Occam’s Razor has seemingly pierced John 117’s armor. 

I’d argue Game Pass was and remains the marquee launch title for Series X.

Man - I can’t disagree stronger here. There’s negative things I can say about every 343 Halo, but I had a ton of fun playing them and I’ve had a ton of fun replaying them, and I would absolutely rather have them than not have them. I don’t want the lack of a perfect Halo to mean a complete absence of Halo.

My guess is they decided to bring ray tracing in-scope for launch rather than doing it after the fact.

I think yes and I also think no. It’s undeniable that the pandemic has impacted practically every industry negatively, but I do think Halo Infinite’s development has been suffering from other internal factors. Regardless, I’ve never been so happy to see a game delayed.

Thank you!

This sounds like a great plan. Let’s talk when (okay, if) I get to Italy!

also, the creative director left midway through. Besides COVID, I guess things weren’t great for 343, seeing this was the launch game of the new Xbox.

They’re not.  Both of them should have count their losses and just pushed their consoles back until 2021.  Because if the second wave of Corona is just as bad as the first, well no one is going to be worried about video games.

Halo Infinite delayed indefinitely. 

Well, Covid and the overwhelmingly negative response to the graphics in the gameplay demo. From statements that came out of 343i after the showing I think they were under the impression people would be far more impressed than they actually were.

Maybe you can get management to sign off on it as a story expense like with the Changli, if not then it’s GoFundMe time! Working on an American badged Italian motored Austrian built minivan unicorn in the Midwest, story has a lot of potential.

I’m glad they have the support from management to make this move (presumably it is best for the game), because this seems like it’s nothing but a negative blow for Series X as a whole. They have no marquee launch title now - they shift from making Sony’s launch lineup look like it was lacking a big item, to giving…

this kind of confirms my suspicion that i think neither sony or microsoft are as ready for next gen as they wouldve been without covid. i dont know what im talking about, but it seems like this year would be the time for crunch and grind as they pumped out all of the press and ads, its almost september and we dont…

We’ve seen this happen to tons of major releases this year: Cyberpunk, TLOU2, now Halo Infinite. I don’t think the “real cause” is a suspicious rumour or juicy story... it’s just COVID. Probably the more boring answer.

I reckon shipping it stateside would cost a bit too much.

What will you do with it? I'm betting it will end up here in the U.S. just so you can brag about having a manual diesel minivan in the driveway, you have all that space now.

I KNEW IT WAS YOU FROM THE TITLE!

Is G/M kicking in any $$ for this trip? Or at least an expense account? If not, might I suggest that you set up a Patreon or a GoFundMe account. I’d kick in some money for a velvet interior.

I feel like someone like Netflix or Amazon Prime needs to follow you with a film crew and make a series of documentary series’ about your many wonderfully terrible ideas. Call it “Reckless Wrenching with David Tracy”.

It’ll be a great adventure no matter what happens. Good for you for having the tenacity to pursue it! (and the luck, with your parents in Germany and friends who can help)