IMO, I think H3 month will move alot of units...Not just because of H3, but all the other good software such as post-Blue Dragon bumps, ES, and post-pricedrop increases.
Despite the increased price vs. the Xbox in 04, I think H3 will manage to move enough units. A person WILL buy a X360 despite the price for Halo3....We always talk about the hardcore userbase of the MS franchise, and the advantage they have is attaching for one game like Halo. This is similar with what the N64 had with Zelda: OoT and TP for the GC.
IMO, the increase should be greater with H3 vs. H2 in a 4-week period (NPD will count 2 Halo weeks), therefore the increase will be split between Sept and Oct months. The advantage the X360 has is the userbase isn't as large (11m vs. 7m), therefore more will adopt to the X360, since there are fewer users. This is the case with any, and all systems with smaller userbases - a large game is going to help vastly more on a smaller userbase system (BD in Japan, TP on GC, HSG5 on PS3), as it's more noticible, and effects the userbase %-wise higher than.........Lets say NSMB on DS.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
