The 360 Head Start

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FishyJoe said:

endurance said:
microsoft did make a good desicion,when people wanted to get ps3 at march but then got delayed,some of them got a 360,and the year head start library has helped it alot with the hardcore gamers,and now all they need is the casuals,but i think wii will win that,but this head start has helped it alot

A new report from BrandIntel says that Halo 3 captured a huge amount of casual gamer interest.

http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/halo-3-appealing-to-casuals-too-says-brandintel/18596/

 I saw that article too, but from what I understand of their process they also count people who are just mentioning the game.  There was a lot of buzz around its release for sure and people were talking about the lines, and the hype etc... Basically they are saying because people talked about it they were buying it.  And while that works to some extent, I think there has to be more data for that conclusion to have any weight.

Basically what I am saying is that they will have a hard time convincing me with that type of research that a meaningful number of casual gamers decided to drop a few hundred bucks to pick up a game that is almost the very definition of hardcore gaming.