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but halo wars wont have great legs but killzone 2 will
and btw is someone suprised by this?
double the install base + halo brand = great sales
also 360 games are usually very frontloaded



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ROFLMAO...this is going to deflate alot of the chatter about this being the year of...

But Halo Wars did it because gamers were duped into thinking that it was a first person shooter, vice a RTS...lol...or at least that's some of the moronic articles I've seen posted. Nevermind that Halo Wars is the BEST RTS on a console to-date, and as compared to PC RTS, it's pretty darn respectable.



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Garnett said:
KillerMan said:

Halo brand + double install base compared to PS3 = huge sales in america.

360 Outsold Wii? 58 million really?

 

Edit :Nevermind

 

Ahem...I think he was talking about NA install base...Ahem *cough cough*


 

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ElectronicRocker said:
but halo wars wont have great legs but killzone 2 will
and btw is someone suprised by this?
double the install base + halo brand = great sales
also 360 games are usually very frontloaded

Like Halo 3 and GTA 4...



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CGI-Quality said:
@ colonel

In America at least, it did GREAT for an RTS, who cares about it's name, it's broken a cycle of the lackluster RTS-on-consoles vibe, for that, I congratulate it. Halo Wars did well, while KZ2 just crossed 1 mill WW, I congratulate that too.

People shouldn't be upset about either of these, look at it this way: an RTS on a console sells these #s first week - a first = AWESOME. PS3 exclusive FPS from a company with a not-so-great rep sells 1 million in 2 weeks. Both of these games did wonders and both are considered great!! Guess what: that's ALL that matters! Go Halo Wars/360!!1 Go Killzone 2/PS3!!! From these two benchmarks, the industry IS moving forward, that's great for gamers!!!

 

Agree with the happiness over RTS selling on consoles. But really CGI, anybody loving an RTS shud only play it on the PC. Even 2007 games like Word In Conflict destroy any console RTS. RTS is all about micro management and being a control freak and you can't compare the 16 buttons of a controller to 100+ buttons and button combinations on a keyboard+mouse



 

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heruamon said:
ElectronicRocker said:
but halo wars wont have great legs but killzone 2 will
and btw is someone suprised by this?
double the install base + halo brand = great sales
also 360 games are usually very frontloaded

Like Halo 3 and GTA 4...

 

 Just compare Mass effect to Uncharteds legs

or dead rising to Ratchet and clanks

or Fable 2s to LBP



Hyruken said:

Killzone 2 sold 359k in 1st week

Halo Wars sold 445k in 1st week

Gratz Halo Wars, don't think many of us thought that would happen. Might even over-take KZ2 sales next week.

 



ElectronicRocker said:
heruamon said:
ElectronicRocker said:
but halo wars wont have great legs but killzone 2 will
and btw is someone suprised by this?
double the install base + halo brand = great sales
also 360 games are usually very frontloaded

Like Halo 3 and GTA 4...

 

 Just compare Mass effect to Uncharteds legs

or dead rising to Ratchet and clanks

or Fable 2s to LBP

or Halo 3 to Resistence?

 

 



 

Didn't see that, ok Gears of War VS Resistance ...



 

CGI-Quality said:
@ colonel

In America at least, it did GREAT for an RTS, who cares about it's name, it's broken a cycle of the lackluster RTS-on-consoles vibe, for that, I congratulate it. Halo Wars did well, while KZ2 just crossed 1 mill WW, I congratulate that too.

People shouldn't be upset about either of these, look at it this way: an RTS on a console sells these #s first week - a first = AWESOME. PS3 exclusive FPS from a company with a not-so-great rep sells 1 million in 2 weeks. Both of these games did wonders and both are considered great!! Guess what: that's ALL that matters! Go Halo Wars/360!!1 Go Killzone 2/PS3!!! From these two benchmarks, the industry IS moving forward, that's great for gamers!!!

 

          ^^ This.....:)