Why Halo Reach will outsell Halo 3

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PearlJam said:

I don't think Halo Reach will outsell Halo 3.

I think whoring out the Halo name for Halo Wars damaged the franchise. To this day people ask me if Halo Reach is a "Shooter". ODST didn't help either.

The biggest problem with Halo Reach is that the hardcore fanbase is not hyping it or supporting it, and it's no longer "the game to play" it's just a strong shooter. All my Halo 3 buddies are on Black Ops.

Other problems holding Reach Back

*Armor Lock (this makes the noob-tube look like a skilled weapon)
*Friendly Fire and Betrayal Booting (it's mostly abused by stupid assholes, get rid of it)
*Arena, who the fuck thought this was a good idea? It's the main way to "Rank Up", and it's one of the least populated playlists
*Removal of Halo 3 ranking system
*Lack of "Classic Halo" playlist, everybody voted for it when it would come up, but Bungie got rid of it.
*Bloom, it just doesn't work well with this game

These are the most common complaints, and they are everywhere you go. Bungie changed the game to appeal to all the haters, and they basically "threw the baby out with the bathwater".

Note: Black Ops' Zombie Mode (XBL) has more players than the entire Halo Reach population. If that's not getting your ass whooped, I don't know what is.

Halo Wars was an awesome title, but they should have co-released a PC version. For anyone half interested in the underlying story in Reach, Halo Wars was an essential game

ODST was whoring the franchise a little, but technically it cut Halo 3 sales as it has Halo 3 multiplayer with all map packs. So that could help Reach in the end.

You are right about hardcore fans not hyping the game, it's probably because the core gameplay mechanics are not very different from prior Halo's. Okay a few new weapons, abilities and multiplayer firefight matchmaking. Big deal, it's been 3 years, I think people expected more. Having 1/3rd the maps old map remakes doesn't help much either, and if the Noble Map pack were part of the original package, it would have helped sales and reviews.

as for your * comments, I only agree with Armor Lock. It's really annoying, and "Classic Halo" is cool too. Betryal Botting has always been a part of Halo, so I dunno what your talking about. I hate when losers just decide to stop playing, and do stupid things. Arena is really fun when you play seriously, I think most clan gamers appreciate it. Ranking I think is really well done in Halo 3, and daily challenges really encourage me to play longer and more frequently.

CoD BO is a beast and a half though, Bungie really let Halo down when they left.