: Assume a full DVD 9 for each game: 4 x 8.5 GB = 34GB.

: That leaves 16GB for movies, which @ 25Mbps means approximately 90 minutes of
: Bluray quality video. There are about 57 minutes of cutscenes in Halo 2,
: so if that is all prerendered that still leaves over 30 minutes for
: terminals.

I don't remember the source, but I recall someone from 343i saying that the Terminals were a last-minute decision and, while the physical objects were already in-game on the maps, there was no time to add the videos to it. Hence, the use of Halo Waypoint for them.

I think it was a bad way to do it, but better than not having Terminals at all. :P