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First off, I'm not quite sure if this is the place for a thread of this nature. However, I did reread the rules and found this
The Bungie Universe Forum is for discussion of all elements of the storyline, backstory, plotline, and canon elements of all Bungie games, including Halo, Marathon, Oni, Myth, and others. Additionally, this forum is for discussion about Bungie's potential future projects.
And that seems to point toward this being the right forum.
I had been going to type a huge post debating with myself where I thought they were going to go, while making it extra wordy to keep with the mythic tradition, but I decided discussion would be better off if I didn't lay out a bunch of facts in front and squeeze out room for any other opinions.
Now, personally, I don't think Bungie is going to do another First Person Shooter. They've been doing FPS's for well over a decade now and I am almost 100% positive that they are done with the genre. So with that in mind I'd like to present to you the other game genres that I think they will look into.
MOBA: (See League of Legends, DotA, Heroes of Neworth)
It's a relatively new genre with lots of room for improvement. However, it's unanimously free to play and doesn't lend itself well to console integration.
RTS: (See Halo Wars, StarCraft, WarCraft 3)
Bungie has made RTS's before and supported Halo Wars. Personally I think there is a lot of room for improvement here to make it more new player friendly. RTS's have an added bonus of tournament play which means lots of money.
RPG: (See WoW)
I think we can all agree there next game is going to be multiplayer, so we can rule out single player RPG's. Unfortunately, it will be hard to really shine in this genre with Blizzard controlling it so well.
I'm sure there are more genre possibilities out there, but I took the liberty of excluding Minecraft-esque adventure games, Side scrollers, and other classic game genres because I have a feeling Bungie isn't going to go for the retro appeal.
[Edited on 10.04.2011 9:24 AM PDT]