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BMaker11 on 12 March 2009
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!!!

But......it only did it because it had Halo in the name :/

Like I said somewhere else, do you think if it was the EXACT same game with the EXACT same gameplay, but was called "Bob's Wars", it would sell this way?

 



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ZenfoldorVGI on 12 March 2009

While great for a laugh, those numbers aren't really an indicator of anything. Average console RTS with the name Halo in it outsells "Halo Killer" ftmfw, though.

...actually yes, now that you mention it OP, it is a pretty great little tidbit. Halo Killer my ass.



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Alby_da_Wolf on 12 March 2009
BMaker11 said:
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!!!

But......it only did it because it had Halo in the name :/

Like I said somewhere else, do you think if it was the EXACT same game with the EXACT same gameplay, but was called "Bob's Wars", it would sell this way?

 

I misread it "Boobs' wars" and I was going to answer "Absolutely"! 

 



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outlawauron on 12 March 2009

HW had a good first week, but I think most thought it would do best in America.



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SSSBOLIMAR on 12 March 2009

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Bullet100000 on 12 March 2009
KillerMan said:

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

 

What he said.



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gergroy on 12 March 2009
mtofu said:
KillerMan said:

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

 

this pretty much says it all.

what i'd like to know is how many copies of halo wars has either been returned or are sold back as a used game because they didn't know it was an rts.

 

 maybe 2 copies of that 445k were returned for this reason.  I'm sorry but you internet forum people must think everybody is retarded and don't know how to read a box or have the ability to look at pictures.  Plus, the game is great, anybody that likes fps halo would probably like this.



Daffy on 12 March 2009

So your saying that Sony did name Killzone wrong way? They should name it Gran Turismo zone or Metal Gear zone to get a few millions more sales?



JaggedSac on 12 March 2009

Congrats Halo Wars. Very fun game.



Gilgamesh on 12 March 2009

Wow I'm shocked...a Halo game sold in America (double the install base of the PS3 in America) outsold Killzone 2.....