The Master Chief Collection a great success

Halo: The Master Chief Collection proved to be a challenge that far exceeded the studio’s expectations, with many fundamental issues taking weeks to resolve. Basically this was because we were testing it in an environment that we had configured incorrectly and with wrong assumptions (as we found out later) AND unlike some of our other normal test cycles, we weren’t testing not the balance of the game and the stuff that already contained the original versions, so our testing process was drastically different and we made mistakes in some of the scenarios we requested. Consider shipping a brand new console with a drastic architectural change – in hindsight, it’s easy to see where things went. Microsoft was quick to register its release over the next several months, with a series of quick updates that stabilized the title. These “delicate” fixes masked many underlying issues, but also left the study reluctant to go any further, fearing it would make her condition worse.