Der var mange grunde til at vi var rigtigt glade for Halo 4, men Xbox 360-spillet kunne dog potentielt være blevet droppet til fordel for en Xbox One-lanceringstitel, hvis planlægningen havde set lidt anderledes ud, hvilket fremgår af et interview som Kotaku har fået med Phil Spencer:
"A couple of years ago we had the discussion of: ‘Should we do Halo at launch and not do Halo 4 last year?'"
"But I was committed to getting Halo 4 done last year, and there was no way we were going to turn around with 343 a full Halo game in a year. So that was the plan we set on. I feel good about that."
Andetsteds i interviewet fortæller Spencer også hvorfor han er glad for at den ikke står på årlige udvidelser af Halo-serien:
"Unlike some franchises that manage through 1,000 people, Halo is 343 and that team obviously has tight control. They are our Halo team."
Hvad siger I - har Microsoft og 343 Industries prioriteret rigtig?