The Tragic History of 343 Industries (Full Documentary)

A retrospective documenting the decline of Halo after Bungie passed the franchise to 343i.
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[@LukeDe1st]

Bonnie is certainly no George Lucas. 😂 I appreciate her enthusiasm but she has severely dropped the ball.

[@ZenkaiGoose]

Absolutely with you Luke. The direction she took Halo down definitely wouldn't have been my first choice. It felt like missteps with every release, which is such a shame because Halo is such a special franchise to a lot of people, myself included. Thanks for the comment!

[@girthquake2390]

I'm glad she's gone. Good riddance.

[@ALG2691]

Years late response but regardless; The idea that Bonnie is a Lucas is laughable at best. Clearly, she’s a Kathleen Kennedy.

[@theseabear3008]

She read the books..? She knew the lore and presumably enjoyed it and STILL allowed that fiasco with the didact to happen?!

[@Ridistrict]

I remember way back in the day when 343 was announced as the team inheriting the franchise, everyone was so optimistic because of how closely they worked with Bungie and how they'd be carrying the torch without us even noticing. Crazy to see how misguided that was in retrospect.

[@kiptaylor3567]

Sounds like Bonnie was drowning from the start.. seems like once she got her hands on it, every change she tried making was seemingly a misstep. Misstep after misstep...

[@TaskerFilms]

Great video brother ! 19 minutes went by fast. Its super cool seeing the different positions that are replaced by other people and their ability to still try and create consistency with the franchise, win or fail. That imo is one of the craziest things as far as studio dynamics go. Btw Forward Unto Dawn is my favorite live action Halo video. Way better than the current show

[@ZenkaiGoose]

Big thanks Tasker! Glad you liked the video 💪Forward Unto Dawn was great, and it was nice to get some Lasky love. I'm hoping we get to see something from him in the future in Infinite. You're right, the show definitely has some rough edges. I don't understand why hollywood wants to make content without caring about the source material, but who knows maybe it'll get better in the future. Let's hope!

[@jackonno78]

a video about a 90s court case slowing halo infinite down? sign me up

[@ZenkaiGoose]

hahah hope you like it!

[@Zersetzung]

Pretty strange that people seem to forget that 343 is named after the character that betrays you. Thrice.

[@TGOwl]

I think is more because Spark was the caretaker of Installation 04, and well... we all know how that ended

[@hrthrhs]

They might as well have called themselves The Gravemind

[@Sckarton]

So in short, Microsoft were promised to have a george lucas leader type but instead they got a kathleen kennedy type.

[@ZenkaiGoose]

It'd be interesting if Halo had a Kevin Fiege for whatever's next for a change of pace.

[@logan_jp3]

That is so brutally true

[@nickjackify]

I just daisy-chained your vids back to back and now looped back around to this video. it's time for me to subscribe. Good job on the videos man! Hella informative and got me hooked.

[@ZenkaiGoose]

Big thanks Nick, honestly that means a lot to me that you went through all of those videos. I'm glad you liked it, and this comment made my day!

[@ENXGMA_YT]

Quality video 🔥 Deserves way more views & subs.

[@ZenkaiGoose]

Thank you sir! I'll keep trying my best 😅

[@Axe77777]

It’s ironic really they got their name off the main villain. And well they’re kinda bad for halo.

[@abdulmuqsit7568]

Zenkai is really getting me on a nonstop video spree with all these cliffhangers at the end of the video

[@devourerinthemist]

Your channel is gonna blow up, subbed.

[@ZenkaiGoose]

Thanks so much No Mann! Goose Gang to the moon!

[@johncunningham1889]

It still confuses me to this day that 343 changed Halo 4 so much in the name of making it "more mainstream", given that when they took over from Bungie and started on Halo 4, Halo was like the most mainstream franchise imaginable. That would be like if a new studio acquired the MCU in 2016 and completely changed the entire formula and franchise to "appeal to a wide audience" like bruh...

[@ZenkaiGoose]

What’s worse is people defend it 😭 insanity

[@kaylemjoseph8727]

12:26 didnt know this existed until last week

[@justaalt2690]

Damn bro I loved this video keep it up

[@ZenkaiGoose]

Yo thanks so much, this made my day!

[@hrthrhs]

Microsoft should have listened to Bonnie when she wanted release Halo 4 on the Xbox One. That way the One would have launched with the next Halo upon its release which would have really helped the console's sales and H4 would have had an extra 3 years development time which would have been great.

[@bardockvegetable6377]

Less goo, another goose upload

[@ZenkaiGoose]

😁

[@TwiceTheBitsGames]

Great video. Feels like the people at 343 have lots of good intentions but just cannot release something solid enough to build from. They are constantly 2nd guessing themselves and restarting their efforts

[@truebacon133]

The Bungie Microsoft split ended so badly. Bungie partnered up with Activision that ended up causing many critical employees to leave. 343 Industries got a hold of Halo pretty much dooming the franchise.

[@foxtrondemonprotector4051]

Pringels and Monster Energie still have 2 of the halo infinite cans sadly non of the pringels

[@tomcocox]

Great!

[@gloomykasumi8580]

The ",I guess" cracked me tf up.

[@Carter_The_Snake_Sage]

informative redrum nrop Southpark refrence

[@gettoecoding1058]

Did Kiki kill alot of wolves ?

[@ZenkaiGoose]

They say her KD is in the thousands

[@lukepensabene6086]

Tl;dr, the most beloved franchise of a generation got its very own Kathleen Kennedy.

[@TRG_R17]

343:We cause heresy more than ea and Activision!

[@logan_jp3]

343 is the death of halo. Halo is just a flood shell of what halo used to be.

[@86Fallowcp]

Dude, it wont die. Calm down, its just a game

[@SonicHedgehog1991]

"secure your noise hole, soldier. Grown-ups are talking." I don't know about you but their downfall is entirely deserved. Don't go ruining something and then lash out at the fanbase for not accepting the shit you give them.

[@VoXTvShow]

I played this when it came out it was amazing

[@YOUNGPADAWON]

I Feel like Halo 4 was the only Decent one and if it wasn’t for it being cross Gen could have been a lot better

[@DustinMikkelsen]

I don't understand how anyone could like the Infinite campaign ... it's not Halo.

[@maruu777]

get lost bonnie.. please… make halo great again

[@TheN7Spartan]

Did you even mention how 343's moderators blocked/banned people on the forums criticizing them since Halo 4 whether they were constructive or toxic? MCC was never ever fixed, Halo 5's delayed content plus the removal of splitscreen, 3 missions only for Chief, the delay of content once again for Infinite but an even longer wait, failed to deliver on the promise of splitscreen being in the campaign, how having people that hated Halo hurt the series, collaboration with KZbinrs that cater to normies to promote this game plus the microtransactions? And the first big mistake they made was the Reach Title Update. NOBODY ASKED FOR THAT. Get your info right before you release a video man