Halo Reach vs Halo 3 1st Week By The Numbers

[Michael-5]

enrageorange said:

BHR-3 said:

Smeags said:

I've noticed that when someone uses percentages rather than hard numbers, that said person is trying, for better or for worse, to twist the subject to better match his/her view on that same subject.

I mean, just ignore Halo: Reach's incredible 1st week sales numbers for a second and look at those much smaller percentages. For shame Halo: Reach! For shame!

pretty funny considering the hard numbers are there as well, but when you cant debate properly i guess thats to be expected, i put the % b/c last time i did a thread where i was comparing numbers (NPDvs VGC) posters asked me to add the %

not saying reachs numbers a shame, even i and many others included on this site had higher hopes 5-6M range hopes and those hopes shouldnt be considered as wishful thinking considering the massive user base increase from 3, unless something else is going on...

@ kirby wheres the math fail?

the thing that happened was call of duty. It took a lot of the casuals. A lot of people also had predictions on the far lower scale, but your right a lot of people expected a lot higher like myself. O well I'm glad I'm enjoying the game, and the sales still put almost everything else to shame.

I think People reviewed Reach more heavily then Halo 3. It's an amzing game, but mainly because of the 9 map (only), I've been seeing Halo get a lot lower ratings. Two websites I usually trust the review are IGN and Gametrailers, GT gave Halo 3 a 9.8, and Reach a 9.3, and IGN went from 9.6 to 9.5. On metacritic, Halo 3 had 9.4, Reach only has 9.2. Also I think Halo: Reach received a lot less media attention. Yes Mountain Dew still makes Halo logo'd drinks, but it no longer has it's line of power drinks.

Also the Halo 3 Spartan commercial was a lot better then the Reach Live Action commercial.

I think when Halo 3 came out, it was "THE" hyped HD game. Call of Duty was just starting to take off, PS3 offered much less competition (No uncharted or Killzone yet), Mass Effect wasn't out, and Bioshock was brand new. Outside the genre there was just a lot more to choose from.

I mean at least it did better then Resistance 2. Resistance 1 sold mega well because it was basically the only good game PS3 had on launch, Resistance 2 had alternatives to compete with ond only sold half as well.

Still as long as Halo: Reach sells strongly over time, it should still get higher overall sales then Halo 3, and maybe the 14 million I predicted (look at sig).