Now, in light of ODST's announcement and its imminent release, people have been throwing this idea out a lot. And I must be dumb or something, because I just can't see it! How the hell is Halo being milked right now? Its been what? 8 years since Halo's entry into our lives and we've had 5 games. And I don't know, someone please enlighten me but what exactly is the definition of being milked?  
 
Because, if its just games of the same franchise being pumped out in short durations of time then everyone seems to be missing out the obvious culprits of Sonic, Mario and Call of Duty, the latter already having more games despite the franchise's later entry into the series.  
 
Is it just that Halo is big and hence people want to find problems with it? Its not as if these games have been bad. In fact, all the games thus far have been released to majority positivity and critical acclaim. 
 
It just makes me angry when I hear 'Halo is getting milked' when there are much more game franchises that actually are being milked.

Now, in light of ODST's announcement and its imminent release, people have been throwing this idea out a lot. And I must be dumb or something, because I just can't see it! How the hell is Halo being milked right now? Its been what? 8 years since Halo's entry into our lives and we've had 5 games. And I don't know, someone please enlighten me but what exactly is the definition of being milked?  
 
Because, if its just games of the same franchise being pumped out in short durations of time then everyone seems to be missing out the obvious culprits of Sonic, Mario and Call of Duty, the latter already having more games despite the franchise's later entry into the series.  
 
Is it just that Halo is big and hence people want to find problems with it? Its not as if these games have been bad. In fact, all the games thus far have been released to majority positivity and critical acclaim. 
 
It just makes me angry when I hear 'Halo is getting milked' when there are much more game franchises that actually are being milked.

Don't try to reason with fanboys.  You're probably gonna get mega flamed for this.

The only game franchise I see that's getting milked because it's popular is Guitar Hero

I like the universe and all but like what they said in the bombcast, bungie wrapped up the end abit too tight with halo 3.

" I like the universe and all but like what they said in the bombcast, bungie wrapped up the end abit too tight with halo 3. "

Yea, but I feel like throughout the Halo games, they have done a good job of opening up the series a bit more. Like Microsoft is probably gonna take the risk sooner or later and make a game that takes place beyond Halo 3 but until then, the 2 games we know of thus far fit in perfectly with the trilogy. ODST takes place in parallel to 2's middle section and Reach takes place in the event just before Halo 1. And these entires show the scale and so called "epicness" of the series. 
 
Guitar Hero, despite being popular, is the only one that is being milked thus far. Saying that halo is being milked puts it in the same category as GH and that is not fair for Bungie, who obviously is crafting these games with much more care and attention than most GH games are being done so now.

" I like the universe and all but like what they said in the bombcast, bungie wrapped up the end abit too tight with halo 3. "

I kinda agree with ArchScabby as well. I want to see what else Bungie can do and sure enough, they have a new IP in the works right now.

" I kinda agree with ArchScabby as well. I want to see what else Bungie can do and sure enough, they have a new IP in the works right now. "

Nah, they had 3 teams working on 3 projects: ODST, Reach and this New IP. The ODST team has been absorbed into Reach now but the New IP team is still kicking.