The GTA effect

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HappySqurriel said:

ckmlb said:

Blue3 said:
most former Ps2 owners looking for a next gen console don't give a rats ass about halo.

They will go where FF GTA MGS is why because they grew up on those games, and GTA4 will be a good reason to buy the console early at full price.

This is somewhat true, whoever really cared about Halo had an original Xbox too.

 

Not necessarily ...

Many people bought a PS2 for one (or a couple) of games that interested them. After people owned a PS2 they continued to buy "good" games because they were available for a platform that they already owned. There were probably a ton of people who owned a PS2 that would have bought Metroid Prime, Halo or Super Mario Sunshine if they were available for the PS2 but were unwilling to spend an additional $200/$300 to own the game system to play the game on it.

If Halo 3 was being released exclusively for the PS3 I'm certain Blue3 would be hyping it to no end ...

People who buy an XBox 360 for Halo 3 this year will be likely to pick up a copy of GTA 4, at the same time people who buy and XBox 360 for GTA 4 will also be likely to pick up a copy of Halo 3, and there will also be people who will buy an XBox 360 simply because both games are available for it.

This is precisely what I believe, largely because it is entirely and completely logical.