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chapset on 28 August 2010

215k...



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fastyxx on 28 August 2010

ODST, selling 5.5 million was NOT a core Halo.  This one will sell 5.5 million by Christmas, easy.  



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hatmoza on 28 August 2010
Michael-5 said:
hatmoza said:
tuscaniman said:
hatmoza said:

Not more than 100k what it's doing now. You got to remember ... Halo fans already have a 360.

250-300k week of Halo Reach.


Being probably right about most Halo fans already having a 360 you are also partly wrong. You have to remember its been 3 years since a true big Halo title has released. 3 years ago the 360 was $100 more and had less features to entice certain people. Now you are looking at a $299 360s with built in WiFi, 250GB HDD, sleeker and more reliable. I'm sure there are plenty of people who haven't bought into this gen or only own a Wii or PS3 thinking about getting a 360 and Reach will be the game to push some of these people over the edge to get one. Reach is going to be one of the biggest games this gen. We are talking about a game as big in scale and hype as MW2 only available for a single console. It is a system seller and there will be a sales spike because of it. I broke down and bought a PS3 today and I'm sure there will be PS3 owners who will break down and buy a 360 because Reach is just too tempting. Not to mention you have Gears of War 3 around the corner.

Edit: I noticed after I typed this you put in a 100k sales spike which is probably about right, but I just wanted to state why Reach will sell consoles in my opinion and it could be more than 100k. I guess we'll soon find out.

I just wanted to correct you on one little thing. The last major Halo wasn't 3 years ago ... it was less than a year ago selling 5.55m copies.

http://www.vgchartz.com/game.php?id=29077

Halo 3 ODST was not a major Halo release. Yes 5.55 million units is a lot, but for Halo thats a joke. Halo 3: ODST didn't even have it's own multiplayer, a must for any full out proper Halo game. It wasn't even it's own Halo game as it was still badged Halo 3. How can it be a major Halo game when it doesn't even have online multiplayer, which is literally half the Halo experience.

You may argue Halo 1 sold similar numbers, but that was a launch title for a console which only sold 24 million units total, and Halo has gotten a lot more popular in the last decade, with every major installment outselling the previous by about 3 million.

P.S. as a joke, Halo 3: ODST was half a Halo game (didn't have online multiplayer, which is half the experience), yet it still sold 5.5 million units, and is still rapidly growing, so half the sales. LOL The game is probably less then Half a Halo as it didn't have a epic of a campaign as a regular Halo, and no Spartans. Still an epic title, worthy of a 9.1/10.

it had online, it was Halo 3's multiplayer including all the downloadable maps. It also had firefight mode IIRC. So it had the campaign and online, and I believe it retailed for the full price of $59.99. That seems like a full game to me.

I dunno about a 9.1 as the campaign was boring me to tears but it was a Halo FPS nonetheless and a Halo experience worthy of being considered  a major Halo game. 

But if you want to get technical: Halo 1, 2 and 3 is the main series. ODST and Reach are spinoffs :P



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kain_kusanagi on 28 August 2010

I'm going to guess between 400k-500k WW. Nothing's bigger than Halo and this looks to be the best one yet.



Jadedx on 28 August 2010
hatmoza said:
Michael-5 said:
hatmoza said:
tuscaniman said:
hatmoza said:

Not more than 100k what it's doing now. You got to remember ... Halo fans already have a 360.

250-300k week of Halo Reach.


Being probably right about most Halo fans already having a 360 you are also partly wrong. You have to remember its been 3 years since a true big Halo title has released. 3 years ago the 360 was $100 more and had less features to entice certain people. Now you are looking at a $299 360s with built in WiFi, 250GB HDD, sleeker and more reliable. I'm sure there are plenty of people who haven't bought into this gen or only own a Wii or PS3 thinking about getting a 360 and Reach will be the game to push some of these people over the edge to get one. Reach is going to be one of the biggest games this gen. We are talking about a game as big in scale and hype as MW2 only available for a single console. It is a system seller and there will be a sales spike because of it. I broke down and bought a PS3 today and I'm sure there will be PS3 owners who will break down and buy a 360 because Reach is just too tempting. Not to mention you have Gears of War 3 around the corner.

Edit: I noticed after I typed this you put in a 100k sales spike which is probably about right, but I just wanted to state why Reach will sell consoles in my opinion and it could be more than 100k. I guess we'll soon find out.

