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the 360 didn't have a halo game launch with it, the xbo didnt etiher. I feel there is too much weight being applied to this one game. It will come out when its ready. The PS3 didnt release with a GT game or a god of war game. It had other games to release with. Same goes for the PS4. The typical "system sellers" dont happen right away. They come out at the appropriate time to "sell systems". That shouldnt diminish the efforts of the other games that are there at launch or throughout. They all have a chance to sell and make a name for themselves (if they are new).
Halo delay wont effect the PS5... it wont even effect the SX.
Why on earth would it?
lets be honest if there was a halo fanatic wanting to buy a xbox he/she is suddenly not going to go buy a ps5 just because the game got delayed. they'll buy the xbox console and wait for the game to arrive because they're a halo fanatic.
however it doesn't help with the casuals who may have been expecting more games from microsoft but at the end of the day it's only one game and they'll still pick up a xbox if it has features they wanted.
the vast majority that buys playstation consoles will feel vindicated in their purchase though and continue buying them.
anyone on the fence though just got 1 less reason to own a series x
People think it’s about Halo itself. It’s not.
It’s because Halo is all they had for launch. Now they literally have nothing but 3rd party and old games to carry them. The exact problem they’ve had all last gen.
What has Microsoft been doing??
They should've delayed it without showing it in such a mediocre state. If they had just said "You know what, we need to make sure it's perfect and the best Halo ever so we need more time" the reaction wouldn't be nearly as bad.
Showing an ultra crappy build after a solid 2 years of hyping it as a game that would set a new standard (now fans saying "Halo has never been about flashy graphics" is laughable).
It will affect them because there is basically no reason to pick a Series X (or any other Xbox console) this year unless you somehow don't have any device that can access GamePass and you really wanna give that a try.
Miles Morales has a lot more potential given Insomniac's track record and it seems like Sony's Next-Gen games will be ready much sooner than Microsoft's (plus their releases on PS4 were absolutely incredible).
That's the real problem here....one game is one game. But Halo Infinite looking like crap and now being delayed is yet another example of Microsoft overpromising and under-delivering....something they've been doing for years.