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Rpruett on 17 April 2009
ironman said:

Silly foreigner, your argument is moot. I don't care where the game sold the best and neither should you because it doesn't matter, world wide sales are a only real number worth looking at, and the Halo franchise this gen wins. Period.

I'm American,  friend.   Why is my argument 'moot'.  Gran Turismo is the better selling, longer lasting, higher average per year on the market selling franchise when compared to Halo.   There hasn't been a Gran Turismo full release this generation yet.  

That's the whole point.   You can't declare a winner until there is actually a 'match'.   

 

The OP was asking what 'series' is more popular.  That is without a doubt,  Gran Turismo.  No ifs ands or buts.

 

 

We are, after all, still talking about Halo 3 vs. GT5 right?

 

No and we never have been.  We've been talking about the series.   Look at the thread title.

 

I don't care what the sales numbers were for past gen consels as user base was highly skewed in favor of the PS2, also the fact that it has no relevancy to this thread. Oh and your egotistical "American's are trash and think only of themselves" attitude is so tipicall of the "holier than thou" thought process found in those across the pond. Get over it, America = pwn...although that is set to change (unfortunately)  

Learn how to spell, use paragraphs and in general use your brain.  You're giving us Americans a bad name.   I'm being serious.   User base has absolutely no relevance to popularity.  If it's a more popular series it's going to have more people purchase it because it's more popular.  Halo 1 had excellent sales, despite being on a lowbie console. 

 

 

 



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Zizzla_Rachet on 17 April 2009

I thought with the Arena pic this had been settled....oh boy....



 



ironman on 17 April 2009

Well here we go again, you wanna talk popularity? It has already been proven the Halo series is more popular than the GT series. Halo is a household word, whereas GT is only widely known in the gaming community. Halo has action figures, books, board games, clothing, soft drinks, countless Machinimas, parodies, posters, calendars, costumes, greeting cards, bobble heads, license plates, sound tracks, instruments, it has been used on the TV show “Knight Rider”, is so popular it is even used in porn as was shown on an earlier post in this very thread, and the very real possibility of being made into a movie, just to name a few. Any questions??? I didn’t think so.

Console install base, and bundling are very relevant to a sales discussion. It is common knowledge that a consol with a huge install base will sell more of ANY game, than a console with a relatively small install base. Likewise, a game that is heavily bundled will sell more copies than one that was not heavily bundled. These are irrefutable facts that blind fanboys just can’t comprehend, it’s kinda sad really.

Oh and Rpruett, as an American, you should be ashamed of your “American centric” statement and attitude, it is bad enough that non Americans feel that way, but an American citizen? Shame on you! People like you just drag down this country’s image, I mean, if our own citizens feel this way then how is the rest of the world not supposed to? Grow up, get a life, get a job, you will learn to love America soon enough.



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Rpruett on 17 April 2009
ironman said:
Well here we go again, you wanna talk popularity? It has already been proven the Halo series is more popular than the GT series. Halo is a household word, whereas GT is only widely known in the gaming community. Halo has action figures, books, board games, clothing, soft drinks, countless Machinimas, parodies, posters, calendars, costumes, greeting cards, bobble heads, license plates, sound tracks, instruments, it has been used on the TV show “Knight Rider”, is so popular it is even used in porn as was shown on an earlier post in this very thread, and the very real possibility of being made into a movie, just to name a few. Any questions??? I didn’t think so.

Console install base, and bundling are very relevant to a sales discussion. It is common knowledge that a consol with a huge install base will sell more of ANY game, than a console with a relatively small install base. Likewise, a game that is heavily bundled will sell more copies than one that was not heavily bundled. These are irrefutable facts that blind fanboys just can’t comprehend, it’s kinda sad really.

Oh and Rpruett, as an American, you should be ashamed of your “American centric” statement and attitude, it is bad enough that non Americans feel that way, but an American citizen? Shame on you! People like you just drag down this country’s image, I mean, if our own citizens feel this way then how is the rest of the world not supposed to? Grow up, get a life, get a job, you will learn to love America soon enough.

Has it really now? Proven?  Then why are you still trying to prove your point?

 

Console install base HAS absolutely ZERO relevance to popularity.  The sooner you let that sink in the better.

 

Yawn.

I do love America.  I do have a job (Probably a better one than you).  I do have a life. Of course since I don't agree that Halo can cure blind children of blindness I'm un-american right?  

