c0rd said:
I don't have ODST, but I have Halo 3. I'm going to get Reach, because it's the next (and possibly the last good) Halo installment. I'm assuming you don't know anything about Halo 3 ODST? It is essentially Halo 3 with a new campaign. The multiplayer is exactly the same. The game comes with a second disc for the online, which is Halo 3's multiplayer, and it's even linked to the exact same achievements. Yes, linked to Halo 3's achievements. There's like, one new multiplayer mode similar to Horde mode from Gears 2, I think. That's pretty much it. You're telling me a game that's called "Halo 3: ODST," which doesn't even have its own multiplayer, should sell like a new Halo game? We wouldn't be able to tell it was originally an expansion? Is that why people were complaining about its full price tag? Is my analogy still the worst you've read in a while? Or did you simply not know much about the game you're arguing about? |
Once again, makes no sense. (my bolding of it being the same with a different campaign)
I am well aware ODST is linked to Halo 3 online youre basically assuming that all the people who wanted or bought ODST are people who didnt own Halo 3?
Youre saying Reach will sell to 8 million unique users only interested in a new multiplayer aspect in the halo universe?
I'm confused what youre argueing here as your main theory why Reach will be able to generate what will end up being 8 million unique buyers above ODST. Im assuming based on you rposts you feel Reach's "new" online coding will spur these sales.
Reach is a new different experience in the halo universe, just like ODST was. It's not a sewual or continuation of the main halo franchise, my argument is that we would see more sales for continuation of a franchise whereas youre argueing we will see an increase from Halo 3 simply form the standpoint it offers a new online server or coding interface.
I can safely say i dont believe that. If you look at the sales from Halo 1 to Halo 2 and then Halo 2 to Halo 3 there are increases, youre saying its due to users needing to buy them to play with the new online community whereas im saying youre seeing that for 2 reasons. Sure people want the new online but MOST of those increased sales is from expanding on the mainplot of the halo universe.
You will not see an influx of new users simply due to a new online community, as big as halo's is. The devs can keep saying this is the true sequal, but in the minds of the genral consumer, the minds of what made the halo series huge it is simply a different halo experience.
I guess we will know eventually, but for ODST, a unique halo experience outrside of masterchief, Reach will probably trend between halo 3 and ODST because youll get the people who bought ODST who want to experience a new portion of the universe as well as people from the group you mention that want the new online community, and that later group will surely not be anywhere near 8 million people needing to take it above what will eventually be Halo 3's LT numbers.
