Microsoft Studios boss Matt Booty has discussed Halo Infinite‘s launch, saying the launch was akin to a runner coming across the finish line and then tripping and falling down.
“The classic runner’s mistake of tripping and stumbling as you come across the finish line. We’ve got to recover there. The burden is on us,” he said.
Speaking on the Friends Per Second podcast (featuring GameSpot’s own Lucy James), Booty said Halo Infinite had a great start, reaching 20 million players and setting records out of the gate. Booty said finishing Halo Infinite during the pandemic represented a worst-case scenario with hundreds of developers working across the world remotely to finish a big AAA title.