misterd on 11 September 2007
| Xeo_842 said: I'm surprised no one realized this. If Halo 2 didn't come out on the Xbox then Halo would have gotten more sales. Think about it. If you had a choice to get either Halo or Halo2 you'd probably choose Halo2. If Brawl released on the gamecube then melee would of got less sales. What I'm saying is if Halo 2 diddn't release then Halo would have gotten more sales than melee. |
A reasonable hypothesis, but the question then remains - how much more? Almost certainly not the full 8 million - a large majority of those likely already owned Halo1. And many likely purchased it for the online play, which H1 lacked.
In the end, while I suspect a non-release of Halo2 would have pushed H1 over SSBM, I don't believe that disparity would be enough to overcome what appear to be long-term trends in this generation.
