[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SHINAENAE Halo reach is by far the worst game of the series. There are currently only 100K people online. When I used to play halo 3, even after 2-3 years the population was constantly over 300-400k. Goes to show how many people have left the halo community. I believe the main reason for this decrease in the gaming population is due to the lack of competitiveness! The whole game is a "Social Match" where you don't earn your ranks by winning. The new system is a joke. If I played all day, I'm bound to eventually get 3 high scores, which doesn't really show your skill level. 2nd reason is the bloom effect. If people really cared about it they would end up playing BF3 or MW3. Halo is a fantasy game, that's why there is no bloom effect. In addition, without bloom it actually takes skill to keep your cross hairs on your target till they die! This is just my OPINION, but statistics speak for themself. Lots of <3 Halo 1-2-3! ...and hopefully #4![/quote] This isn't just because of the quality of Reach, Back when Halo 3 came out, It was one of the only BIG titles. Nowadays Halo competes with many other games. Like Battlefield, Call Of Duty, Gears of War, Mass Effect etc..Therefore lower Population for Reach. And most of the people who played Halo 3 just played it because it was fun and they were never really apart of the community. There is still a huge chunk of the original community left. Sorry for going off topic. I thought that was necessary. [Edited on 06.11.2012 11:23 PM PDT]