Could ODST break Halo 3's opening record?

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outlawauron said:

ymeaga1n said:

thekitchensink said:
It's not gonna beat Halo 3 at anything, saleswise. Reasons:

1. A lot of buyers were disappointed with H3 and thus are unlikely to feel the need to rush and buy its expansion.

2. Even a lot of people who like the game aren't going to pay $30-$40 for a couple new maps and a 2-3-hour campaign.

3. This will see a lot of marketing, but nowhere near the Hal-Mountain-Dew levels of the original.

How many buyers did you talk to to come to that conclusion?

It's the same deal with GTA4. Many were dissapointed with it.

If so many people were dissapointed with GTA4 then why did the expansion Lost and the Damned outsell Killzone 2?  And that is an expansion requireing GTA4 and is download only.  ODST does not require Halo3 and does not have to be downloaded.