At the same time, $59m/$10 per person = 5.9 million people opening day. (rounded up for ease of math)
$125m/$50 per person = 2.5 million people opening day. (I don't know what halo 2 cost opening day, but $50 makes the math easy)
Thats why i don't understand all this hype... the number of people out there who play video games is so much smaller than the number of people who see movies. I mean, I don't overly care about the hype (IMO, the sooner gaming is mainstream the better). But with movies, there is a much smaller barrier to entry. I think its still too expensive at $8.50 a ticket around here, but either way $8.50 is easier to justify than either $60 or $300.
I mean, if MS wants to spend the money to do this, more power to them. I personally just think the marketing dollars could go into more successful avenues.
Also, re: any other video game doing this... Pokemon did it. Like hardcore.
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