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Ryuu96 said:

^^^ That right there happens then we get to kick you out of Empire.

So have fun on the other side.



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staplezero12 said:
Phil has made it pretty clear, he is not interested in making ip's not owned by them any further. shenmue is not going to happen, best to move on.

I don't buy this. I also think if he was involved/funded Shenmue, it wouldn't go elsewhere.



 

shikamaru317 said:
iceland said:
You guys will probably hate me for this but I don't really think Shenmue is going to be worthwhile for MS to invest in. If anything the PS4 makes much more sense for the game than Xbox One. I have no idea what a Shenmue 3 budget will be like but the franchise is pretty niche compared to most games, if it's an Xbox One exclusive I don't think it'll even break 1m.

Not so sure about that. In Japan, of course it'd do better on Playstation, but in the West, not so sure about that. Alot of western Sega fans switched to Xbox since Xbox was widely regarded as the spiritual successor to Dreamcast, and because the original Xbox got several Sega games.

As for Shenmue itself being niche, I'm not really so sure of that either. It was the 4th bestselling Dreamcast game, seling to over 1 in 8 Dreamcast owners, not alot of series have achieved an attach rate like that. Also, the interest level for Shenmue has increased over the years, word of mouth from fervent Shenmue fans as well as Youtube playthroughs of Shenmue have made alot of people that have never played Shenmue interested in it.

I'd agree last gen but I think there's more Sega fans on playstation this gen even in the west but this talk is speculation, I don't think there's a large portion of people still refusing to buy Playstation products.

The original Shenmue had some massive hype behind it, it was called the killer app on the Dreamcast and was touted as being it's savior. It sold well but it should have done more considering the hype and advertising IMO. There's still a pretty decent size of Shenmue fans out there, I still don't think it'll hit 1m unless it draws in a lot of new fans which is possible I guess.

I believe Shenmue fans deserve a 3rd game, how they left the game on a cliffhanger is criminal. I'm not sure if MS should be the one to have it exclusive though.



http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2014/videogames#4

Halo jumped from #70 to #63 today!



 

Seece said:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2014/videogames#4

Halo jumped from #70 to #63 today!

whoa and still more than a week before release.. this game will have great launch numbers.



Praise the One.

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Seece said:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2014/videogames#4

Halo jumped from #70 to #63 today!


It will be huge.



halo will outsell xbox one version of cod?



shikamaru317 said:
I just noticed that Halo is up to #5 on the hourly charts as well, ahead of any single CoD SKU now.


That Halo 2 documentary pushed a ton of people over the edge. And I bet anyone buying a bundle is getting Halo also. I don't care what anyone says, not bundling Halo MCC was a good idea.



I wonder when the review embargo ends for cod, unity and halo



Halo MCC will sell 5+ million copies(including digital)

halo 5 will sell 10 million copies(including digital)

x1 will pass ps4 in USA, and UK.

Seece said:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/2014/videogames#4

Halo jumped from #70 to #63 today!


O.o 

holy crap.

It's going to be huge.