Like Microsoft announced that Halo: ODST would cost 40$ and now it's 60$ ?

I'm thinking it will be Warhawk big, likely a bit larger in terms of user base over time. If anything, I see it stealing more players away from SOCOM than any other game.

Of course it's entirely possible that the entire platoon/company based battle concept doesn't actually work, but based on what the developers have been focusing on, it may well be the first.

Comparisons to MW2 or even Uncharted 2 are sort of faulty since you have to count on a huge chunk of those players only sticking with the single player campaign when they buy the game.

No.  I'm sick of all the 1sr person shooters poping up all of a sudden.  Forget that.  Do you know how massive the online FPS croud would be if there was just one, that was super awesome?  But, no, instead, everyone's broken up by system, and game.  Someone should come together, and make something awesome, and allow users to change controls based on the game they like most, and some kinda way, have it multi-system online.  That would be awesome, yet, highly unlikely, I know.

What if FPS had a cross company game, like Marvel Vs. Capcom?  MGS, HALO, and Killzone together in one game... I know MGS4 isn't a FPS, and I know Halo can't happen on PS3 without some sort of license, 'cause it's owned by Microsoft... Just as Killzone is owned by Sony...  But, that's what the perfect shooter would consist of.... Once again, it's hypothetical, I know something like this has a 1/1000 chance at seeing the light of day.

It's new, but its still call of duty, obviously people will buy it.

In my opinion, it will always be a generic shooter, they just add new maps and guns, that's about it.

MAG will probably have to wait until next summer for me, my two main online shooters this holiday will be Uncharted 2 and MW2

I'll wait for a sale and wait to see what kind of community develops around the game. Hopefully a mature community develops that doesn't feel the need to run and gun randomly without any communication. And without all the a-holes that play SOCOM.

Also, with news that Battlefield 3 is indeed in development, I might just wait for that game instead.

And I believe the game is focused on infantry combat, and therefore doesn't allow players to fly planes or drive tanks. I think the only vehicle you can drive are APCs. Which is fine by me, because otherwise everyone will just want to jump into the tank and go around wily nily, or get into a plane and crash after 10 seconds. Instead of doing what those vehicles are supposed to be doing, which is supporting the ground troops.

that what I was thinking exactly. In short the developers are over achieving they have a good Idea on paper but it will be a fuck up in real time combat

If Battlefield 3 is announced for the consoles then the hell with MAG and Bad Company 2 I'm already hyped for it

I'm still trying to figure out how big 256 is. But as of now, I'm not too excited.

It looks very generic and boring to me. I guess the reviews are gonna have to blow me away in order to even make me consider buying it.

I'd get it day one if it came with a headset

But a lot of people point out the problem of the huge amount of competition, and online games tend to die quickly if noone plays them