| superhippy420 said: To those saying that this will move a ton of consoles too, you really have to look at the history of remakes to see that there is zero chance it makes any huge impact. Wind Waker - Gamecube 4.6 million / Wii U 1 million Halo 1 - Xbox 6.4 million / Xbox 360 2.25 million God of War 1+2 - PS2 8.7 million / PS4 2.3 million. These remakes time and time again have proven to only sell anywhere from 25 to 40 percent of their original games sales. Even if the Halo Collection exceeds those numbers and does 45 percent of the originals, then we are looking at about 4.8 million in lifetime sales and that is the absolute ceiling. Now you have to take into account all of the other new games that will be released during the holiday season (Super Smash Bros mainly), and Microsoft is just setting themselves up for failure. |
I half agree. While I think it would have close to zero impact if it was JUST Halo 2 being remade, the entire collection for the price of 1 game will be irressitable for 1) harcore halo fans since Halo 1(because there is extra content on top of the 4 games) 2) anyone who became a halo fan late in the game, and missed earlier installments (because later games sold 2x as much as Halo:CE) 3) People who like FPS games, and love a good value (this is just a crazy amount of value.... crazy.)
Overall, I don't think it's going to boost X1 over PS4 or anything... but it will move some consoles... And every little advantage helps, especially in helping the X1 retake North America. Between the price cut and this, I think it's likely to be ahead of PS4 by the start of 2015. (Only in NA)
