: Heh, I also likely don't play games as often as most 'gamers' or whatever,
: that's why I DO feel the desire to savor a game for years. Halo games were
: about the only games I bought new and paid the initial high cost for
: because I didn't need many other games. I could just play that one for
: years, picking it up whenever I got the chance and always having fun with
: it... And I plan to keep playing Halo 1-3 and ODST, and Reach to some
: degree, for decades. :)

: I guess since you're enjoying the story, that's great. For me, it just keeps
: feeling less and less Halo so the whole quality over quantity saying is
: relevant. I'd rather see Halo end than fade away or burn out, and I'm
: worried it will.

Well, we could also keep in mind that being an Xbox One game announcement event, and not inherently a Halo announcement event, its presence here really was to build hype for Halo.

Note it wasn't a Halo 5 announcement. It was simply "Halo". This could be their way of demonstrating where Halo is going and what they can do with Halo, briefly, with this little teaser intro.

That seems more likely in my mind. I'm sure a Halo 5 announcement is still to come... :P