Official Status of Master Chief Collection

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My quest for a final call on MCC is not yet over. I'm fast approaching my one year anniversary at 343 and I feel for the first time an answer is nearly within reach. I still remain committed to providing a definitive answer, one way or the other, so we can all get on with our lives. :) @ske7ch343

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Can't undo the past at this rate but just letting players know one way or the other is still something I feel strongly about. I'd like to know, too. And you might find this surprising but MCC still does very well and is constantly drawing new players. It's far from "dead." @ske7ch343

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Actually yeah. Every time I've tried to say "nothing will ever be done about the game" I've come to find that wasn't necessarily true. Trust me, I'm all for saying that as soon as folks will commit that's the case. Now I'm not so sure that is the case to be honest. I'm not spinning PR talk. I'm closer, I think, to a legitimate answer but still not at liberty to give that answer. There were a flurry of meetings 9 months ago and now, 9 months later, it's been a recurring topic again. @ske7ch343

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That's all I'm trying to do. I'd love to see MCC get some love (and I don't know if it'll ever be possible to fix every single lingering issue and complaint - but I'd love to give it one more shot). But if it's not happening then my goal is to close the door and get one with our lives. @ske7ch343

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Well all I've said is that I think the studio is close to having a final position on MCC and thus being able to let everyone know if there will or won't ever be another update to the game. @ske7ch343

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It's just... complicated. That's of course incredibly simplistic to say but the reality is that there are just a ton of variables, dependencies and interwoven complications. If it were clear cut and straight forward I guarantee we'd have ended this dialog months/years ago - there's no shortage of desire here to give MCC the love it needs. The reason I've got renewed hope is that there have been some updates and advancements on the platform side that I think open up some avenues to do work the team has long wanted to do. (matchmaking is a specific example) @ske7ch343

Vashkey wrote:

You know, when Square Enix totally botched Final Fantasy XIV they realized how important that game was and how important it is to maintain the reputation of their flagship franchise. So they rebuilt the game from the ground up. They knew it would be a costly endeavor with big risks involved but they cared enough about their franchise and their fanbase that they went through with it.

As far as I can see, Microsoft has absolutely no excuses to hide behind. If they really cared about us and their flagship franchise that carried the Xbox platform and it's reputation they'd do whatever it takes to make it right, even if that meant rebuilding it. Hell, they could even try and minimize the financial burden by releasing it on steam and the windows 10 store, lord know PC Halo fans deserve to finish the fight at this point.

No offense to sketch, I respect what he's doing. Maybe even talking about this is putting some fire under Microsoft's butt. But it's been two and a half years since the last title update. If anything of significance was going to be done about this it would have been done by now.

And it's not okay. It will never be okay. Myself and many fans will never forget and rightly so.

Vashkey wrote:

If it's something they talk about then Im betting budgetting is the issue. Getting the impression there are budget cuts for Halo lately. Switching from Marvel to Darkhorse. Tor to gallery. Seems like they've cut back on Mcfarlane for toys in favor of cheaper companies like Mattel too.

Sinfvl wrote:

Let's keep this post alive. At this point any sort of update would be be appreciated, especially in regards to matchmaking. Getting 3 losses and going black screen when host quits in H2, the random build crashes mid game, the playlists, the menu, the lack of any experience system, not being able to actually customize armor, just to name a few. Theres many more issues i could name. What 343 needs to realise is that they have a great game and it has potential and it would be in their best interest to give the community what they want. They owe us all that.

J Teeps wrote:

I hope MCC gets a nice update. It's a masterpiece, even broken. If cross-game playlists were dropped, and each game was cleaned up one at a time (even if each took multiple months) over the months / years, I would be so happy.

I know I'll be playing (campaigns) off and on for many years to come. Maybe dabble with MM if cleaned up, as well.