Was Halo Infinite a success or failure?

In the words of those who worked on it, Microsoft and 343 Industries

343 Industries

343 Industries is an American video game developer located in Redmond, Washington, part of Xbox Game Studios. Headed by Pierre Hintze, the studio is responsible for the Halo series of military science fiction games, originally created and produced by Bungie, and is the developer of the Slipspace Engine.

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set it up to fail. A lack of resources, a fractured production cycle, unclear post-launch plans, and constant fumbling of a project that should have been a slam dunk.

How successful is Halo Infinite?

The developer shared some stats on this first year, with 170 million multiplayer matches played, 50 million campaign missions played, and 16 billion Spartans slayed.

Does Halo Infinite have a future?

No new story content for Halo Infinite is being worked on, Bloomberg reported, while unreleased multiplayer modes languish with tech troubles, and external studio Certain Affinity works on a possible battle royale-style spinoff.

What was the most successful Halo game?

From the day of its initial release and up until mid-November 2006, Halo 2 was the most popular video game on Xbox Live, even after the release of the Xbox 360; its position was eventually surpassed in 2006 by the 360-exclusive Gears of War. Halo and Halo 2 are still some of the most played games for the Xbox console.

Did Halo Infinite multiplayer flop?

Did Halo Infinite multiplayer flop? Twitch star NICKMERCS explained why Halo Infinite's lack of a battle royale mode made it a “flop” as the game's player base has dramatically shrunk since launch.

Halo Infinite Disaster: What Went Wrong

Is Halo Infinite declining?

Halo Infinite's decline over 2022 was death by a thousand cuts and a couple gaping wounds. In an August 2021 video update, 343 delivered the news that both campaign co-op and the Forge mapmaking mode would miss launch and arrive in 2022.

Why is Halo Infinite struggling?

Halo Infinite started off on the wrong foot with limited multiplayer modes, customization, and an experience progression system that was panned. Even the microtransactions that tied into these systems were designed in an unappealing way. Fixes have been coming slowly, but promised features are still nowhere in sight.

What game has made the most money?

Top Grossing Role-Playing Games 2022

Honor of Kings, the MOBA inspired by League of Legends, was the highest grossing game of 2022 with $1.6 billion revenue. Genshin Impact, which is popular in China and Japan, came second, grossing $1.2 billion.

What is the hardest Halo game?

Will Halo infinite campaign be continued?

According to Bloomberg, the studio is not working on additional campaign content for the game, which was released in November 2021 and was built using the Slipspace Engine.

Is Halo Infinite canon?

It's been canon since 2012.

Is Halo done?

343 Industries is reportedly being removed from active development of the Halo franchise as part of the ongoing layoffs across Microsoft. Halo Infinite, despite initial success, has not seen the long-term support from Halo fans that Xbox Game Studios was hoping for.

Did Halo Infinite do well?

Halo Infinite is on the verge of falling out of the top 10 most-played games on Xbox, and old favorites that do have engaged, long-term playerbases like Apex, Fortnite, Warzone, GTA 5, Destiny, Roblox and Rainbow Six Siege have all passed it. Halo Infinite is a poor performer on Twitch outside of major events.

Is Halo Infinite still popular?

Halo Infinite isn't in the Top 10 of most-played Steam games. In fact, at a little more than six months old - and its fan-favourite multiplayer component entirely free-to-play and available on Steam - Halo Infinite doesn't even breach the top 50 games that boast the highest concurrent player numbers.

Will Halo Infinite last 10 years?

When unveiled at the Xbox showcase in July 2020, Chris Lee touted that Infinite was meant to be the platform for Halo content for the next 10 years. He was really excited that it would be the hub where all future Halo releases would happen.

What is the #1 selling video game of all time?

The best-selling video game to date is Minecraft, a sandbox game released by Mojang in May 2009 for a wide range of PC, mobile and console platforms, selling more than 238 million copies across all platforms. Grand Theft Auto V and EA's Tetris are the only other known video games to have sold over 100 million copies.

What is the #1 game in the world?

1. Call of Duty: Warzone (Modern Warfare)

Did Halo 5 sell well?

Sales. First-week global sales of Halo 5 software and hardware totaled more than US$400 million, making it the fastest-selling Xbox One exclusive. Halo 5 made the biggest sales record in Xbox history, and was also the best-selling digital title.

How many Halo did Infinite sell?

Infinite is the #3 best-seller on Amazon, is the 18th best-selling game on the PC Microsoft Store, and has sold an estimated 800,000+ copies on Steam (based on Game Discover Co. Simon Carless' conversions, Halo Infinite's campaign could've sold anywhere from 500,083 - 833,472 units in 2021).

How many years did it take to make Halo Infinite?

Rumours suggest that 343 Industries spent half of Halo Infinite's development time working on the hero mechanics before deciding it wasn't working and spending the past two years working on the version of Halo Infinite we see today.

Why is Halo Infinite losing players?

The Halo Infinite player count dropping on PC is down to some complaints with the game which are pretty understandable. The game isn't really geared towards a mouse and keyboard which is the dominant play style on the platform.

How many people still play Halo Infinite?

Coming into 2023, Halo Infinite is holding an average PC player count of 3,000 to 4,000 each month. The player count has its peaks, reaching as high as 7,000 and even 12,000 in recent months.

Why is Halo Infinite closing?

The crashing of high-end games is often the result of outdated graphics drivers on a PC. The GPU is one of the most important resources used by any game to run smoothly. Especially a title like Halo Infinite requires high graphics as it is a graphic-oriented game.