[wages of sin]

I have a theory, and I think its a good one for what Bungie and MS do with the Halo series.

I think MS should pull an Activision. Infinity Ward does the "real" Cod games, and they have another group (forgot the name) do the ones in between, such as Cod3, Big Red One etc.

MS should have someone like Guerilla or another AAA publisher do at least 2 Halo:Chronicles games that covers the events from Halo 1-3 but from the perspective of the other spartans and marines. This would work well, especially since there are some awesome battles described in the books. Not to mention, players could meet Dr. Halsey, even play as the MC when the spartans were running raids on insurgents (the asteroid belt mission from the books) before there were covenant to worry about. A quick cameo if you will of John, but mainly focus the game on Kelly, Will, Fred etc.

In the meantime, MS pays Bungie a buttload of money to work on Halo4, just in time for the launch of the next Xbox. This should give Bungie plenty of time to do it.

Bungie stated that H3 was the end of this story arc, not necessarily the MC. At the end of H3, you see the MC drifting towards a planet and his last words were "wake me, when you need me".

I"m thinking that H4 will be about the MC discovering a new, more dangerous threat on said planet. It could be done kinda like Metroid were Samus is on this planet and has to solve the mystery there in. Having MC uncover a mysterious planet, maybe infested with flood or something like that, would be awesome. A forerunner home world with new enemies and the like, hell they could even make it so that the war isn't over, it's just beginning.

Suppose there are more races in the covenant that don't want an end to the war so they usurp the current heads of government, a coup de ta, if you will. Creating a new covenant with a mix of old and new enemies would be great, and once again the MC would be called to save the universe.