We've known for ages now that, for Microsoft, the age of platform exclusive games is over. Xbox president Sarah Bond called exclusives "antiquated" just this week. But to me, it didn't really feel over until I saw a PS5 logo in the trailer for Halo: Campaign Evolved, a remake of the most legendary Xbox game of all time (and a PC favorite, of course).
I see the logo. I accept it's there, and I'm even excited about it. But it's weird and melancholy for reasons separate from the Halo campaign remake itself, which looks fine for an Unreal 5 tech demo. By picking up a Dualshock, Master Chief is resigning his role as an honest-to-god platform mascot, and one of the longest serving outside the Nintendo ensemble. He may be the last new one we'll ever see.
