Will Halo Reach outsell Halo 3.

[ymeaga1n]

fastyxx said:

ymeaga1n said:

fastyxx said:

ymeaga1n said:
Everyone please ignore the x360 fans which are saying it will outsell Halo 3. Because it will NOT.

Has there been a franchise even close to this level on Playstation or Xbox that HASN'T had a full sequel sell better than its predecessor?   I can only think of a couple examples, and it's more when they sequalized to death ala Tony Hawk or Guitar hero or something.

There's no indication anywhere that this wouldn't sell at least as well.

You said sequel 2 times...that's where you're wrong. This isn't a sequal, it's a prequel. Please go find me history were a prequel outsold the game it came after. Resident evil zero? MSG3? I'm pretty sure they didn't.

I think you're underestimating what master chief is to the halo franchise. Look at ODST. I expect reach to do much better then ODST, but not Halo 3 league.

ODST wasn't a true sequel, as has been discussed a billion times.  It was more an experiment and fans service.

And Reach is a sequel to the game, not the story.  

I love the Halo fiction - all the books, the Halopedia, the anime.  But virtually no one's buying the games for the story.  Halo is all about gameplay, and they build what story there is around it.  It doesn't matter when it's set or whether MC and Cortana is in it.  You're underestimating the relevance of the actual game here.  

If people bought games simply for the story, the best seller list would be very very different.  Gameplay, gameplay, gameplay.  I really loved the Super MArio Kart story.  It was enthralling.  And WiiFit.  The only games in the top 50 worldwide this week for example, that sell because of story in any argument are probably Mass Effect 2 and Heavy Rain?  Maybe an RPG?  Certainly not shooters.  

And by far the most popular element of a Halo game is multi-player, in which Master Chief has no part.  The only reason ODST sold less is that everyone already owned the multiplayer.  

 

We'll see who's right in September.  *shrug*  But I don't buy your argument in the least.    It just doesn't make sense when you actually look at the way games sell.  

No, it's a prequel, not a sequel. Halo 4 with MC would be a sequel.

I buy video games for the story, FPS included. 10million people did NOT buy Halo 3 for just gameplay, and 10million people did not buy it for the multiplayer. I probably have logged no more then 3 hours of halo 3 mp yet played the game through 3 times. I get it, mp it's amazing, but I didn't buy it for the gameplay of mp. I bought it because it has an engaging story that had me since halo 1.

I read the halo books too, even the fall of reach books focused around MC. It bearly even says anything of what happened on reach. I read it because MC was an awesome character who is shrouded with mystery. I don't really care for the reach game tbh. And there are others like me. Give me the next MC halo and i'm there.

Sorry but there is no chance in HELL that a prequel which doesn't contain the main character of the previous 3 blockbuster games is going to outsell the game that put the end to the trilogy. People have no reason to run into halo reach like they did from halo 2 into halo 3. The halo story is over with halo 3.

On that note, if you don't agree and really think halo reach will outsell halo 3, then we will agree to disagree and see in september.