I just wanted to correct you on one little thing. The last major Halo wasn't 3 years ago ... it was less than a year ago selling 5.55m copies.

http://www.vgchartz.com/game.php?id=29077

Halo 3 ODST was not a major Halo release. Yes 5.55 million units is a lot, but for Halo thats a joke. Halo 3: ODST didn't even have it's own multiplayer, a must for any full out proper Halo game. It wasn't even it's own Halo game as it was still badged Halo 3. How can it be a major Halo game when it doesn't even have online multiplayer, which is literally half the Halo experience.

You may argue Halo 1 sold similar numbers, but that was a launch title for a console which only sold 24 million units total, and Halo has gotten a lot more popular in the last decade, with every major installment outselling the previous by about 3 million.

P.S. as a joke, Halo 3: ODST was half a Halo game (didn't have online multiplayer, which is half the experience), yet it still sold 5.5 million units, and is still rapidly growing, so half the sales. LOL The game is probably less then Half a Halo as it didn't have a epic of a campaign as a regular Halo, and no Spartans. Still an epic title, worthy of a 9.1/10.

it had online, it was Halo 3's multiplayer including all the downloadable maps. It also had firefight mode IIRC. So it had the campaign and online, and I believe it retailed for the full price of $59.99. That seems like a full game to me.

I dunno about a 9.1 as the campaign was boring me to tears but it was a Halo FPS nonetheless and a Halo experience worthy of being considered  a major Halo game. 

But if you want to get technical: Halo 1, 2 and 3 is the main series. ODST and Reach are spinoffs :P


Halo Reach is a prequal, it is a part of the main story, ODST and Halo Wars are side stories. Do you know anything about Halo?



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rakugakist on 28 August 2010
tuscaniman said:
hatmoza said:

Not more than 100k what it's doing now. You got to remember ... Halo fans already have a 360.

250-300k week of Halo Reach.


Being probably right about most Halo fans already having a 360 you are also partly wrong. You have to remember its been 3 years since a true big Halo title has released. 3 years ago the 360 was $100 more and had less features to entice certain people. Now you are looking at a $299 360s with built in WiFi, 250GB HDD, sleeker and more reliable. I'm sure there are plenty of people who haven't bought into this gen or only own a Wii or PS3 thinking about getting a 360 and Reach will be the game to push some of these people over the edge to get one. Reach is going to be one of the biggest games this gen. We are talking about a game as big in scale and hype as MW2 only available for a single console. It is a system seller and there will be a sales spike because of it. I broke down and bought a PS3 today and I'm sure there will be PS3 owners who will break down and buy a 360 because Reach is just too tempting. Not to mention you have Gears of War 3 around the corner.

Edit: I noticed after I typed this you put in a 100k sales spike which is probably about right, but I just wanted to state why Reach will sell consoles in my opinion and it could be more than 100k. I guess we'll soon find out.


What made you buy a PS3?



Mr Puggsly on 28 August 2010
Jadedx said:


Halo Reach is a prequal, it is a part of the main story, ODST and Halo Wars are side stories. Do you know anything about Halo?


ODST being a side story is not the reason for modest sales (for the series). It was basically just a Halo 3 expansion. New campaign, but same old multiplayer.

Halo Wars was a completely different genre. Not a particularly popular one on consoles either.

People comparing the sales of those with Reach is pointless.



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hatmoza on 28 August 2010
Mr Puggsly said:
Jadedx said:


Halo Reach is a prequal, it is a part of the main story, ODST and Halo Wars are side stories. Do you know anything about Halo?


ODST being a side story is not the reason for modest sales (for the series). It was basically just a Halo 3 expansion. New campaign, but same old multiplayer.

Halo Wars was a completely different genre. Not a particularly popular one on consoles either.

People comparing the sales of those with Reach is pointless.

well when it comes down to it, I guess my point is: if it's Halo and it's a FPS, it will sell like crazy without effecting hardware sales much.

wait ... wasn't that my first post? :D



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Michael-5 on 28 August 2010
Jadedx said:
hatmoza said:
Michael-5 said:
hatmoza said:
tuscaniman said:
hatmoza said:

Not more than 100k what it's doing now. You got to remember ... Halo fans already have a 360.

250-300k week of Halo Reach.


