I never undestood why fans didn't jump ship sooner, it was painfully clear all the way back it halo 4 that they weren't there to make a game for halo fans, they were just there to milk the franchise.

There's not really much to jump ship to, is the problem. Especially not if you hold battle royales and extraction shooters in near-universal contempt. I tried that already. Left Titanfall 2 because Respawn stopped caring and let it die; left Destiny 2 because the PvP got catered to the 'three matches, get the pinnacle and we out til reset' casuals that never buoyed the mode in the first place; and I finally picked Halo back up... Man. That was my last ditch, 'cause there will never be military spectacle games like CoD on my machine.