If you’re a Halo fan, I’m imagining you’ve spent quite a fair chunk of time with theHalo: The Master Chief Collection. After all, it’s home to so many of the franchise’s bangers.
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The Master Chief Collectionhas had a rocky ride. It’s certainly come a long way from when it was first released but there’s no sugarcoating the fact that players had to endure several years of bugs and rocky updates. Fair to say though, it’s been in far more of a playable state in recent years but you may have noticed that the last major content update landed in July 2023. In December, one developer on the game then shared an image of a gift they’d received, seemingly from 343, thanking them for their work on the release. A plaque read “11/2014 - 07/2023” seemingly marking the end of the game’s content updates.
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Microsoft was also fearful of an incoming recession, and thus decided to pull the plug. Rebs goes on to add that the decision didn’t go down well with 343 employees but that this isn’t the definitive end ofThe Master Chief Collection, with it being possible for development to resume should a viable revenue stream be added. There was, of course, the Spartan Points idea but this didn’t go down all that well with players back when it was brought to light.
It’s sad to hear but fans aren’t all that surprised. “MCCwas fantastic (after it was fixed) and that model should be followed with a Gears collection focusing onGears 1-3+ Spin off, but having no microtransactions built into it was always gonna cause it to end,”commentedReddit user LordSlasher, while HomeMadeShockadded, “Well, theMCCgot 10 years of support, that’s pretty damn good. It went from one of the worst launches in modern history to the golden standard of collection games.” You served us well, old friend.
Topics:Halo,343 Industries,Microsoft,Xbox,Xbox One,Xbox Series S,Xbox Series X