Being probably right about most Halo fans already having a 360 you are also partly wrong. You have to remember its been 3 years since a true big Halo title has released. 3 years ago the 360 was $100 more and had less features to entice certain people. Now you are looking at a $299 360s with built in WiFi, 250GB HDD, sleeker and more reliable. I'm sure there are plenty of people who haven't bought into this gen or only own a Wii or PS3 thinking about getting a 360 and Reach will be the game to push some of these people over the edge to get one. Reach is going to be one of the biggest games this gen. We are talking about a game as big in scale and hype as MW2 only available for a single console. It is a system seller and there will be a sales spike because of it. I broke down and bought a PS3 today and I'm sure there will be PS3 owners who will break down and buy a 360 because Reach is just too tempting. Not to mention you have Gears of War 3 around the corner.

Edit: I noticed after I typed this you put in a 100k sales spike which is probably about right, but I just wanted to state why Reach will sell consoles in my opinion and it could be more than 100k. I guess we'll soon find out.

I just wanted to correct you on one little thing. The last major Halo wasn't 3 years ago ... it was less than a year ago selling 5.55m copies.

http://www.vgchartz.com/game.php?id=29077

Halo 3 ODST was not a major Halo release. Yes 5.55 million units is a lot, but for Halo thats a joke. Halo 3: ODST didn't even have it's own multiplayer, a must for any full out proper Halo game. It wasn't even it's own Halo game as it was still badged Halo 3. How can it be a major Halo game when it doesn't even have online multiplayer, which is literally half the Halo experience.

You may argue Halo 1 sold similar numbers, but that was a launch title for a console which only sold 24 million units total, and Halo has gotten a lot more popular in the last decade, with every major installment outselling the previous by about 3 million.

P.S. as a joke, Halo 3: ODST was half a Halo game (didn't have online multiplayer, which is half the experience), yet it still sold 5.5 million units, and is still rapidly growing, so half the sales. LOL The game is probably less then Half a Halo as it didn't have a epic of a campaign as a regular Halo, and no Spartans. Still an epic title, worthy of a 9.1/10.

it had online, it was Halo 3's multiplayer including all the downloadable maps. It also had firefight mode IIRC. So it had the campaign and online, and I believe it retailed for the full price of $59.99. That seems like a full game to me.

I dunno about a 9.1 as the campaign was boring me to tears but it was a Halo FPS nonetheless and a Halo experience worthy of being considered  a major Halo game. 

But if you want to get technical: Halo 1, 2 and 3 is the main series. ODST and Reach are spinoffs :P


Halo Reach is a prequal, it is a part of the main story, ODST and Halo Wars are side stories. Do you know anything about Halo?

Lol ODST had multiplayer, Halo 3 multiplayer. You said it yourself hatmoza. Firefight Mode was not online, and ODST did not have it's own multiplayer versus mode (the basic muliplayer mode for any FPS).

Also to add to Jadedx, the Halo campaign focus's on humanities fight against the convanent for survival. It focuses on the Spartans as they are the most advanced soldiers ever trained (In the Halo universe). Halo 3 ODST was a side story to Halo 2 and Halo 3 focusing on the hard battles ODST soldiers had to face to clean up just one African city on the Earth of covanent soldiers. It contributes nothing to the battle for survival against the covanent.

Halo 1-3, Wars, and Reach all contribute to the main story arch, and are all main Halo games. Halo 1-3 tell the story after the epic battle on Reach from the only surviving spartan, Halo Wars gives a general overview of the battle on Reach, and Halo: Reach focus's on a small group of Elite spartans, who fight to save Reach. All these games contribute to the main story arch, they all have their own single and complete mulitpler experience.

ODST was almost an add on, saying ODST was a major Halo title, is like saying GT5 Prologue is a major Gran Turismo title.

Play your Halo, then comment on the games as side-stories, or main stories.



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Michael-5 on 28 August 2010
hatmoza said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Jadedx said:


Halo Reach is a prequal, it is a part of the main story, ODST and Halo Wars are side stories. Do you know anything about Halo?


ODST being a side story is not the reason for modest sales (for the series). It was basically just a Halo 3 expansion. New campaign, but same old multiplayer.

Halo Wars was a completely different genre. Not a particularly popular one on consoles either.

People comparing the sales of those with Reach is pointless.

well when it comes down to it, I guess my point is: if it's Halo and it's a FPS, it will sell like crazy without effecting hardware sales much.

wait ... wasn't that my first post? :D

Well Halo 3 boosted hardware sales by 100k (135k to 230k). Thats a pretty significant effect, and judging by Pre-orders, Reach is looking like a bigger title.



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