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rocketpig on 10 May 2007
jjseth said:
15 million sold total? Of Halo 3? Even to me the 4 million in preorders sounds awfully high. I can see the game sales total in the 5-8 million range over it's life. But 15 million? I think you are greatly overestimating that number. And whatever it is you are smoking, please don't bogart it and pass it this way.

Who predicted 15 million for H3?

Wow, that's way too high.

 




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FishyJoe on 10 May 2007

I expect Halo 3 to sell at around Halo 1 levels. Halo 2 had the advantage of a larger user base.



jjseth on 10 May 2007
Munkeh said:
jjseth said:
15 million sold total? Of Halo 3? Even to me the 4 million in preorders sounds awfully high. I can see the game sales total in the 5-8 million range over it's life. But 15 million? I think you are greatly overestimating that number. And whatever it is you are smoking, please don't bogart it and pass it this way.

GTA SA only managed 14M despite having a user base of over 100M at that time, plus it was the greatest game of its era


 Very good point and everyone I knew was going to buy GTA SA on either PS2 or XBOX, and some bought it for both. 



 


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jjseth on 10 May 2007
mrstickball said:

I say 8.5m units in the US, and another 6.5m in Europe and Japan. 


 This is where I got that number at of 15 million.  It was hidden in a huge post that could easily been missed had you not read it liine for line.



 


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wavedash on 10 May 2007
rocketpig said:
tk1989 said:
meh. I bet Halo 3 will sell well, and for the wrong reasons, just like Halo2. Halo2 was terrible, it didnt even have a proper ending, and the arbiter quests were boring as hell. The multiplayer maps werent as fun as well... The only good thing about it was Online multiplayer, but that still doesnt justify how it got so many good reviews, even though its basically universally known as being a modiocre game.

Thanks for giving us all your opinion and stating it as fact. I thought the ending to Halo 2 was brilliant. It shows a move to more epic and cinematic gameplay storytelling. Expect more games like Mass Effect to follow the same Shakespearean 3-act  storytelling arc in the future.

Obviously I'm not the only one who feels this way. If a game dev has a long story to tell, I don't mind receiving a cliffhanger at the end of act 2, no more than I minded it when Lucas used that methodology in Empire Strikes Back.


Shakespearen plays have 5 acts not 3...fyi =D



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rocketpig on 10 May 2007
wavedash said:

Shakespearen plays have 5 acts not 3...fyi =D


I realize that but for simplicities' sake, I said three because in modern storytelling, it has been condensed to three acts. The beginning, the cliffhanger, and the ultimate triumph. It was all started with Shakespeare but was later adapted to the modern trilogy.




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whatever on 10 May 2007
mrstickball said:
Here's the issue: MS needs money. In order to get money, that have to not only sell games, but move hardware as well. Bill Gates already said that the central battleground is holiday 2007. MS by far has the best lineup of holiday games (not saying Wii or PS3 is bad), but they have the biggest # of titles guarenteed to do obviously well. Now, with so much at stake, plus the fact the 360 is making money now (and should goto 65nm by then, therefore increasing profitability), its entirely impossible that they not drop the price. IMO, we'll see a price drop in September or October. Personally, with flegling 360 sales in the US, I'd drop the friggin' price in 3 weeks when Forza hits. The 360 hasn't had a US price drop yet, in every other market it's had a drop at some point. MS wasn't afraid to drop the price and pack Blue Dragon in Japan, why not do it in the US. IMO, the Wii should pass the 360 w/w sales wise in September, but the 360 should easily come back due to huge sales globally (with a major YOY increase in all markets due to LO, H3 and GTAIV) to re-take the lead till Febuary or March.

 If the Wii passes the 360 in September and Metroid, Mario, and Super Smash Bros. all come out in September through November, there is no chance for the 360 to retake the lead.  Halo or no Halo.



konnichiwa on 10 May 2007
jjseth said:
mrstickball said:

I say 8.5m units in the US, and another 6.5m in Europe and Japan. 


 This is where I got that number at of 15 million.  It was hidden in a huge post that could easily been missed had you not read it liine for line.


 Halo is not popular in Europ.

 Halo 2 sold more than 6 million in North America in Europe + others it sold less than 2 million.

 That is still good but I guess 3 million Europe and others including Japan will be already very high. 






wareagle372 on 10 May 2007
whatever said:
mrstickball said:
Here's the issue: MS needs money. In order to get money, that have to not only sell games, but move hardware as well. Bill Gates already said that the central battleground is holiday 2007. MS by far has the best lineup of holiday games (not saying Wii or PS3 is bad), but they have the biggest # of titles guarenteed to do obviously well. Now, with so much at stake, plus the fact the 360 is making money now (and should goto 65nm by then, therefore increasing profitability), its entirely impossible that they not drop the price. IMO, we'll see a price drop in September or October. Personally, with flegling 360 sales in the US, I'd drop the friggin' price in 3 weeks when Forza hits. The 360 hasn't had a US price drop yet, in every other market it's had a drop at some point. MS wasn't afraid to drop the price and pack Blue Dragon in Japan, why not do it in the US. IMO, the Wii should pass the 360 w/w sales wise in September, but the 360 should easily come back due to huge sales globally (with a major YOY increase in all markets due to LO, H3 and GTAIV) to re-take the lead till Febuary or March.

 If the Wii passes the 360 in September and Metroid, Mario, and Super Smash Bros. all come out in September through November, there is no chance for the 360 to retake the lead.  Halo or no Halo.


Never underestamate halo. It can do great do things like beat everyone's asses. Trust me, Mario is not as a huge seller as Halo. And Xbox 360 will release Blue Dragon, Mass Effect, and GTA. That sounds alot better than Metroid, Mario, and Super Smash Bros.