damndl0ser said:
txrattlesnake said:
heruamon said:
If M$ wanted crazy sales for Halo ODST, they could have launched the game at $39.99 or even $49.99 MSRP...it probably costthem 10-12 million to produce the game, and another $20 or so to market it...and they sole what in week one? Halo's power is waning...are you freaking high on crack?!? |
I believe they sold 1.8 million day one and 400,000 the rest of that week, and they haven't sold many more since then. Even all of the old Halo fans didn't buy ODST. And, it sold very poorly to new customers. When a franchise is considered to be the only great one of its kind, then it is easy for it to have good sales. However other games have started to carry a mindshare with average consumers and as a result Halo sales will be lower than they used to be.
Rage isn't it coming out next year? And Crysis 2? They will also impact the next Halo game's sales.
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Halo ODST has sold nearly 3 million so far.
Killzone 2 is at 1.98m and Resistance 2 is at 1.67m is that your mindshare? LOL those games will never be in the same league as Halo. And if they give any ideas as to how their sequels are to perform I wouldn't hold my breath.
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Little Big Planet 2 will sell more than the first, both Resistance and Killzone 3 will sell more than the second versions, and at its present rate with the legs the first one demonstrated Uncharted 2 will pass ODST this Christmas season. Meanwhile with every new game they put out the Halo series just shows that they're beating a dead horse for sales that was supposed to end with the third installment and losing fans in the process.
Just like other big fps games that have been big in their time before it (Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem), the Halo series is on its way out.
