Halo Infinite developer concedes ‘the community is out of patience’
A member of the Halo Infinite development team has acknowledged that the game’s community is “out of patience” at the studio’s perceived lack of activity and communication.
Community director Brian ‘ske7ch’ Jarrard posted to a reply to a Reddit user who said they wished 343 Industries would acknowledge that there have been issues that are delaying progress on new features for the game.
“There are indeed a lot of challenges and constraints,” Jarrard responded. “We’re certainly not happy to be unable to meet player and community expectations, it’s a difficult situation that’s going to take the team time to work through.
“Right now the focus is on Season 2 and we’ll have more to share on that in the coming weeks. Meanwhile a lot of production planning, costing, planning, hiring, etc. is all happening which doesn’t really lend to detailed regular updates.
“We understand the community is simply out of patience and frankly, I think understandably tired of words. We just need some time for the team to get the details sorted and then we can certainly share as much as we can.”
The response to Jarrard’s reply was mainly negative, with some responding that the request to give the team more time is the sort of non-committal messaging they have issue with.
“Bro, no offense but how does your studio of hundreds of developers struggle to put out new maps, new modes, and cosmetics?” asked one user.
“I’m sorry, but what’s going on?” asked another. “How, after five months past launch, are things still in the hiring and planning phase? Am I incorrectly reading this?
“Typically plans and projects are planned for things that will be delivered months and years ahead. There’s no way that things that are still being planned will be delivered anytime
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