It'll be Halo: Something again.
Chief should be retired after this next game and move onto the next protag.
They're not going to promise split screen again, that's for sure.
I don't think it's stupid but I do think it's not worth getting angry about, especially since so few people would use it and it allowed them to devote resources to MP at a crucial time. The real problem was they promised it, so next time they need to not do that.
I imagine they're told to always brand it as Series S/X together.
Most PC gamers weren't buying Xbox's or PlayStation's before, and of the handful that did, many were still playing everything they could on PC anyway. Putting games on PC means less "consoles sold", but doesn't have the same effect on the more meaningful metric of "users that do all their gaming spends though our console".
Yeah, that's all fine. All I know is that I've been playing Halo since 2001 and Infinite has the best gameplay of the entire franchise (and one of the best campaigns) and I still play it multiple times a week. I've played it more and longer than any previous Halo MP.
And why did so many people buy PS4s? If we followed this logic then the console split should be 50/50 like in the PS360 generation.
It is! It's used by less then 5% of the player base and everyone who goes "oh where the hell is split screen" is never gonna use it cause they have real lives!
Microsoft spends most of it on YouTube - at least in the UK, anyway. Whereas on TV I mostly see PlayStation and Nintendo adverts with PlayStation adverts appearing a lot during events with high viewers (Champions League, other sports games). Microsoft did do a lot of Diablo IV adverts on TV last year and it seemed to pay off for them which is why I was surprised I hardly saw anything about Starfield or Forza Motorsport with the UK being big lovers of racing games like that. I think they'll still mostly utilise YouTube this year but if they do have the marketing for Call of Duty I reckon they'll use that time period to go all-in on TV adverts emphasising that you can play it day one on GP etc.
The early bad PR, tiered countries, and losing COD marketing rights played major parts in Xbox losing mindshare last gen. Not that I agree that exclusives aren't important, but MS made a lot bad decisions with the XBONE.
People always blame the downward trend of Xbox hardware sales on them putting their games on PC.
I can't wait to get home and watch! I still have to watch both episode 3 and 4. Trying to avoid spoilers but I'm hearing really good things :)
I love Halo, but theses are some hard to swallow pills some fans need to take.
Splitscreen is used by far more than 5%. You've pretty much made up that number, and it's guaranteed that not having splitscreen actually reduces your potential playerbase. For some people, it's the only way they can play your game.
