: I don't agree very strongly with MacGyver's argument. Halo has competitors
: which are still able to sustain rank reasonably well over long periods of
: time, and it's not like Halo 4's dropping off is blatantly correlated with
: the end of DLC releases; it's been dropping down since the beginning, with
: DLC releases and updates occasionally giving it a momentary boost.

: At best it's a partial explaination, and one which some other games fighting
: over the same space seem to be less subject to the effects of.

All games are on decline. Even the big boys. In our Halo-preferred and Halo-isolated universe that we choose to live in because of our love for this game world, we don't many times take a look at other series. People elsewhere are talking about the decline of sales numbers, concurrent xbox live players and how the developers are taking the franchise in a direction the fans don't like.

I think the rumors of Halo's (or Call of Duty's, etc) demise are greatly exaggerated.

http://gamasutra.com/view/news/183066/

http://mp1st.com/2012/11/29/call-of-duty-sales-in-decline-with-black-ops-2-down-15-halo-4-could-have-impacted-sales/

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-04-17-is-call-of-duty-really-in-decline

http://community.callofduty.com/thread/200659019#.Ul6yhRAwcRo

http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/mw2-is-what-really-triggered-this-slow-cod-decline.453133271/

- MacGyver10