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[Draugoth]

Halo Infinite has hit 18,000 concurrent players on Steam, this is its highest peak since the launch of Season 2, 17 months ago. It is currently in the Top 50 based on concurrent players.

The exact player count high since Season 5 landed is 18,007 at the time of writing according to SteamDB, and this is the first time the game has gotten close to its 20k+ number back in April of last year.

 

[clarky]

Games in a good spot. Few things still need sorting out and the UI still sucks balls but overall i'd say the package as a whole is an 8.5-9 atm.

Liking the Bandit evo starts in ranked, reminds me of the Halo 5 pistol.

Best Halo has been in a long ass time.

 

[LordBlodgett]

Time to jump back in and see how I fare. Likely to get slaughtered since I haven't played since the season 2 launch, but it seems like a good time to check out all the changes.

 

[MarkMe2525]

I guess my algorithm is withholding Halo info from me. I didn't even realize they released a season 4.

 

[Spyxos]

What is new? Worth to check it out? I only played big teams.

 

[cormack12]

When FF drops it will get another bump too.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

When FF drops it will get another bump too.

I think this will be a bigger bump for sure.

 

[AJUMP23]

Cool

 

[analog_future]

The game is now in the state it should've launched in. It's pretty great right now.

 

[Mister Wolf]

I'm glad they didn't give up on it. Now where is my fucking single player expansion.

 

[Schmick]

This is not looking good for the Halo demise narrative.

 

[analog_future]

I personally think they should stay committed to this for Halo multiplayer, and the upcoming UE5 Halo game should be a single player only experience.



Keep Halo Infinite an ongoing MP experience, eventually release the rumored Halo Battle Royale title and keep that ongoing, and then release a new Halo single player experiences every few years.

Sounds like a good plan to me.

 

[clarky]

I personally think they should stay committed to this for Halo multiplayer, and the upcoming UE5 Halo game should be a single player only experience.



Keep Halo Infinite an ongoing MP experience, eventually release the rumored Halo Battle Royale title and keep that ongoing, and then release Halo single player experiences every few years.

Sounds like a good plan to me.

I was just thinking this the other day.

Sounds like a decent enough plan to me.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Chad.

 

[scarlet0pimp]

i'm going away for a week but i would be on it otherwise, looks good. Looking forward to playing firefight most though mid season.

 

[Jibran#one]

The amount of new and forge maps and now with pve and coop modes coming I personally think halo is the best multiplayer game ATM.
This is what gaas games they suck at release and people here have made their minds that halo sucks and yes it did when it launched but after season 5 Im pretty sure halo is unmatched with content and gameplay.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

This is not looking good for the Halo demise narrative.

Compare that narrative to the narrative surrounding Overwatch 2.

Then compare the player bases of both games.

 

[Riky]

Technically this has come on leaps and bounds since that awkward initial reveal.
It now runs at 120fps with RT shadows...........on Series S.
Incredible.

 

[Diddy X]

But in Neogaf they told me Halo is dead

 

[ResilientBanana]

It feels so good now. lots of content too,.

 

[splattered]

Might need to transfer back into SSD and check it out... had good fun with multiplayer but been playin COD/BF/FN for a while now

 

[STARSBarry]

Have they solved the whole "battle pass is the only form of progression" issue? No, oh well...

 

[Roberts]

I guess it's as good time as any to come back. I completed season 2 BP and had enough Halo at the time. But i kind of miss sweet ass grappleshot shenanigans as well as the best fps combat on the market.

 

[clarky]

Have they solved the whole "battle pass is the only form of progression" issue? No, oh well...

Yes actually there's a Ranking system as well now.

 

[STARSBarry]

Yes actually there's a Ranking system as well now.

I meant in terms of armor unlocks like in the prior titles, if I wanted a coloured badge I'd just play ranked again.

 

[Kenpachii]

Does the game already have dlss? or is it still shitty optimized?

 

[clarky]

I meant in terms of armor unlocks like in the prior titles, if I wanted a coloured badge I'd just play ranked again.

Seems we differ in what we define as progress. Personally i have zero interest in amour unlocks you can't see 99% of the time. The game is free, they have to sell something to earn a crust. Each to their own I guess.

Im just a returning player lapsed from season 2, but i do believe they have rewards for hitting certain ranks, although ive not looked into that much, could be wrong.

