“The Burden Is on Us” – Xbox Boss Expresses His Disappointment With Halo Infinite’s Failure

Xbox-exclusive Halo Infinite had a great launch. It started gaining massive amounts of players in the initial launch days. But the interest quickly fell off as the game failed to keep the players engaged. Microsoft studio head expresses his thoughts regarding the game’s shortcomings. 

The Halo series has the reputation of being one of the most beloved Xbox-exclusive game series of all time. Halo is a sci-fi military FPS game set in the 26th century. The game was originally created by Bungie but is currently managed and developed by 343 Industries, part of Microsoft’s Xbox Game Studios.

Halo Infinite was released back in 2021. It was the sixth mainline installment in the series. The game had a massive following and hype attached to it, as the fans were expecting a lot of great things from the next-gen Halo game. But the game fell short in some aspects and the hype got lost as the days passed. Recently, Microsoft studio boss Matt Booty has shared his honest thoughts on the game’s performance. 

Matt Booty shares his thoughts about Halo Infinite  

On November 4, 2022, Matt talked with the members of Friends Per Second podcast in an interview on YouTube titled, “Xbox Studio Boss Matt Booty talks Halo, Starfield and Xbox in 2023”. In the interview, Matt shared his thoughts on the game’s late performance even after getting such a strong release. 

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Matt Booty said the game’s performance was similar to, “The classic runner’s mistake of tripping and stumbling as you come across the finish line.” He said that “The burden is on” them, as they failed to plan ahead and hold the engagement for the game. 

According to Matt, the studio failed to plan to sustain the content for Halo Infinite. He said, “These days, with a game like Halo Infinite, shipping the game is just the beginning. There has got to be a plan for content sustain; there has got to be a plan for regular continuing engagement. And we just fell short of the plan on that.” 

In the end, Matt Booty thanked the players for sticking with them. He assured fans that they learned from their mistakes and has taken repercussions so that a situation like this never happens again. But unfortunately, he confirmed that there is nothing new coming to Infine except some “quality of life” updates and “regular cadence of content.”

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• Football Manager 2023—November 8 (PC)
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• Vampire Survivors—November 10 (Console)
• Pentiment—November 15 (Console, PC, Cloud)
• Somerville—November 15 (Console, PC)
• Gungrave G.O.R.E—November 22 (Console, PC, Cloud)
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What do you think about the Halo Infinity? Do you think it fell off? Let us know in the comments below!