Look atSonic,theMCU, DCEU, and countless others for examples.
BungiesHalo2released for the original Xbox November 9, 2004.
Since 343 took full stewardship of the series, things havent entirely gone to plan.
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Hearts and minds were won withInfinitesfree-to-play multiplayer, but whatever original ambitions the studio had forInfinitewere considerably scaled back.
(Guardianstried to mix things up, but the games efforts to growHalowerent all met positively.
But times have changed, and the franchise landscape is so different that cliffhangers feel more dangerous than ever.
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