 

American-Centric is a total attitude held by many Americans.   If it happens here in America,  it's a constant elsewhere in the world.   That just isn't true and is so far-fetched it's unbelievable.   Halo is an American-Primarily and some parts of Europe-Secondarily phenomenon  and no where else.    Gran Turismo is solidly popular in all areas of the globe.    Which is why sales numbers are highest for it.  It doesn't appeal to just on demographic of people.  (Hence,  it is more popular).

 



ironman on 17 April 2009
Rpruett said:
ironman said:
Well here we go again, you wanna talk popularity? It has already been proven the Halo series is more popular than the GT series. Halo is a household word, whereas GT is only widely known in the gaming community. Halo has action figures, books, board games, clothing, soft drinks, countless Machinimas, parodies, posters, calendars, costumes, greeting cards, bobble heads, license plates, sound tracks, instruments, it has been used on the TV show “Knight Rider”, is so popular it is even used in porn as was shown on an earlier post in this very thread, and the very real possibility of being made into a movie, just to name a few. Any questions??? I didn’t think so.

Console install base, and bundling are very relevant to a sales discussion. It is common knowledge that a consol with a huge install base will sell more of ANY game, than a console with a relatively small install base. Likewise, a game that is heavily bundled will sell more copies than one that was not heavily bundled. These are irrefutable facts that blind fanboys just can’t comprehend, it’s kinda sad really.

Oh and Rpruett, as an American, you should be ashamed of your “American centric” statement and attitude, it is bad enough that non Americans feel that way, but an American citizen? Shame on you! People like you just drag down this country’s image, I mean, if our own citizens feel this way then how is the rest of the world not supposed to? Grow up, get a life, get a job, you will learn to love America soon enough.

Has it really now? Proven?  Then why are you still trying to prove your point?

 

Console install base HAS absolutely ZERO relevance to popularity.  The sooner you let that sink in the better.

 

Yawn.

I do love America.  I do have a job (Probably a better one than you).  I do have a life. Of course since I don't agree that Halo can cure blind children of blindness I'm un-american right?  

 

American-Centric is a total attitude held by many Americans.   If it happens here in America,  it's a constant elsewhere in the world.   That just isn't true and is so far-fetched it's unbelievable.   Halo is an American-Primarily and some parts of Europe-Secondarily phenomenon  and no where else.    Gran Turismo is solidly popular in all areas of the globe.    Which is why sales numbers are highest for it.  It doesn't appeal to just on demographic of people.  (Hence,  it is more popular).

 

     Why yes, Halo popularity has been proven, the only reason I still have to shove the massive amounts of eveidence in your face is because you clueless fanboys just don't get it. World wide Halo is still more poplular, why you can't seem to look at the evidence is beyond me, but whatever.

     I just talked to the thread starter, he told me this thread was started as a comparison of CURRENT popularity, and sales numbers have nothing to do with the popularity numbers. As a whole the GT franchise may have sold more copies of games than the Halo franchise, but Halo is much more popular. 

    LOL better job? What do you do for a living?

    Oh and, anybody who thinks Halo is the "be all to end all" is an idiot.

  " Of course since I don't agree that Halo can cure blind children of blindness I'm un-american right?" That statment is ignorant, insulting, and completely untrue. get over yourself fanboy.  

     The fact that you feel America is too pridefull and full of itself is unAmerican. We have earned the right to become proud of all that we as a nation have accomplished. We have a right to be proud for all the nations we have helped free, we have a right to be proud of our economic system (even if it is under attack right now) so yes, your attitude is unAmerican.

 



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Rpruett on 17 April 2009
ironman said:
Rpruett said:
ironman said:
Well here we go again, you wanna talk popularity? It has already been proven the Halo series is more popular than the GT series. Halo is a household word, whereas GT is only widely known in the gaming community. Halo has action figures, books, board games, clothing, soft drinks, countless Machinimas, parodies, posters, calendars, costumes, greeting cards, bobble heads, license plates, sound tracks, instruments, it has been used on the TV show “Knight Rider”, is so popular it is even used in porn as was shown on an earlier post in this very thread, and the very real possibility of being made into a movie, just to name a few. Any questions??? I didn’t think so.

Console install base, and bundling are very relevant to a sales discussion. It is common knowledge that a consol with a huge install base will sell more of ANY game, than a console with a relatively small install base. Likewise, a game that is heavily bundled will sell more copies than one that was not heavily bundled. These are irrefutable facts that blind fanboys just can’t comprehend, it’s kinda sad really.

