Do you guys think Halo is being milked?

There are 7 games in the series now. Only 3 are main games. There is also comics, novels, anime, toys, and a supposed movie. Also, when they announced Halo 4 in E3 this year, they also announced that there would be a Halo 5 and Halo 6. Why wont Microsoft finish their candy bar before opening another 2 candy bars? It is annoying. Halo 3 was supposed to be the last game, but a year before Halo 3 was released, they announced Halo Wars. And then before Wars came out, they announced ODST. And then before ODST was released, they announced Reach. And then they announced 4 games at E3 this year! FOUR!!! Anniversary, 4, 5, and 6. Why do they keep milking the series? It is getting quite sad really. That is why I am not excited for Halo 4. Maybe if ODST, Wars, Anniversary, and Reach never existed, then I would be super excited for Halo 4, but the fact that they have been releasing Halo related products constantly and expect us to be excited for Halo 4 is crazy. The series has been ruined because of this in my opinion. Seriously, did they have to make Mega Blocks of Halo??? Really?

There are 7 games in the series now. Only 3 are main games. There is also comics, novels, anime, toys, and a supposed movie. Also, when they announced Halo 4 in E3 this year, they also announced that there would be a Halo 5 and Halo 6. Why wont Microsoft finish their candy bar before opening another 2 candy bars? It is annoying. Halo 3 was supposed to be the last game, but a year before Halo 3 was released, they announced Halo Wars. And then before Wars came out, they announced ODST. And then before ODST was released, they announced Reach. And then they announced 4 games at E3 this year! FOUR!!! Anniversary, 4, 5, and 6. Why do they keep milking the series? It is getting quite sad really. That is why I am not excited for Halo 4. Maybe if ODST, Wars, Anniversary, and Reach never existed, then I would be super excited for Halo 4, but the fact that they have been releasing Halo related products constantly and expect us to be excited for Halo 4 is crazy. The series has been ruined because of this in my opinion. Seriously, did they have to make Mega Blocks of Halo??? Really?

TheManofTin

Yes. They are milking it; it's one of Microsoft's gold mines. People will buy anything with a name HALO on it. I have also spent enough money on HALO and "Reach" was my last game and final Halo game I will buy.

I know people who are going to buy HALO 4 even though the original company left.

no its far from being milked. If it were we would be at like Halo 10. ODST wasn't a sequel and really just an expansion pack to Halo3 dont know why people consider it another full halo release. Halo wars is an RTS and wasn't all that bad. Theres nothing wrong with trying something new and further exploring the universe of the series. Anniversary is pure fan service. Hordes of people kept asking for it so they gave it to them and i see nothing wrong with that. Halo reach is a main entry in series so make that 4 main games. 7 games over 10 years is not milked.

A good example of milked is of course COD or 1st party nintendo games ect.

I can honestly say that even though I want to be done with Halo after Reach, I am partially interested in how Halo 4 will turn out.

And yes, it is mainly because it has Halo as the title. :cool:

Yes I do. Microsoft would have best put Halo 4 on the upcoming Xbox 720 or Xbox Pulse. Or whatever MS ends up calling the Next Xbox. Halo 4 would make an excellent launch title for Xbox 3. In 2013 or 2014 whenever it is released.

However MS will release it on Xbox 360 and Cash in. So yes Halo series has been milked. Halo Wars, Halo ODST, Halo Reach. and even the HD re-release of Halo Combat evolved. Microsoft has decided to milk the Halo series.

I would wait on Halo 4 and relive the Halo Franchise, Polish this game and release it on the Third Xbox as launch title. Polish this 4th installment and return Halo series to greatness.

But Micosoft will do a quick Cash in. And milk it. (MS has to make money so Milking Halo is in order)

[QUOTE="TheManofTin"]

There are 7 games in the series now. Only 3 are main games. There is also comics, novels, anime, toys, and a supposed movie. Also, when they announced Halo 4 in E3 this year, they also announced that there would be a Halo 5 and Halo 6. Why wont Microsoft finish their candy bar before opening another 2 candy bars? It is annoying. Halo 3 was supposed to be the last game, but a year before Halo 3 was released, they announced Halo Wars. And then before Wars came out, they announced ODST. And then before ODST was released, they announced Reach. And then they announced 4 games at E3 this year! FOUR!!! Anniversary, 4, 5, and 6. Why do they keep milking the series? It is getting quite sad really. That is why I am not excited for Halo 4. Maybe if ODST, Wars, Anniversary, and Reach never existed, then I would be super excited for Halo 4, but the fact that they have been releasing Halo related products constantly and expect us to be excited for Halo 4 is crazy. The series has been ruined because of this in my opinion. Seriously, did they have to make Mega Blocks of Halo??? Really?

