I find it interesting that they've been taking preorders since 2005 yet most games do not allow preorders until 4-5 months prior to its release. I still cannot preorder MP3 or SSBB right now. Still, this is definitely great news for MS. No denying that. The reason why Halo sells so well is and has always been the multiplayer. Bungie was known for their awesome multiplayer way back in the day when Halo was called "Marathon" and was a sprite based vectorish game. I had a grand ol' time editing Marathon maps. This makes me all the more hopeful for an online multiplayer mode in MP3. If Nintendo has ANY sense at all, they'd give us an online multiplayer Wii FPS. If Halo has proven ANYTHING, it's that people will buy a game just for multiplayer, even if it means setting up LAN parties.
"I mean, c'mon, Viva Pinata, a game with massive marketing, didn't sell worth a damn to the "sophisticated" 360 audience, despite near-universal praise--is that a sign that 360 owners are a bunch of casual ignoramuses that can't get their heads around a 'gardening' sim? Of course not. So let's please stop trying to micro-analyze one game out of hundreds and using it as the poster child for why good, non-1st party, games can't sell on Wii. (Everyone frequenting this site knows this is nonsense, and yet some of you just can't let it go because it's the only scab you have left to pick at after all your other "Wii will phail1!!1" straw men arguments have been put to the torch.)" - exindguy on Boom Blocks