Oh and Rpruett, as an American, you should be ashamed of your “American centric” statement and attitude, it is bad enough that non Americans feel that way, but an American citizen? Shame on you! People like you just drag down this country’s image, I mean, if our own citizens feel this way then how is the rest of the world not supposed to? Grow up, get a life, get a job, you will learn to love America soon enough.

Has it really now? Proven?  Then why are you still trying to prove your point?

 

Console install base HAS absolutely ZERO relevance to popularity.  The sooner you let that sink in the better.

 

Yawn.

I do love America.  I do have a job (Probably a better one than you).  I do have a life. Of course since I don't agree that Halo can cure blind children of blindness I'm un-american right?  

 

American-Centric is a total attitude held by many Americans.   If it happens here in America,  it's a constant elsewhere in the world.   That just isn't true and is so far-fetched it's unbelievable.   Halo is an American-Primarily and some parts of Europe-Secondarily phenomenon  and no where else.    Gran Turismo is solidly popular in all areas of the globe.    Which is why sales numbers are highest for it.  It doesn't appeal to just on demographic of people.  (Hence,  it is more popular).

 

     Why yes, Halo popularity has been proven, the only reason I still have to shove the massive amounts of eveidence in your face is because you clueless fanboys just don't get it. World wide Halo is still more poplular, why you can't seem to look at the evidence is beyond me, but whatever.

What evidence? Where?  I've yet to see you provide me any.  Well I have taken that back,  you have provided me tons of anecdotal evidence.  Not that, that matters in any way.

 

     I just talked to the thread starter, he told me this thread was started as a comparison of CURRENT popularity, and sales numbers have nothing to do with the popularity numbers. As a whole the GT franchise may have sold more copies of games than the Halo franchise, but Halo is much more popular. 

Is it really?  How do you know?  Cold hard evidence?  Or more of the anecdotal variety?  We know one thing,  "Halo's popularity"  surely hasn't translated to more sales for the franchise.

 

 

 " Of course since I don't agree that Halo can cure blind children of blindness I'm un-american right?" That statment is ignorant, insulting, and completely untrue. get over yourself fanboy.  

Fanboy?  I'm stating the obvious.  Halo is an American phenomenon.  That's it.  More popular in America?  Sure.  More popular across the world (Which is really what matters)  No.

 

     The fact that you feel America is too pridefull and full of itself is unAmerican. We have earned the right to become proud of all that we as a nation have accomplished. We have a right to be proud for all the nations we have helped free, we have a right to be proud of our economic system (even if it is under attack right now) so yes, your attitude is unAmerican.

 

LOL.  You're too much dude.  Stick to getting your GED.  Then we'll continue.  

 

 



ironman on 17 April 2009

I'm sorry but what part of HOUSEHOLD NAME didn't you get? To say that all the Memoriabilia, fanclubs, and movie posibilities are not a testiment of how Halo popularity just steamrolls GT popularity just confirms what everybody suspected, you are a clueless fanboy. Oh and I have an associated degree, so take that and shove it through your McDonalds drivethrough mic 



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Rpruett on 17 April 2009
ironman said:

I'm sorry but what part of HOUSEHOLD NAME didn't you get? To say that all the Memoriabilia, fanclubs, and movie posibilities are not a testiment of how Halo popularity just steamrolls GT popularity just confirms what everybody suspected, you are a clueless fanboy. Oh and I have an associated degree, so take that and shove it through your McDonalds drivethrough mic 

When did Household name ever enter into this discussion?  All of that other garbage is purely done in America.  Do you think Japan or Europe give a flying ____ about a Halo movie?  Again,  American popularity !=  WW popularity.  

An 'Associates' Degree? Wow.  I'm utterly speechless.  I bow down to your mastery of knowledge.   What is that?  A whole two years of college?  Damn man.  Damn.

 



Torillian on 17 April 2009

Rpruett and Ironman,
Both you guys need to cool it on the personal attacks, if that's the way the argument is going then just agree to disagree, because continuing down this path will only bring you both unwanted trouble.



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ironman on 17 April 2009

...but he started it mommy!!!!!

 

So houshold name has nothing to do with popularity? Silly fanboy, the facts are right in front of you.

Oh and yes it was a "whole two years of college" You still havn't told me what your occupation is, or if you are even attending college, so before you make insulting coments like that, try telling us all what your "gloriouse" educational experiances are as well as your "much better job"



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