'Halo Infinite' should have been delayed again. Season 2 is proof.

I think I can make a strong case that "Halo Infinite" can be reasonably compared to "Cyberpunk 2077," the 2020 game that saw many delays and became infamous for being one of the most disastrous big-budget video game launches in history. Yes that game was buggy in ways that "Halo Infinite" isn't (for the most part). But the disappointment around "Cyberpunk 2077" goes beyond glitches. The game was sold to players as an immersive experience where one could reasonably "live" in its futuristic city, yet the final product was a standard, by-the-numbers open-world game a la Grand Theft Auto. The actual immersive, cyberpunk virtual reality that players dreamed of is not in the final product, and to realize it would require basically creating a new game from the ground up.