Does the game already have dlss? or is it still shitty optimized?

What are you talking about? the game has always run great. No need for dlss. I can max it out on a mobile 3070.

 

[analog_future]

Compare that narrative to the narrative surrounding Overwatch 2.

Then compare the player bases of both games.

Overwatch 2 came out 2 months ago. Halo Infinite came out 2 years ago.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Overwatch 2 came out 2 months ago. Halo Infinite came out 2 years ago.

Overwatch 2 is just Overwatch. It's essentially Halo Infinite Seaaon 5.

 

[analog_future]

Overwatch 2 is just Overwatch. It's essentially Halo Infinite Seaaon 5.

No it isn't.

 

[Gaiff]

Chad.

Should have kicked out Bonnie and promote this guy from the start. They would have still hit their diversity quota lol.

On-topic, I'll check it out. Halo Infinite was always strong mechanically but there was nothing to play for and the progression sucked.

 

[ManaByte]

Have they solved the whole "battle pass is the only form of progression" issue? No, oh well...

Yes they did. There’s a career progression system they put in with season 4.

 

[ManaByte]

Overwatch 2 came out 2 months ago. Halo Infinite came out 2 years ago.

Overwatch 2 came out last year.

 

[Jibran#one]

Halo right now is the best MP game of this gen , there is nothing that comes close to it ,(change my mind if there is any)but people here have made up their minds that it sucks and will never give it a 2nd chance
This is the problem with gaas games that overtime they become great games but if they launch in a pathetic state most people would move on and would never give it a 2nd chance
If this game would've launched with this much content it would've easily been the goat multiplayer game

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

That's it?

 

[ByWatterson]

The last two seasons have improved the guts of the game SO much, along with providing new content, and now it is getting a huge explosion of content on top of that.

The change in leadership at 343i is showing and paying huge dividends. I crack on Microsoft for mismanaging its studios, but 343 is clearly batting well right now.

Get back in everyone!

 

[Ozriel]

Moved up to #7 on Steam’s top sellers.

 

[JackMcGunns]

This is not looking good for the Halo demise narrative.

Now you've done it!!

 

[LordOfChaos]

I really want them to just tell us openly about the future of Infinite DLC

Is it just cut and run to the next thing, or is there more coming, particularly SP?

 

[VAVA Mk2]

 

[FireFly]

I meant in terms of armor unlocks like in the prior titles, if I wanted a coloured badge I'd just play ranked again.

You get the Mark VI armour from the campaign for reaching the last rank. And there are regular events that give free armour pieces.

 

[clarky]

That's it?

From a low of around 3k earlier in the year id say its a pretty good bump no?

 

[adamsapple]

18K on just Steam.

Probably multiple exponentially higher on Xbox / Win version.

Looks like people are liking the new season.

 

[stickkidsam]

This is not looking good for the Halo demise narrative.

Going open season on the dipshits managing the franchise is a good way to turn the tides of destiny.

I’d like to see what they can do with a brand new game.

 

[dem]

Gonna fire this up again tonight..

I loved it at launch... but the bugs were just too much. Having to continually kill the game to find a new match. Not being able to cancel matchmaking. Please tell me this is fixed by now.


I tried it a few months ago and the menus/presentation were still lackluster. I hate the repetitive player intros too.

 

[Thirty7ven]

18k is pretty low

 

[SABRE220]

What were the numbers for halo in its prime days aka halo3 and reach? I think I remember reach having 60000 players just on steam even in 2019. While its good that its bouncing back I want the franchise to claw back to those heights...though without Bungie and with 343...

 

[dem]

18k is pretty low

Dawg... do you ever fucking stop?

Do you clock in to this shit?

 

[Banjo64]

Already down to 81 in the current concurrent player chart.

Below classics like Beam.NG Drive, Bloons TD 6, The Front, Soundpad and Cookie Clicker.

This is being touted as a win by our Xbro’s?

Wonder what you’ll say in 3 days time when it’s back down to 24 hour peaks of 5k.

 

[Banjo64]

What were the numbers for halo in its prime days aka halo3 and reach? I think I remember reach having 60000 players just on steam even in 2019. While its good that its bouncing back I want the franchise to claw back to those heights...though without Bungie and with 343...

Halo 3 had over 1m concurrent players for months and months after launch. I played daily in the UK after school.