xbox 360 dead as a dodo

[harris1123]

windbane said: stof said: And yes, Halo 3 will sell a lot of systems, as it's undoubtably going to be the most anticipated game of this gen. Just looking at the US, all 3 PS2 GTAs sold more than Halo 2. So did mario 64 but I'm not sure if that counts bundles with the console. I'd say GTA IV is more anticipated. Looking at the world...ugh...too many. Final fantasy games (actually, only VII and X, which you'll notice are the first released on their respective consoles...interesting, eh?), pokeman, 2 mario kart games, of course a ton of other mario games, and lastly, a sony franchise, EVERY SINGLE gran turismo game sold more worldwide than Halo 2. I'd say there are quite a few more anticipated games than Halo 3. Again, I think a lot of people that will buy halo 3 already have the 360 knowing they would want it, but we'll see I guess. I think Microsoft will wait until after the halo 3 sales die down a little to drop the price of the 360, too.

I agree with a lot of the points you make here, but I think that the power of a franchise is being slightly overlooked. All of the games that you mentioned are all great games, but they are also fairly far along within their respective franchises. At the time that Halo was released it was a completely new game on a new console. Halo 2 benefited due to the fan base created by the first game and the trend will continue. I'd say that Halo 3 is highly anticipated, and it could easily rival these franchises that have been around for years. That is a feat in itself.