There is exactly one month left for the new Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S to fill the shelves of stores around the world, but among so many shelves, there will be one that will be empty, and not because of sales, but because it does not arrive in time for the date. We are talking about Halo Infinite , a game that was going to be key to the launch of the new console.
A TV ad with a background
You come home after a hard day at work wanting to sit back and unwind. You put on your headphones, take your gamepad and… you are transported to another world. That is the magic of video games, and that is exactly what Microsoft‘s new consoles intend to offer to all those users who place one of their new consoles on November 10.
Making use of the same “power your dreams” that they used with Xbox One X, the ad proposes a visual way of representing the adventures that we can live playing video games, as well as being able to connect with other worlds inhabited by other players. It is a quite original way of representing the interaction and fun that is experienced with a gamepad in our hands, so it seems to us a quite striking television commercial.
Halo delay
The problem is that underneath all that fanciful representation hides a fundamental pillar on which the launch of both consoles was going to be based, and that is that as you can see, there are a lot of references to Halo. And of course, let’s not forget that Halo Infinite had been prepared as the most important launch of the brand with which to put the icing on the fantastic approach proposed with the console and services such as Xbox Game Pass and xCloud.
But things got tough, and 343 Industries were forced to ask for extra time to be able to continue with the development of the game, in order to have it ready with the required level of demand. The launch lasted until 2021, but for now we still do not have a specific date to give us an idea.
Will the absence of Halo affect sales?
The launch of Xbox Series X is going to feel like an orphan. It is something that many admit with complete confidence, and is that although the catalog of games will be endless with the spectacular backward compatibility of games or the incredible library of Xbox Game Pass, a new Xbox without Halo is not something that fans like.
We will see if sales are affected by this aspect, but considering the price of Xbox Series S and the number of games that we will have with Xbox Game Pass (including EA Access) it will be very difficult to get bored with the new generation in its first months. of life.
