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2/4/2012 7:55:43 AM
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Why did Bungie quit Halo?
I honestly don't know why Bungie quit Halo sooooo...
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I think at some point, Bungie wanted to actually make money from producing billion dollar franchises, instead of simply being Microsoft employees.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Hylebos It's quite simple really. When you've been doing the same thing for 10 years, those ideas, dreams, and ambitions that you put on the back burner start to boil over. It's only natural to drop everything and attend to them before they evaporate and are gone forever.[/quote] Essentially like a divorce
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Hylebos It's quite simple really. When you've been doing the same thing for 10 years, those ideas, dreams, and ambitions that you put on the back burner start to boil over. It's only natural to drop everything and attend to them before they evaporate and are gone forever.[/quote]exactly!
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I've wondered this too. I just figured you need to cut a couple sickly branches to grow.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Hylebos It's quite simple really. When you've been doing the same thing for 10 years, those ideas, dreams, and ambitions that you put on the back burner start to boil over. It's only natural to drop everything and attend to them before they evaporate and are gone forever.[/quote]Spot on.
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Halo was beat up old poon. Bungie needed hawt, fresh poon.
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>Bungie were bought by M$ ~10 years ago. >Made Halos. >M$ owns the Halo IP. >Became Independant, had to leave Halo behind. >M$ set up 343i to continue making Halo games.
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They got bored.
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Well, bungie's a multi-million company, y quit? there probably gona start another gaming franchise
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Hylebos It's quite simple really. When you've been doing the same thing for 10 years, those ideas, dreams, and ambitions that you put on the back burner start to boil over. It's only natural to drop everything and attend to them before they evaporate and are gone forever.[/quote] Hence World of Warcraft. OT: It's mostly because Bungie split from Microsoft and wants to do something new and fresh. Hell, maybe they'll return to Halo one day? Only time will tell. [Edited on 02.04.2012 1:32 AM PST]
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They saw the monstrosity that was Reach and collectively said "Never again..."
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Because they'd been working on the same project for ten years and it was time to start something new. Which is something I'm happy about, the gaming industry needs more new games.
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Am I the only one who sees at least 2 of these threads a week?
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Because Reach.
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What a waste of a game! >;(
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IIRC: I think they were under contract to make 5 halo games. This explains why they pretty much crapped out halo reach. They just wanted to move on and do what THEY wanted to do.
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I now understand.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] TopsideRabbit So why is 343 making a Halo 4 then?(not that I don't want them too)[/quote] Microsoft wants money. Halo games make money and are an incentive for prospective customers to go with Xbox. I understand the confusion. I'll give a brief history. Microsoft bought Bungie in 2000, and with Bungie all the Bungie IP (Halo included) at the time. So Bungie is a division of Microsoft. In 2007 Bungie became independent again (the details of why are not public so all we can do is guess) but was still under contract to develop two more Halo games under the Microsoft banner as part of the deal. When the current owners of Bungie took over the firm they did not get Halo back. Around this time Microsoft created 343, a division of Microsoft just like Bungie was, and they are now making Halo games.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] DOINKEN [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] TopsideRabbit So why is 343 making a Halo 4 then?(not that I don't want them too)[/quote]They are the new developer. Microsoft's going to milk this franchise to death. See: COD[/quote] How is Microsoft milking a franchise they don't even own?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] DOINKEN [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] TopsideRabbit So why is 343 making a Halo 4 then?(not that I don't want them too)[/quote]They are the new developer. Microsoft's going to milk this franchise to death. See: COD[/quote] Gee... I see that your logic fails..
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I see.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] TopsideRabbit So why is 343 making a Halo 4 then?(not that I don't want them too)[/quote]They are the new developer. Microsoft's going to milk this franchise to death. See: COD
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Because they wanted to do something different.
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So why is 343 making a Halo 4 then?(not that I don't want them too)
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It's disappointing to see them go, I know, but it's necessary: 1) Bungie wants to be more independent 2) Bungie wnats to make a new IP 3) Microsoft is a control freak 4) Reach deviated a lot from the previous titles, that alone shows they wanted to do something different.
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Because Bungie realized that they were getting stale and didn't want to be known as the developer that exclusively did Halo, maybe. If they stayed with Microsoft they would have done Halo, after Halo, after Halo, after Halo until the franchise dies and Microsofts liquefies Bungie. You think they'd want that? [Edited on 02.04.2012 12:00 AM PST]
