I used to savor every detail, be wowed at every announcement. And now I'm getting sequels announced when I feel like I've barely played the last one. Each game's lifespan and legacy will just keep getting smaller and smaller and requiring more and faster updates/dlcs/sequels to keep it fresh, when in effect, that approach is one of the things hurting it.

We need a franchise that knows when to sleep and when it has a story and game worth building. But Microsoft isn't mindful of the long-term apparently, just the yearly profits. So in another 5 years it will fizzle out. Then maybe a few years after that it will get a reboot and things will go strong for a while again.

Or maybe not. Maybe the next trailer will showcase some of the bold UNSC acts of daring I loved in the old days, the varied and intense colors of marines, aliens, and strange environments, and the designs and musical themes that brought me into this universe.