: This comment by Tasha is an interesting point.
: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=88804944&postcount=582

: "Basically the playlist management. While I'll agree there have been a
: good amount of SMH moments, 343 has been slowly undoing Infinity. The
: problem is that at this point it seems that the majority of those still
: playing prefer Infinity settings, sadly. There are way more options for
: non Infinity fans in MM than there were earlier this year."

: Can I/should I infer from this that every step 343i took away from Infinity
: settings also had a negative impact on the population? It is a fact that
: 343i did a ton to connect with and accommodate communities who were
: against Infinity settings all the while the players in MM were
: predominately choosing to play the original Infinity game type vision? It
: cannot be denied that hard core Halo does not attract or hold the greater
: community. Playlist populations have never failed to tell the truth of
: this. Did 343i's lack of confidence in their own vision chase people away?

: You also mentioned it in your article, a lot of community sub groups got
: shafted with the failings associated with fileshares, campaign/SpOps films
: and etch like Race groups. I believe those failings had a bigger impact on
: the community than most people realize.

Tasha here, lol. It's ok.

I just wanted to say that I think unless 343 completely changed Halo 4 (some possible and some impossible) then Halo 4's population was going to continue on a similar decline anyway. The brakes were cut a long time ago.

Also, I think we're due for new and more detailed population descriptors instead of just "casual" and "hardcore".