Halo is a cash cow, there’s just no two ways about it. I’m not saying it’s a bad game, just that every year or so, Microsoft can rely on raking in a ton of cash off it. Halo: Reach was just released last week, and before that, the last Halo game was Halo 3: ODST which was released a year ago. Before ODST though, Microsoft did not release a Halo game for 2 years.
Microsoft Games big wig Phil Spencer has told IGN that a three year release cycle is not enough Halo.
The basis for this is that there were three years between Halo: Combat Evolved, and Halo 2. A further 3 years passed before Halo 3 was released. It seems as though Microsoft has already shortened the development cycle on this franchise, so we are not sure exactly what Spencer is getting at. He did state that there is no official plan to release a Halo game every year, but he also had good things to say about Activision’s yearly CoD release schedule.
“I’ll just, again, be honest as a gamer. I used to look at annual releases of non-sports games as people just trying to milk me. I figured nobody had enough time to do a good job, and all of the negatives that we would associate with those kinds of scenarios. Kudos to Activision because they’ve done a good job building a good game, continuing to release each year and I think the fans feel like it’s a good thing that they do that. I think there are some things to learn, some positives and some opportunities, in what they do with that. Obviously they’ve kept the quality extremely high, which I think is important.”
Veteran Halo developer Bungie is no longer involved in the IP, and it remains to be seen what 343 Industries does with this incredibly hot property.
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