Xbox 360 Why isn't there a Halo 2 HD?

[4justice]

I don't understand why MS didn't push and create this game yet. They already put out the original one in HD. Not to mention Halo games have come out yearly ever since Halo 3 (except that one year they skipped then the next we got ODST and Halo wars in the same year). Halo 2 HD would have been a good chance to continue to capitalize on the HD craze.

Can you think of a good reason for them NOT to make this? Because right now, I can't

 

[AvalonX]

I can give you a few reasons.
1) Halo 4 online population stinks so they are still using people for that
2) If they launched Halo 2 without MP intact nobody would buy it
3) Halo 2 MP is the exact opposite if where they want to take the series so they do not want a competition for the next Halo

Halo 5 will be released between sept-nov 2014. No way they release a remake before that. The only way I see it happening is if the next Halo also bombs online.

 

[Claptrap]

In addition to what AvalonX said, they released Halo 1 HD really recently. I doubt we'll see Halo 2 HD for a while if ever.

 

[8bitpenguin]

I think they really don't want to be creating two conflicting experiences splitting up the online user-base. Also, i feel that there isn't much interest in remaking FPS games in HD, i could be wrong though.

 

[4justice]

Those reasons are fair, but they didn't stop them from making the original Halo HD. And whose to say they wouldn't keep the multiplayer in tact? Your final reasons out of the three is probably the most feasible.

Claptrap, Halo Halo 1 HD wasn't all that recent. It's a 2011 game

 

[Medza]

HD remakes are very fickle products, they either become total hits or total flops. As much as I think that Halo 2 would have a lot of potential for a HD remake, you don't want to release them too quickly. It's only been 2 years since Halo 1 HD and after you remaster the game once it would be pretty silly to do it again , so it's very much a finite resource and you need be careful how you space it out. We might very well see Halo 2 come for the Xbox One, at the moment the 360 will be out of business in about half a year so it would be a waste to release it now.

 

[Amazon XD]

While everyone here does have valid reasons, Halo 2 HD is in the works, as far as I understand. It won't be out for a while (probably not till after Halo 5), but it's something that 343 is working on. As long as they keep the MP in tact and don't try to change it up, then it's a day one purchase for me.

Halo 4 just disappointed in so many ways on the multiplayer front.

 

[BlackSolaris]

Because there is already Halo Anniversary, and most likely because Halo 2 was mostly the great game it was because of the multiplayer.

But now that i think about it, they could have released a HD collection for Halo 1 and 2, that would be actually pretty neat.