[TheGame]

The game industry is too smart these days. IF Halo 3 is a big seller, you better believe we're going to see anotther in 2009. Countless series have done the same exact thing, acting like each game is possibly the last, but whenn it sells enough they just keep going.

And Rare is a bad example. Rare got popular in the first place because of a extremely popular licence. Then EA buys the licence for big bucks... They never did make a direct sequal to goldeneye, their spin off game required an add on... then they were sold to microsoft and a lot of developers quit. I don't know about you, but I seriously doubt bungie will suffer the same exact fate...

Money and Risks killed rare. Halo is already on to its third direct sequal without much of a risk or a change. As a 2nd party game, it seems like it's only having the same bumps as a MGS or Zelda. ZOMG MYAMOTOS LAST ZELDA!! ZOMG MGS2... wait 3... wait MGS4 IS THE LAST NOW!

I can imagine Bungie having a sucsessful spin off if they keep the gameplay in tact and don't make it require the HD DVD drive. And I also can imagine them staying sucsessful with the same exact series...