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Originally Posted by Perfect Stu
No, they don't NEED to. But them not making improvements reflects the amount of respect I have for the developers. Bungie COULD have just released another Halo with online gameplay. It would have made them millions richer. Instead, they threw their 2003 release date out the window and dedicated themselves to making a completely new, improved sequel. Same goes for the Gran Turismo team with GT4. These people take pride in their work...obviously they're ultimately looking for the big money, but they also want to make the best game they can possibly make on a personal level.
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Well its all relative. I'm sure Team Ninja (it is Team Ninja right?) believes their fighting engine is excellent and only needs to be updated for the next DOA game with new moves. After all, their opinion is backed by over a million poeple who they think agree.
When all is said and done, this is a business and Tecmo (it is Tecmo right?) is a third party developer. Third Party developers are FAR more profit minded than 1st party developers like Bungie who are owned by Microsoft. Thrid Parties are smaller and depend much more on their games making a lot of money than massive corporations that can take a hit by investing a lot more money in making drastic changes like Bungie can.
Also, Halo is the XBox's flagship. I'm sure Microsoft is willing to put up as much money as Bungie wants to make a jaw droppingly fantastic game. Tecmo may not feel they can afford to absorb all the added overhead when their engine they have right now is proven to a massive profit.
While this may not be the ideal situation as a gamer, in the long run it is the most beneficial for us. More profits=more games
No profits = no games
Besides, I like the engine.