TJ

At first I thought it was going to be a World of Warcraft expansion.

Turns out it's firefox. Anyone else having these problems on 3.6 beta 4?

Is anyone else unable to watch any videos on here? I get the loading bar at full, and when I click it nothing happens.

Could someone provide the link to the videos page?

I thought these were the statistics for all casual gamers.

Well, 80% means there would be exactly 2 left over so, yes... a cup.

I have to agree that Halo will pretty much definitely not be MW2 in overall sales as well, but I would like to say something.

Bungie created an entire universe for Halo, and in doing so created many stories that could not be made into games. Saying that writing a book in the Halo universe is milking it is stupid. In fact, this is probably the most annoying, and downright stupid comment out of all of this thread.

The Comics are, I admit, milking of the franchise but that shouldn't make you hate all of the games. Bungie didn't commission the Comics, Microsoft did. Microsoft owns the Halo IP, unfortunately, so they will be trying to make as much money off of it as they possibly can. Quote from Bungie:
"We don’t own the rights to the Halo IP. That means we can’t and don’t manufacture or sell Halo branded items. That extends not only to the name “Halo” itself, but also to the characters and iconic imagery you associate with our beloved baby."

5 games about it?
Halo 1: 2001: The start. You can't complain about that.
Halo 2: 2004: The Sequel. Still, can't complain.
Halo 3: 2007: The Final sequel of the Master Chief saga. Over this many years, how can you complain?
Halo 3: ODST: 2009: The Expansion. Microsoft being the money grubbing bastards they are forced the $60 price. Bungie didn't want that.
Halo Reach: 2010: The final game.

So, over the course of 10 years they made 4 games and an expansion. Their publishers forced a heavy pricetag on the expansion, so if you want: 5 games. Over 10 years. Get over it.

As for Statues and figurines... whenever a franchise gets as good as Halo, why would you expect them to NOT make action figures and the like for it? It just makes sense. I my self own a few because I enjoy physical objects as well as software.

"Halo IS bungie"? They were small-time Mac devs before they finally made a successful game, ergo: Halo.

"The series is finished in 3"
They never said that. Rumors went around after Halo 1, Halo 2, and Halo 3 that nothing would be released afterwords. They were all wrong. They said for Halo 3 that they were finishing Master Chiefs fights. You know, Finish the Fight? And they were. They then made an Expansion for the fans and are creating a sequel before they, as they have announced, move on.

Also, if the "Average person" were to think that "Halo 3" meant "Halo 4" then they are stupid. The title of the game is "Halo 3: ODST". If you look on the back, it says "Disk 2: The complete Halo 3 multilayer experience." then "This standalone disk contains the complete Halo 3 collection - 24 maps in all - including [...]" That pretty much sets in in stone that Halo 3 ODST is not a new game all together.

"COD is milked as well, but if anyone can get me a COD comic book, novel, bed sheets, movie and toy merchandises, I would be very happy :D"
That is EXACTLY why those things exist for Halo.

First was the MMO, next, MMOZ.

After that will be MMO GT, then a shitty movie, and finally MMO Kai.

Actually the whole "allowing you to drink alcohol at a young age" thing doesn't lead to as many problems as you would think. In fact, it makes High School and College students NOT drink them selves to death, because they don't only get this "one chance" that they get in the United States.

"I'm not a hater, I own every halo game there is and loved the series. I'm just not a blind fan boi and don't understand why they wont ADVANCE the story instead of going backwards"
They wanted to make another game, so they covered another portion of the universe. And, as they say, the most recent Bungie game is what sets the Canon for Halo, so they could make some incredibly storyline changes from what the books tell you.
"to make an easy buck."
Just... no. That can easily be said about any thing, ever.
'(S)He just made that (move/game/book/youtube video) to make money!'
"Halo ODST was a rip off"
I would have to disagree. I think it's fun.
"basically H3 DLC"
Yes, it came with new maps. So?
"and firefight didn't even have matchmaking"
That's because it was an expansion, and therefore they weren't going to heavily modify their outdated engine(There is a new one for Reach) to support Matchmaking with Firefight
"no new vehicles or weapons."
Expansion.
And there was the new SMG and pistol..
"Bungie hasn't shown any sign that Reach will be different."
Yea... because they haven't shown anything about the game yet. But there were leaks:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=378966

LameDuck, was that comment of "Mass is a Catholic thing." just a random statement of a fact or did you think it somehow had to do with what he said?

Or am I missing something?