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mike_intellivision on 17 August 2009

"Poor" may be a relative term here -- when compared to Halo 3, 2, 1.

Also, it may be to set up the game for "success" by outperforming Halo Wars (currently shown at 1.4M (0.04-0.87-0.49) on VGC.

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Sardauk on 17 August 2009
dalton said:
I cant imagine sales for it to be that low. 1 million pre orders sounds like decent anticipation to me

More like 750k to me.

Current US figures shows 605,850 units already pre-ordered (MW2 is currently at 627,567).

http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=4820

 



 

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JaggedSac on 17 August 2009

What is this article basing sales expectations on?



Squilliam on 17 August 2009

^ Jagged: There have only been 600,000 pre-orders for Halo ODST in the U.S. and thats slightly less than Modern Warfare 2 and whats worst of all, they haven't really started advertising it and its 6 weeks away!!!!

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badgenome on 17 August 2009
Squilliam said:
If you need a shoulder to cry on, theres always Seece.

There used to be Seece. Frankly, I don't know what the hell is going on anymore! You two have gotten me all flummoxed!



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kitler53 on 17 August 2009

errr, i'd wager ODST won't outsell halo 3 (i.e ODST won't break 10M) but i think 2M would be an ultra conservative low end figure meaning this thing is going to sell well. the only thing it might not meet is the stupid expectations game us fanboys like to attach to everything.



Squilliam on 17 August 2009
badgenome said:
Squilliam said:
If you need a shoulder to cry on, theres always Seece.

There used to be Seece. Frankly, I don't know what the hell is going on anymore! You two have gotten me all flummoxed!

Seece is still here, its just that we traded more than just avatars... baby.



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morpheusx on 17 August 2009

I am anticipating for it to sell about the same or just slightly better arc then Gears of War 2 did last year.



priteshmodi on 17 August 2009
Squilliam said:
They're doing a changeover in SKUs, im not sure exactly what the plan is. For a 2nd Halo title I don't think they really need to build anticipitation 6 months out from release. I suspect a short sharp advertising campaign, perhaps even to coincide with their SKU reshuffle.

The other thing is, I suspect Forza 3 is their big title for the year and will get the mega $$$ in advertising.

They aren't the only one's doing a changeover eh Squallium?

I think it's almost certain in everyone's minds that this won't be a ground breaking or record setting game. Heck, I bought the Legendary edition of Halo 3 and I haven't even bothered preordering this game - or considered buying it near release. It will definitely sell well and make back more than the development costs (and then some) but I don't think anyone is setting (or should set) any major goals for this game.

The sales won't be poor with respect to other titles coming out this fall, but it won't be a huge phenomena either like Halo 3 was/is.



Notorius.A.i.G on 17 August 2009

They have 1 mill pre-orders already in the Us alone. This game will finish around 5 - 8 mill, that isn't bad sales.



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