| Dolla Dolla said: I don't remember FFVII having this much coverage in the media, akuma587, and that's what miasma23 is talking about. |
I totally agree, but I am just trying to make the point that there is a difference between the hype machine and actual sales. I am in no way saying that Halo probably won't sell at least 5 million copies, but that this level of success has been seen before and has been surpassed before.
I'll stick to my action movie vs. academy award sweeper analogy.
FFVII did receive a lot of hype, by the by, and Square didn't have to pay for a lot of it because the game impressed so many people simply on its own merit. Nowhere near the same level of coverage as Halo 3 of course, but probably the most for an RPG I have ever seen.
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