HeroKen-ii

Yes. They are milking it; it's one of Microsoft's gold mines. People will buy anything with a name HALO on it. I have also spent enough money on HALO and "Reach" was my last game and final Halo game I will buy.

I know people who are going to buy HALO 4 even though the original company left.

No I don't, the only Halo game I felt that was a cheap cash in was ODST. The series as a whole (if you ignore ODST) is pretty good throughout and the CE remake was pretty good. So I think Halo will havea pretty good future ahead of it, BUT I am a little worried abotu 343 stuidios. I don't know too much about them, and to be honest, I think Halo needs to have some changes made to it.

In this day of COD, Killzone, Battlefields ect... Halo isn't the giant it used to be. It's still a good game series don't get me wrong, but it needs to offer something newto stand out IMO.

Halo games usually came out about 4 years apart. Once Bungie said they would stop developing it, Microsoft announced 2 Halo games the FOLLOWING YEAR (including a remake of CE which let's face it, didn't need a remake). What does that tell you.

no it takes a few years to make one halo on top of that everygame adds atleast something new weapons,vehacles,customization.and they made waypoint(dudes in CoD,hmmm way point we shall call ours elite mwahahahaha *me gusta face*). far from milked my friend

no its far from being milked. If it were we would be at like Halo 10. ODST wasn't a sequel and really just an expansion pack to Halo3 dont know why people consider it another full halo release. Halo wars is an RTS and wasn't all that bad. Theres nothing wrong with trying something new and further exploring the universe of the series. Anniversary is pure fan service. Hordes of people kept asking for it so they gave it to them and i see nothing wrong with that. Halo reach is a main entry in series so make that 4 main games. 7 games over 10 years is not milked.

A good example of milked is of course COD or 1st party nintendo games ect.

[QUOTE="Gen007"]

no its far from being milked. If it were we would be at like Halo 10. ODST wasn't a sequel and really just an expansion pack to Halo3 dont know why people consider it another full halo release. Halo wars is an RTS and wasn't all that bad. Theres nothing wrong with trying something new and further exploring the universe of the series. Anniversary is pure fan service. Hordes of people kept asking for it so they gave it to them and i see nothing wrong with that. Halo reach is a main entry in series so make that 4 main games. 7 games over 10 years is not milked.

A good example of milked is of course COD or 1st party nintendo games ect.

TheManofTin

[QUOTE="TheManofTin"][QUOTE="Gen007"]

no its far from being milked. If it were we would be at like Halo 10. ODST wasn't a sequel and really just an expansion pack to Halo3 dont know why people consider it another full halo release. Halo wars is an RTS and wasn't all that bad. Theres nothing wrong with trying something new and further exploring the universe of the series. Anniversary is pure fan service. Hordes of people kept asking for it so they gave it to them and i see nothing wrong with that. Halo reach is a main entry in series so make that 4 main games. 7 games over 10 years is not milked.

A good example of milked is of course COD or 1st party nintendo games ect.

Haven't bought in to the series since Halo 2, so yes.

[QUOTE="Gen007"]

no its far from being milked. If it were we would be at like Halo 10. ODST wasn't a sequel and really just an expansion pack to Halo3 dont know why people consider it another full halo release. Halo wars is an RTS and wasn't all that bad. Theres nothing wrong with trying something new and further exploring the universe of the series. Anniversary is pure fan service. Hordes of people kept asking for it so they gave it to them and i see nothing wrong with that. Halo reach is a main entry in series so make that 4 main games. 7 games over 10 years is not milked.

A good example of milked is of course COD or 1st party nintendo games ect.

TheManofTin

IDK maybe because they felt it was worth $60 but make no doubt about it thats ODST is an expansion. Price has nothing to do with it though. Its basically just a side story campaign Using halo 3's engine and more Halo 3 MP content aka an expansion. Console games dont normally get expansions but ODST is an expansion. In fact why am i explaining this the games full title is Halo 3:ODST it has Halo 3 in the title man.

