Halo Wars is important.

[blue-lady]

haxxiy said:

blue-lady said:

Depending on the success (or otherwise) of this title, we may see RTS's find a genuine home on consoles.  Of course I don't mean this to the exclusion of the genre's existing home on PC's, but rather the games may see invigorated interest and sales in general if they find a standard to launch them on consoles.

Though I only expect Halo Wars to sell two million copies, and hope for three, what is more important is that the title is well-recieved.  By that I mean it receives generally high review scores (say eighty and above) and is well-respected amongst hardcore gamers.  I don't anticipate Halo Wars bringing RTS popularity to consoles as Halo brought FPS popularity to consoles, but I would hope for some measure of success.

Ever heard about two games named GoldenEye and Perfect Dark?

I own them both and adore them both.

But at the time they were the acception not the rule.

Halo paved the way for the broad popularity of FPS's on consoles, to the point that consoles are now a FAR larger FPS market than PC's (high budget anyway).