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Bungie 'probably' exiting Halo franchise, new IP deal 'close'
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| However, Bakken quickly cautioned that that doesn't mean the Halo franchise
| is going away. "I can't answer that question for Microsoft, though,"
| continued the designer. "Whether they have something in the works or not, I
| don't know if they're actually ready to talk about it yet. But in terms of
| Bungie-produced Halo games, ODST and then Reach is probably all you're going
| to get."
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http://comic-con.gamespot.com/story/6214211/bungie-probably-exiting-halo-franchise-new-ip-deal-close
Halo Chronicles 'No longer happening' says Peter Jackson
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| Last Friday at Comic-Con, after showing off District 9 (a film he produced,
| and directed by Neill Blomkamp who was slated to direct the Halo movie), he
| told Joystiq,
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| "That Halo project is no longer happening, it sort of collapsed when the
| movie didn't end up happening."
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| Which is a bit odd, considering there were confirmed reports as recently as
| April 2008 stating...
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http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=BDA06E01-1A64-67EA-E472D78E2835A376
Microsoft still loses billions in this area.
Recent:
Microsoft Q4 games revenue falls 25%
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| Microsoftâs fiscal fourth-quarter sales from Xbox 360 consoles and videogames
| fell from a year earlier as gamers bought less hardware and software and
| spent more time playing free games online.
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http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6672841.html
Microsoft, Xbox 360 Division See Revenue Declines
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| The company's Entertainment and Devices Division, which contains its games
| business, as well as the Zune and other miscellaneous items, saw a 25 percent
| year-over-year fourth quarter revenue decrease to $1.19 billion.
|
| [...]
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| The EDD division's quarterly loss overall was $130 million, slightly
| decreased compared to a $171 million loss in the same quarter, a year prior.
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http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=24561
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