoW:R on series X.

 

[Rac3r]

No one cares about Halo anymore. It's pretty much a meme at this point. I hope the next Gears does well, but both of these (former) Xbox flagship IPs are cooked. Hence why Microsoft is out buying IPs.

 

[Yoboman]

Right after Nintendo sell Pokemon to Microsoft

 

[jaysius]

No one cares about Halo anymore. It's pretty much a meme at this point. I hope the next Gears does well, but both of these (former) Xbox flagship IPs are cooked. Hence why Microsoft is out buying IPs.

Look what happened with God Of War, was dead and over done from the snorefest of GoW3, well I mean Ragnarök isn't great, but it's commercially successful and highly lauded.

Anything can happen to an IP.

 

[Crayon]

Hey guys I was looking to acquire a car. This one looks good.

 

[PendekarRajawali]

Sony fans on Halo: Halo is crap, was never big IP, doesn't have impact on video game industry.
But inside their hearts they were hoping Halo will be on PS one day.