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badgenome on 09 January 2009
disolitude said:
Halo is legendary. I really hope who ever gets to work on this (if its not bungie) does it right and doesn't try to emulate COD or some other shooter.

Gear series while great, I feel will be a fad. The most they can do is squeeze another sequel before sales start to go down. The whole macho "fuck yeah" attitude is on its last legs in my opinion...with Obama coming and all

He is kind of... unmasculine. And people are unduly enamoured of him at the moment...

But then again, look at Hollywood. All those peaceniks are the first in line to glamorize violence. And, shit, CliffyB his own self is an Obamaniac.



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Kantor on 09 January 2009
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Kantor said:
seece said:
Halo franchise is over 25 million sold, Gears now 10 (PC?)

By end of this generation if new Gears is out then I expect Gears Franchise to be above 25M and Halo to be 50M (what with Halo Wars, ODST & Chronicals)

75M from two fairly new franchises is nothing to be sniffed at.

Wars, ODST and Chronicles are going to sell 25 million put together?

I don't think so. The maximum we can expect from ODST is 5 million, Halo Wars is 4 million. We don't actually know anything about Chronicles, but I doubt it will do 16 million. The only way it could pass 50 million is if Halo 4 was released this gen (along with ODST, Wars and Chronicles)

10 million sales is nothing to sniff at. Great sales for a great franchise. I think this new one can do perhaps 8 million LT.

Halo 3 can sell another 2-3 million on X360. and I think there will be a PC release!

Halo Wars can sell 4 million on X360. What about PC ?

Halo ODST can sell more than 5 million IMO !

So without Chronicles . Halo can sell more than 12 million

I don't know anything about Chronicles but if it will sell like Halo 3 (or more ?), the total may reach 25 million

It's very very hard but halo can do it!

 

Halo PC versions are never good. Also, we don't track PC sales, so we'd never know.

Halo Wars isn't even confirmed for PC, but same thing.

Really? Halo won't have sold more than 10 million by the time it releases, I'd say a 50% attach rate is damned good!

Halo has sold, so far, 23.81 million units. If Halo 3 sells another 3 million, that brings it up to 26.81 million.

30.81 million with Halo Wars (if it doesn't suck like most console RTS)

35.81 million with ODST

Which means Halo Chronicles will have to sell over 14 million units. Halo 3 isn't going to reach that. There are rumours that Chronicles is a budget title. There's been no news on it since April last year. It's not being made by Bungie.



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Shura on 09 January 2009

i bought halo 1, 2 3 and gears 1, 2. I am part of those 35m sales.



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xerostomia on 09 January 2009

I love the story telling in the Halo Universe, but I think that Halo Wars is really a niche product. I would be excited if it sold 1 million, and think it was a run away success if it pushed 2 million (I really doubt it would). RTS junkies like myself will like the game, but unless they achieve some sort of formula that mimics Starcraft, it will be hard to pull 3-4 million sales. If it does, the game will be the benchmark for RTS on console, and perhaps bring in a new wave of gaming (like Halo did as a FPS on a console). The biggest think I want out of Halo Wars is the story. RTS games have some of the best cut scenes in all of gaming (and if they get some of the actors like they have in the Command and Conquer games, then there will be the bonus for eye candy as well).



neotea on 09 January 2009

i never played gears 1 or halo 1 and 2, but i bought gears 2 and halo 3 cause of the hype. I usually hate consoles fps.



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