No I don't, the only Halo game I felt that was a cheap cash in was ODST. The series as a whole (if you ignore ODST) is pretty good throughout and the CE remake was pretty good. So I think Halo will havea pretty good future ahead of it, BUT I am a little worried abotu 343 stuidios. I don't know too much about them, and to be honest, I think Halo needs to have some changes made to it.

In this day of COD, Killzone, Battlefields ect... Halo isn't the giant it used to be. It's still a good game series don't get me wrong, but it needs to offer something newto stand out IMO.

ShadowMoses900

Heh, the whole fanbase is being milked, not just Halo.

what you expect? Halo is the Xbox mascot. just like Mario is to Nintendo. ALL i can say is Halo isn't milked has bad as Mario, final fantasy, cod, Pokemon titles. shoot FF is milking so hard that's they had to put (2) at the end of the number on them

BUT hey etheir way, why wouldn't anyone keep selling something that produces money?

Yes. But give me more of the vitamin H baby!

[QUOTE="Gen007"]

no its far from being milked. If it were we would be at like Halo 10. ODST wasn't a sequel and really just an expansion pack to Halo3 dont know why people consider it another full halo release. Halo wars is an RTS and wasn't all that bad. Theres nothing wrong with trying something new and further exploring the universe of the series. Anniversary is pure fan service. Hordes of people kept asking for it so they gave it to them and i see nothing wrong with that. Halo reach is a main entry in series so make that 4 main games. 7 games over 10 years is not milked.

A good example of milked is of course COD or 1st party nintendo games ect.

TheManofTin

Well yeah I honestly think they are milking the franchise however I don't see anything bad with it . . . I mean as a consumer I don't really lose anything whenever a company milks a game franchise, if I don't like it, I won't buy it, problem solved . . . Truth be told, the only Halo game that I really think was great is Halo:Reach, it's the first Halo game that I played and I loved it alot so after that I tried playing Halo 3 which was pretty boring for me . . .

There are 7 games in the series now. Only 3 are main games. There is also comics, novels, anime, toys, and a supposed movie. Also, when they announced Halo 4 in E3 this year, they also announced that there would be a Halo 5 and Halo 6. Why wont Microsoft finish their candy bar before opening another 2 candy bars? It is annoying. Halo 3 was supposed to be the last game, but a year before Halo 3 was released, they announced Halo Wars. And then before Wars came out, they announced ODST. And then before ODST was released, they announced Reach. And then they announced 4 games at E3 this year! FOUR!!! Anniversary, 4, 5, and 6. Why do they keep milking the series? It is getting quite sad really. That is why I am not excited for Halo 4. Maybe if ODST, Wars, Anniversary, and Reach never existed, then I would be super excited for Halo 4, but the fact that they have been releasing Halo related products constantly and expect us to be excited for Halo 4 is crazy. The series has been ruined because of this in my opinion. Seriously, did they have to make Mega Blocks of Halo??? Really?

TheManofTin

Becuz Micro$oft want mur munehhhh!!!! Tehy're hungrehhh

I love Halo, but yes. I personally think that they should have done Halo CE - 3 and Reach. ODST was milking it. Halo Wars was making it. Halo 4 - 6 is milking it. When Bungie handed off its baby, you know that they were even wanting to move on to stop milking their own franchise.

No one goes after Madden or COD or 90% of Nintendos franchises. How many times can you rescue Peach before you realize I've been doing this for 20 years?

Someone above said it best. If the game is good and stands on it's own who cares if it's game 2 or 20? We know nothing on Halo4 at the moment and just cause the original team is not there doesn't mean it'll be bad. May mean we don't have the same feel of the other Halo games but as long as it's something fun and interesting I'll play Halo4 - 57.

Long story short Halo makes money. Why would you want to stop making money with your top franchise? Even if Halo is not the top dog of gaming it once was doesn't mean it's still not fun. COD right now is the top dog and those games don't interest me enough to buy them.

