| scottie said: Sorry to quibble, because I know what you meant, but none of Gears 1, Halo 3 or Gears 2 are killer apps. Wii Sports is a killer App, and Wii Fit could possibly be considered one "A killer application (commonly shortened to killer app), in the jargon of computer programmers and video gamers, has been used to refer to any computer program that is so necessary or desirable that it provides the core value of some larger technology, such as a gaming console, software, operating system, or piece of computer hardware." - wikipedia None of the three games you mentioned fulfill that criteria. Some Killer Apps in the past and their effect The combination of a killer spreadsheet app and the first GUI took Apple from a tiny company to having a majority of computer marketshare over the space of a few years Microsoft Office was a better killer app, and gave Windows the ridiculous marketshare they have today Wii Sports - the console that was predicted to sell 15 million lifetime should sell 10 times that. Are you putting something like Halo 3 in the same league as Wii Sports and Microsoft Office? |
First of all, Wii sports is bundled, and will easily be the biggest video game in history in any list that doesn't disqualify it from. But hardly a fair basis for comparison. (If being a killer app is relative, by the end of the Wii's lifecycle, only Wii Sports/play will count)
Also, comparing games to MS office is ridiculous - office productivity tools used by home users as well as a large % of the world's companies obviously can't be compared against. No game will ever have sales approaching Microsoft Office's LTD sales - including Wii Sports.
Killer apps, as they are described now, are the top video games of the time, generally they come with hype, and need to live up to that hype (somewhat) to qualify. As such, all 3 halo games and both GeoWs count as killer apps.
