I believe Halo 3 will blow Gears out of the water come Fall. Halo just has more depth to it. The Halo universe is more interesting as well. Gears looks incredible and the campaign was a blast, but there's nothing next-gen about it other than graphics in my opinion. The controls certainly weren't next-gen. Nothing in the campaign blew me away, either. It was immersing, however. I'll give it that. Most people I know that have owned Gears have traded it in or have stopped playing it all together. I think what made it break the 3 million mark is 1) word of mouth, 2) graphics, 3) violence, and 4) how simple the multiplayer is. It just didn't have enough depth to keep me interested. Of course this is only my opinion, not a fact. So take no offense.

i'd agree that thats a reason for GOW success... but none of my friends have traded it in and the two games that I see people playing now are crackdown and GOW... anyhow, i don't think that any game will feature "next gen" controls on the xbox 360 because it still has a standard control pad. However, that doesn't mean that the game won't be next gen. Halo 3 will most likely have similar control scheme to halo 2 and most of the features will be the same. What will make it next gen are the physics, graphics, and AI. That was the same with GOW...

I think we are beyond saying that things are next gen... because this is the current gen... What you might say is a game like bullet witch is last gen... but not game is really next gen anymore... not until xbox 3 and ps4 and the wiilite come out...

Control is much more than just a controller. It's also how the game makes use of the controller in question. The controller itself just makes a layout comfortable. I'm glad MS and Sony haven't changed their controllers by much (my only gripe being the 360's d-pad). As for GoW, mapping more than one function to A was a mistake in my opinion. Especially when it comes to gameplay mechanics. It leaves too much room for error (wanting to roll instead of take cover, for example). Some games just have the right setup for their mechanics, like Halo. If gameplay mechanics change, usually the controller setup does, too. I'm in no way saying GoW is a terrible game. It's a good game. Just overrated. It's one of, if not THE best looking games on 360 right now, it has lots of gore, it's gritty and very adult, and that pulls people in. The multiplayer could've used a lot of work. It gets stale too fast. I'm still very much looking forward to a sequel, however. Some people love it, some people hate it, some are tired of it (like me). That goes for any game.

So much bitterness. Why be upset over something like this. Just don't buy it and stick with what you prefer.

Give it rest medman..., take a deep breath and try to not sound so invested in something no one is forcing you to read, buy, or play.

"Console war"is over, Sony won, be happy.

I'm not sure spending the heavy investment in time to recreate the multiplayer here is the answer either though.
Remaking the campaigns is a great idea to bring the new players up to speed. But if the multiplayer is included in each it'll just fracture the player base of each release.
I think it might be better to turn these campaigns out quicker and have 1 multiplayer game to keep everyone in one place

Wouldn't have that problem if it were MCC being released. Gotta wait for 7 to be disappointed with MP all over again cause if they half baked Infinite what makes people think they won't half bake the next game? MP works in past HALO games not cause of nostalgia but because it's MP that isn't concerned with the endless service approach.

Travesty,
Buy an Xbox.

30% profit margins! People will pay $70+ for remakes!

I thought the same thing, then I realized that they wouldn't include the remakes in that edition. We may get a different version of Halo MCC in the future with all of the remakes included. I just want them to include Halo 5 at some point for PC.