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antfromtashkent on 06 March 2009

OH NO.... i was arguing that this would happend but no one believed me!!!! TAKE THAT MOM!



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nordlead on 06 March 2009
twesterm said:
This is a shot in the dark, but I'm guessing the mother bought the game for the little shit kid because she knew he played a game called Halo, gave it to the little shit kid, little shit kid threw a tantrum because he knew it wasn't a shooter and didn't want the gift, and the other was returning it.

Call me pessimistic but I'm guessing that's what happened.

there is a good chance of that too, but honestly I don't know any parents who just buy a game in the first day for a kid unless they asked for it.

 




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twesterm on 06 March 2009
nordlead said:
twesterm said:
This is a shot in the dark, but I'm guessing the mother bought the game for the little shit kid because she knew he played a game called Halo, gave it to the little shit kid, little shit kid threw a tantrum because he knew it wasn't a shooter and didn't want the gift, and the other was returning it.

Call me pessimistic but I'm guessing that's what happened.

there is a good chance of that too, but honestly I don't know any parents who just buy a game in the first day for a kid unless they asked for it.

 

 

  • birthday
  • special occasion like first communion or confirmation (people actually get gifts for religious things like that)
  • kid asked for one game, they didn't have it (very likely with Gamestop if it's a new game), mother got another
  • kid is spoiled

I could probably come up with reasons all day why the kid might get a random gift

 



 

Joeykanga on 06 March 2009

People should read more about a game before buying it just because of the name.



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antfromtashkent on 06 March 2009
twesterm said:

This is a shot in the dark, but I'm guessing the mother bought the game for the little shit kid because she knew he played a game called Halo, gave it to the little shit kid, little shit kid threw a tantrum because he knew it wasn't a shooter and didn't want the gift, and the mother was returning it because her kid was in fact a little shit.

Call me pessimistic but I'm guessing that's what happened.

Btw... thats what we were talking about in the Why this thread was locked thread :P .... just sayin >_>

 



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nordlead on 06 March 2009
twesterm said:
nordlead said:

there is a good chance of that too, but honestly I don't know any parents who just buy a game in the first day for a kid unless they asked for it.

 

 

  • birthday
  • special occasion like first communion or confirmation (people actually get gifts for religious things like that)
  • kid asked for one game, they didn't have it (very likely with Gamestop if it's a new game), mother got another
  • kid is spoiled

I could probably come up with reasons all day why the kid might get a random gift

 

I agree with all those reasons for getting a random gift. my parents bought us a video game for easter once, but they bought it weeks before, not the day of.

Sure maybe there are some parents who would actually pay attention to what their kid is playing, see a similar game is coming out on a special occasion (or not), and then buy it on launch day, but the chances are slim. Now, if the game had been out for a month, and the parent was looking for a christmas gift, and the kid didn't like it, I could totally buy that no problem.

EDIT: either way, you get the same end results. Copies purchased because someone thought it was a FPS.




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NightstrikerX on 06 March 2009
KylieDog said:
NightstrikerX said:

 

Yup, Halo definately has a shooter heritage. But Mario had a Platformer Heritage for the longest time, and was able to move away from just being a platformer to being Mario: Everything. I have no doubt Microsoft has similar plans for Halo. Halo Wars is the first, it's going to be a transition for some people, but eventually we'll see the glorious golden game.

 

HALO KART.

 

I shed a single tear and salute that video.

 



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justinian on 06 March 2009

I know Halo is not quite Mario

By that I mean Mario does olympics, space, kart racing....you name it, mario can do it..he even does plumbing apparently.

People buy it because it's Mario, not because of what he is doing in the game...or so I think.

Maybe people are buying Halo wars because it's Halo.

Bad analogy... I know...



BoleroOfFire on 06 March 2009
scottie said:

I bought Final Fantasy 1 thinking it was going to be a Final Fantasy. Boy was I dissapointed!

 

Lol.  

Replace Final Fantasy with 'Super Mario Bros. 2' for me.  

 



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JaggedSac on 06 March 2009

Anecdotal evidence FTW.