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(The Following is taken from Chapter Cobaltnova's News)
Acording to “Numerous publishers and developers” word on the street is that “Xbox 2, or Xenon, is scheduled to launch in late 2005, reportedly putting it a year ahead of Revolution (GameCube's successor) and PlayStation 3”. And It’s pretty obvious now that Halo 3 will be an Xbox 2 title the question remains: when will it come out?
Taking in the fact that Halo 2 was released three years after Halo, it would be assumed that Halo 3 would not be an Xbox 2 release title. Industry insiders speculate that Halo 3 will be released in 2006 (*rolls eyes*), a week or so prior to the launch of the PS3. Now, Nintendo’s “Revolution” console is supposed to be released around the same time, but if you’re like me and are one of those that don’t own Pokemon Super Silver Mega Edition, you don’t really care.
So when will Halo 3 come out? According to the aforementioned assumptions, late 2006, but I’m going to go out on a limb here… What if Halo 3 were to come out next year? What if Bungie has been working on Halo 3 for the past year? Besides Halo 2's campaign plays out like about half a game anyway. It could be suggested that Halo 2 was supposed to be the end all for the Halo story (like Bungie mentioned back in the day) but was broken up into two games. Then the whole Arbiter storyline is tossed in to fill the empty space and blam! you’ve made one game into two.
Now regardless if this whole thing is some Micro$oft master marketing plan and despite wither the game comes out in 2005, 2006 or dare I say 2007, I can safely assume it will sell like hotcakes (whatever that dumb analogy means you get the picture). Remember that Halo was originally supposed to be a tactical strategy came before it was changed to a first person shooter. So don't be suprised by massive an unexpected changes.
Trying to say when Halo 3 will come out is entirely speculation. Even if Bungie themselves give a release date we know it’s not quite set in stone if you remember their claims of “Halo 2 Late 2003!” Now one thing that I am positive about that no one else has even mentioned is the release of Halo 4… Now you maybe saying, “Wait, hold on, you’re getting ahead of yourself.” No, I am not. Here are the facts as dictated by not me or Bungie or even fate but noble men such as Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Washington and every other person who has their face on a green back:
* Halo 3 will sell, and it will sell well. Even if there is no feasible continuation of the storyline after Halo 3 they will find one.
Which leads me to…
* There is a perfectly good storyline for Halo 4 as a prequel for the original Halo. In fact it’s already written in “Halo: The Fall of Reach” available at your local Bungie.net store.
* Micro$oft owns Bungie. What is Micro$oft best at? Making money. What will another Halo do? Make money. This game will be released even if no one previously associated with Bungie makes it.
So in summation…
* Nintendo Revolution? Garbage
* Xbox 2? Probably late 2005
* Halo 3? Probably late 2006 maybe if we’re lucky 2005, but most likely before the PS3 comes out.
* Halo 4? Most definitely will exist and will probably be a prequel to Halo.