Who is going to win this holiday? PS3 or WiiU?

[HappySqurriel]

crissindahouse said:

HappySqurriel said:
On the topic of Halo 4 as a "system seller" ...

While there will (no doubt) be an increase in sales associated with this title, I'm doubtful that it will be very long lasting because there have already been many Halo titles released for the XBox 360. Between Halo 3, Halo Reach, and Halo ODST I'm pretty sure that most people who are interested in the Halo franchise already own an XBox 360.

sure but do you know how many halo fans will buy a new 360 just because it's a halo 360? i think many of those sales will go to them.

Only a very small percentage of fans of any game would buy a second console ...

Most likely, the driver for existing Halo fans to buy an XBox 360 for Halo 4 would be that they no longer own a working XBox 360 to play Halo 4 on; whether that is because their old one is broken, they sold it, or they don't have access to it anymore (potentially, they had a roomate or sibling who moved out and took the system or something).

Most Halo branded XBox 360 systems will be sold to people who are buying their first XBox 360 and think it is a deal to buy a system and get one of the best games of the year for "free".

 

 

Although I do find it interesting to see people argue that gamers will buy additional systems to get absolutely no new games or improvements to existing games while other people will argue that these same games wouldn't ever buy a Wii U because they don't offer enough of an improvement or enough new games. Personally, I think this demonstrates just how out of touch the "hardcore" is with the mainstream gamer.