Halo is basically the result of 2 companies sticking to their beliefs and to the plan. What exactly was that plan? For Microsoft- To make a system that is geared towards FPS starting with the controller. For Bunjie- To make a FPS that will shake the industry with full support (money) from Microsoft. As a result Halo became a classic.
The moral of the story? Stick to what you believe in and good things will happen. Sony had made the mistake of copying the competition instead of st...
I wrote this article just to bring to mind the influence Halo had made on the industry as a whole. You may not have liked it for whatever reason but Halo brought the GUN to console systems. Just look at all of the major titels on the PS3 and Xbox and at least 60% of the top games are FPS. Before Halo there was Final Fantasy, Grand Turismo, Tekken, etc. FPS were not the norm. You are absolutely correct about Golden Eye on the Nintendo 64 but it died with the Nintendo 64, every other version of...