[QUOTE="TheManofTin"][QUOTE="Gen007"]

no its far from being milked. If it were we would be at like Halo 10. ODST wasn't a sequel and really just an expansion pack to Halo3 dont know why people consider it another full halo release. Halo wars is an RTS and wasn't all that bad. Theres nothing wrong with trying something new and further exploring the universe of the series. Anniversary is pure fan service. Hordes of people kept asking for it so they gave it to them and i see nothing wrong with that. Halo reach is a main entry in series so make that 4 main games. 7 games over 10 years is not milked.

A good example of milked is of course COD or 1st party nintendo games ect.

No one goes after Madden or COD or 90% of Nintendos franchises. How many times can you rescue Peach before you realize I've been doing this for 20 years?

Someone above said it best. If the game is good and stands on it's own who cares if it's game 2 or 20? We know nothing on Halo4 at the moment and just cause the original team is not there doesn't mean it'll be bad. May mean we don't have the same feel of the other Halo games but as long as it's something fun and interesting I'll play Halo4 - 57.

Long story short Halo makes money. Why would you want to stop making money with your top franchise? Even if Halo is not the top dog of gaming it once was doesn't mean it's still not fun. COD right now is the top dog and those games don't interest me enough to buy them.

[QUOTE="Alex3796"]

[QUOTE="TheManofTin"] If ODST was an expansion, then why would they price it at 60 dollars?TheManofTin

[QUOTE="Mr_arizona"]

No one goes after Madden or COD or 90% of Nintendos franchises. How many times can you rescue Peach before you realize I've been doing this for 20 years?

Someone above said it best. If the game is good and stands on it's own who cares if it's game 2 or 20? We know nothing on Halo4 at the moment and just cause the original team is not there doesn't mean it'll be bad. May mean we don't have the same feel of the other Halo games but as long as it's something fun and interesting I'll play Halo4 - 57.

Long story short Halo makes money. Why would you want to stop making money with your top franchise? Even if Halo is not the top dog of gaming it once was doesn't mean it's still not fun. COD right now is the top dog and those games don't interest me enough to buy them.

TheManofTin

Best argument to that is you can always move on. Doesn't mean the majority of the gaming community has to come with you. It only effects you if you want it to just like COD has no effect on me cause I don't like those games. (Although friends list does seem pretty dry when everyone else is playing it.)

If Halo 4 ends up being horrible IMO then I'll move on but doesn't mean I'm expecting everyone else to follow. Just like the CODMW3 vs BattleField3 arguments. Why are you going to let a game you don't like effect how you play another?

I do not believe that the Halo series is being milked.

dont really care the actual series is done for me anything else i dont consider halo because it should have ended with H3 buy NO god forbid people have an imagniation as to what happens NO we have GOT to continue it so plot holes are exhausted into another trilogy that will make no sense next to the origional.so its not being milked its done, anything post reach to me is not halo but a game with the name slapped on

I would'nt go as far as to say it's being milked, but MS is really pushing it right now. I still stand by my opinion that the series was just fine ending with Reach. I've been a big fan of the series- I own every Halo title on the 360 sans Halo Wars, and honestly I've had my fill, personally. I don't really see the need for another trilogy besides the obvious. (Easy $$$) It's time for something different.

What I call it is laziness on MS's part. I really wanted to see something new at E3, but it was more of the same. Halo 4!!!! *okay.jpg.* The reason I say it's not being milked just yet is because Halo 4 has yet to be released, and 343 still has time to make noticeable changes to keep the series from repeating itself (I'm doubtful of this, personally). At this point, my interest in 4 or any future titles is quite low.

It is being milked, microsoft just want to make money. Bungie have stopped making Halo games so microsoft created 2 other studios.
Microsoft are also milking it because Halo is the main attraction for an xbox, being xbox's killer app. Without any new Halos for the
xbox i think microsoft are worried that they would lose sales, though i don't think this is true. Most xbox players now play CoD so Halo
has lost its reputation in my opinion as being the reason to buy an xbox

no its far from being milked. If it were we would be at like Halo 10. ODST wasn't a sequel and really just an expansion pack to Halo3 dont know why people consider it another full halo release. Halo wars is an RTS and wasn't all that bad. Theres nothing wrong with trying something new and further exploring the universe of the series. Anniversary is pure fan service. Hordes of people kept asking for it so they gave it to them and i see nothing wrong with that. Halo reach is a main entry in series so make that 4 main games. 7 games over 10 years is not milked.

