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Tyrannical on 18 November 2009

CoD 4 went from Sleeper to Huge Hit becuase it was a great game.

If Halo Reach is awesome and redfines the FPS, it could steal most of the CoD fans right back.



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Reasonable on 18 November 2009

Seems unlikely to me Reach would have more impact the MW2. It will be big, of course, but I think the upper ceiling for Halo games is more or less set on the 360. If it's very good then it could outperform Halo 3, but I don't think by enough to match MW2 levels of overall madness.



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1337 Gamer on 18 November 2009

Im not sure it really can. MW2 appeals to a broader audience i think. I would argue that its a more "casual" FPS than halo and as a result halo will not break its sales record. Reach will be very high thats for sure especially if M$ markets this game like halo 3. But 5.5M is just too high of a number for halo reach.



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Reasonable on 18 November 2009
1337 Gamer said:
Im not sure it really can. MW2 appeals to a broader audience i think. I would argue that its a more "casual" FPS than halo and as a result halo will not break its sales record. Reach will be very high thats for sure especially if M$ markets this game like halo 3. But 5.5M is just too high of a number for halo reach.

That sums it up nicely I think.  Reach should sell very well for an exclusive, of course.



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Cross-X on 18 November 2009

I don't know about the rest but I strongly believe that Reach won't break MW2 records.



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donsterydo2 on 19 November 2009
donsterydo2 said:

Halo 3 / userbase at start - 11m
Reach / userbase at start - about 40m

Halo 3 is still the top game on XBL.

I think that Reach sales will destroy the sales of MW2. 5m - day one / 6m - week one

People stop saying that MW2 sold 5.5m copies on X360 week one because it's just a prediction. Honestly I think it will be closer to 4.8m.

MW2 sold about 3.8m on X360 day one, do you really think that it will push another 1.7m later this week, I don't think so.

 

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mundus6 on 19 November 2009
Cross-X said:
I don't know about the rest but I strongly believe that Reach won't break MW2 records.

It will (only counting 360 sales of course). Halo 3 had like 30% attach rate vs MW2 15%, if you honestly think Halo Reach wont have at least 12% attach rate your dumb. It will only need 12% or so considering the console will have sold at least 40 million by then.



donsterydo2 on 19 November 2009

Even if Reach has the same attach rate at week one as MW2 it will top 6m week one on X360 (40m userbase) and if you think that it could make about 20% it would top about 8m week one

 

And if the userbase was a little bit higher - 43m and had 20% AR, Reach would beat MW2 on PS3 and X360 combined XD



reask on 19 November 2009

As long as it is good shag the sales.
It will sell well anyway.



 

 

 

 

Ghazi4 on 19 November 2009

MW2 > Halo Reach but reach might have better sales cuz the xbox base wud be much huger than now lol




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