Maybe we could, oh I don't know, see the game? Play the demo? Know ANY gameplay details before we make a decision about it?
No one but the hardcore was hyped about Reach until X10, where virtually every journalist there said "Wow" when they saw it. If it truly is a "Wow", combined with the Halo brand, it'll sell through the roof.
They are still doing 500 thousand unique gamertags a day. So not only did people buy H3, they still play H3. That's a huge number for a going-on three-year old game. So 1 in 20 people who bought it log into it every day three years later? That's just downright impressive in this age of everyone chasing the next hot title.
Underestimate Bungie and Halo's power as a franchise at your own peril.