A good example of milked is of course COD or 1st party nintendo games ect.

Gen007

Most people considered ODST a full game until they played it. It did cost as much as a real game and that was almost the beggining of the milking of the halo franchise.

I loved Halo, it is propably in my top 10 games of all time. Halo 2 was excellent because of the multiplayer experience. Halo 3 was a nice evolution of the halo franchise that tweaked gameplay and made multiplayer games and community maps possible. Then ODST- do I even have to mention what's wrong with it. Last and ceertainly least is Halo: Reach. Essentially using the old engine to create a game that most people don't recognize as a Halo game. Add in the inability of the game designers to keep people from AFKing, especially because the game designers are ultimately responsible for this flaw in the community because Bungie wanted people to earn their clothes. Instead of Bungie fixing this, they went on a mass banning spree. They got at least 3 people I know who don't cheat. They don't care enough to cheat. They quit playing because of this nonsense and now I rarely play because I enjoyed plying with my friend.

Oh yeah, the introduction of an RTS into the FPS world of Halo was clearly milking the franchise. They could have named the RTS anything they wanted and they decided to call it 'Halo' for the money.

COD and Halo have been milked dry. I doubt I will ever buy another COD or Halo

[QUOTE="Alex3796"]

[QUOTE="TheManofTin"] If ODST was an expansion, then why would they price it at 60 dollars?TheManofTin

I don't give a shi t if they milk Halo as long as it's still fun to play. Let's see what 343 can do with and for this franchise.

cod is milked to death. not halo

I don't give a shi t if they milk Halo as long as it's still fun to play. Let's see what 343 can do with and for this franchise.

RoslindaleOne

This. I love the Halo series. It's my second favorite vidoe game series(first being Sonic). I believe 343 will do a great job on Halo 4. I can't believe people are jumping to extreme conclusions already saying their going to screw it up and it will be the worst Halo game and we just have a teaser so far.

yes i agree with you

Its like TC Hawx, TC End War, TC Hawx 2 they're are definitaley more criminal forms of using a name to sell a games that is lame. Halo 3:ODST was alright, Halo Wars was uneccessary (Like End War), Halo: Reach didn't do much, Anniversary is HD version of old. I'm hoping 4 actually adds something useful to the series.

There are 7 games in the series now. Only 3 are main games. There is also comics, novels, anime, toys, and a supposed movie. Also, when they announced Halo 4 in E3 this year, they also announced that there would be a Halo 5 and Halo 6. Why wont Microsoft finish their candy bar before opening another 2 candy bars? It is annoying. Halo 3 was supposed to be the last game, but a year before Halo 3 was released, they announced Halo Wars. And then before Wars came out, they announced ODST. And then before ODST was released, they announced Reach. And then they announced 4 games at E3 this year! FOUR!!! Anniversary, 4, 5, and 6. Why do they keep milking the series? It is getting quite sad really. That is why I am not excited for Halo 4. Maybe if ODST, Wars, Anniversary, and Reach never existed, then I would be super excited for Halo 4, but the fact that they have been releasing Halo related products constantly and expect us to be excited for Halo 4 is crazy. The series has been ruined because of this in my opinion. Seriously, did they have to make Mega Blocks of Halo??? Really?

TheManofTin

Well the first was the best IMO and one of my all time favorite shooters...i was dissapointed in 2's singlelayer, but multiplayer was great, 3's singleplayer was another big dissapointment for me, but again the mutiplayer was awesome, which i played quite a lot. i thought ODST was terrible for the price i payed, the singleplayer was not very interesting, was always dark and seemed repetitive and the multiplayer was the same as halo 3 (though admittidly it was good having the dlc), firefight was good but not enough, seemed more like dlc than a full game. I dont own reach but played the beta which i found brilliant and the rest of the game looks really good as well, not sure why i didnt buy it but it seems a bit late now so i will probably give it a miss (shame since it was Bungie's last).

But Overall i love the series and dont think its being milked, even with the few disappointments, and will be looking forward to Halo 4.

I dont get why people that either never liked Halo or moved on from Halo wants the series to end when there are millions of fans still interested. They make Madden, final fantasy and Mario games every year but I dont go on a hate spree and tell people they need to end the series. Let people enjoy there games. this makes no sense to me