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343 Industries Considering Increasing Halo: The Master Chief Collection Player Count

343 Industries Considering Increasing Halo: The Master Chief Collection Player Count - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 23 June 2021 / 1,598 Views

Halo: The Master Chief Collection producer Sean Swindersky speaking during an Xbox podcast revealed that 343 Industries is considering raising the maximum player count for the game beyond 16 players. 

He mentioned the potential to increase the number of players in multiplayer up to 40 or 60 players. But it depends on the performance of the game on the different platforms it is available on. 

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is available on the Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. It includes every first-person shooter entry in the series, except for Halo 5.


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17 Comments
Azzanation (on 23 June 2021)

I wonder if they will include Halo 5's Warzone? That would be pretty cool.

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SecondWar (on 23 June 2021)

Not sure how feasible this is from a gameplay perspective. The maps aren’t designed with 40-60 players in mind, so could end up not working in practice even if the technology can handle it.

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Zkuq SecondWar (on 23 June 2021)

I'm not sure how well it would work in Halo, but I've certainly had some fun in other games in maps that weren't designed for as many players as was the maximum player count on the server. 64 players on a map designed for a maximum of 32 players? I've had fun with that. It's not necessarily fun but having the option is definitely nice.

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SecondWar Zkuq (on 23 June 2021)

60 players on a map designed for 16 though (so quadruple the intended player count)?

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Zkuq SecondWar (on 23 June 2021)

Could be fun, but definitely not as easily.

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Pemalite Zkuq (on 23 June 2021)

Big team maps could work in my opinion.

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SecondWar Pemalite (on 23 June 2021)

Halo Big Team is still only 16 players though, with maps made for that number. 60 on those same maps could be a bit of a mess.

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Chicho SecondWar (on 24 June 2021)

how about doing 32 as a compromise? or just adding bigger maps

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SecondWar Chicho (on 24 June 2021)

The former may be more workable. The latter could also solve the problem, but I can’t see them developing new maps for the collection at this point.

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LivncA_Dis3 (on 23 June 2021)

It's like cod as soon as u respawn u dead haha make bigger maps then u can add more players

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kirby007 (on 25 June 2021)

sounds like a test for infinite

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smroadkill15 (on 25 June 2021)

Do it. Chances are if they increase the player count, the maps they will use would be forge made custom maps designed for it.

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2zosteven (on 23 June 2021)

F..K yes

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hunter_alien (on 23 June 2021)

Why not? Always loved modded maps on CS/Quake where the player count was way bigger than originally planned. Chaos at its best!

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G2ThaUNiT (on 23 June 2021)

As long as it's something that's only available in custom games rather than matchmaking, I'm all for it. Give the players as many options as possible.

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