Tyrannical on 08 November 2008
When Halo 3 launched, there were about 12M 360s sold. When GoW2 launched there was 22M
With 10M more consoles, GoW2 could easily beat Halo 3 launch numbers.
Yet, today, America's leaders are reenacting every folly that brought these great powers [Russia, Germany, and Japan] to ruin -- from arrogance and hubris, to assertions of global hegemony, to imperial overstretch, to trumpeting new 'crusades,' to handing out war guarantees to regions and countries where Americans have never fought before. We are piling up the kind of commitments that produced the greatest disasters of the twentieth century.
— Pat Buchanan – A Republic, Not an Empire
