"Sure they're disappointed. Any software creator would be disappointed," Mattrick told Eurogamer.

"Harold [Ryan, Bungie president] just laughed and he said, 'Boy, just a sign of growth inside the business, we agree'."

Talking about the decision to pull the new Halo title from the E3 press conference, Mattrick told Eurogamer: "We didn't feel we needed to show Halo to have a great show, to pay homage to our core audience, to have a lot of news, so it was an embarrassment of riches and we couldn't fit it in. How great is that? I think that's awesome."

Microsoft plan to host an event at a later date that'll reveal the new Bungie game. Teasing about the title, he added:

"We're going to create an opportunity where people can interact with it, we think it's going to be super high quality, super fun, super innovative; it's the easiest thing for us to message, so stay tuned. There's lots of good news on that."

We shall of course keep you updated on developments.