Phil Spencer says Halo will still be around in 20 years
Huge fans of the Halo series will be thrilled at what Phil Spencer recently said regarding its future.While he stressed that Microsoft has no intentions of turning Halo into a yearly franchise, Spencer compared the shooter series to long running franchises that stand the test of time, such as Star Wars and Spider-man, implying there isn't an end in sight for new titles.
Huge fans of the Halo series will be thrilled at what Phil Spencer recently said regarding its future.
While he stressed that Microsoft has no intentions of turning Halo into a yearly franchise, Spencer compared the shooter series to long running franchises that stand the test of time, such as Star Wars and Spider-man, implying there isn’t an end in sight for new titles.
“I don’t want to overplay or overuse the franchise. It’s a franchise and an IP I expect to be around 20 years from now, much the same way Star Wars and Spider-Man and other things are,” he said in an interview with GameSpot. “I think it has the weight that it can support that, but I think that the franchise then needs to be managed in a way that doesn’t burn it out.”
Spencer iterated that fans of the series have a special connection to the characters and story that comes in Halo, unlike many other modern first-person shooters.
“Halo is somewhat unique to [other shooters] that we were talking about in that it has such a heavy character and story base to it. I think it’s one of the real strengths of the franchise. People know the characters’ names in the franchise,” Spencer said.
Halo 5: Guardians releases for Xbox One on October 27.
