Bungie done with Halo?

After many years of Bungie dominating the Xbox gaming community with the Halo franchise they finally sold. One of Bungie's sister companies, 343, was given the rights to the amazing game series and everything Halo. On March 31st 2012 the final transitions from Bungie to 343 will be complete see the article here. Is this a good transition? Will we know the effects in the Halo games already released? I play Halo Reach occasionally and already we have seen the changes, and I am personally sad in the direction the Halo franchise is now headed.