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343 Industries worries 'constantly' about Halo oversaturation
Speaking to Joystiq, Microsoft's Frank O'Connor, creative director of 343 Industries , said that he worries "constantly" about the possibility of the market being oversaturated with Halo . When asked about the amount of Halo products out there (namely ODST , upcoming books , more comics ,  ...
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Halo won’t stop until you ask, no means no!
N/A — ... I think that Halo is reaching it’s saturation point. Well, if not, it’s close. I think once we’ve got kids running around with Halo lunchboxes that it’s been pushed as hard as it can go. Frank O’Connor, famed creative-guy at Bungie turned creative director of 343 Industries is worried. I’d say that he’s specifically afraid of the dreaded lunchbox, but no specifics are given, just that when saturation came up in an interview with Joystiq he said:“I worry about that constantly. All of that stuff has existed in the past, and it exists because of one simple reason, which is ...

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