CoD, Activision, and Destiny (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Sunday, December 01, 2013, 13:54 (4009 days ago) @ Leviathan

Also, I sometimes wish Halo had never reached that level of popularity where parts of the industry, journalism, and fans made it fencing partners with CoD. I've always viewed that pressure as a far greater danger to Halo and Destiny's originality.

This is the wrong way to look at it. You should be sad CoD reached the level of popularity where it was compared to Halo. CoD would not exist as it is without Halo, given Halo jumpstarted FPS on consoles.

Part of the problem of course lies with the fact that after Halo 2, Bungie didn't really push things forward, giving other games a chance to catch up. Halo 1 and 2 were peerless, whereas 3, ODST, and Reach were basically typical FPS shooters for the time.