Now, your situation differs from mine. I love halo no matter what. Halo doesn't go and lose games. It doesn't play games. It is a game. If CoD got 20,000,000,000 more players than Halo, IDC, My opinion is the only one that matters to me.
And please, when people scrutinize comments like these and say that they are meant to antagonize, they are really just being a little too observant. Most people who make the same type of comment aren't thinking what you just gathered from my post. i sure wasn't. I'm just saying, those who threaten to leave are not true fans. They just want a game to be their way. Those who believe in the game and don't complain every turn, they are true fans who will stick by their game.
TBH, I loved Reach's gameplay more than 3's because it added some extra challenge to the game. Halo 3 is a bit simplistic compared to that. I still play them all, but I prefer the recent features.