Ballmer's Halo comments at CES

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mike_intellivision on 07 January 2010

"What Star Wars is to film and what Harry Potter is to fantasy books, Halo is to the gaming industry," Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, at CES 2010.

Me thinks he doth exaggerate a bit much on the importance of Halo in the culture.

Anyone else have opinions?

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Source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/07/ces.microsoft/index.html

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sully1311 on 07 January 2010

I would say Mario is the equivalent with Master Chief coming 2nd probably

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Ajescent on 07 January 2010

he's not far off in terms of following but there's still a long way to go.

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rajendra82 on 07 January 2010

Over the top comment by Ballmer, nah that can't be.

As much as I am loving Halo (just nearing completion of the first game, and will play 2, 3, ODST and Wars soon), I doubt anyone would consider it as important for gaming overall as he states. The gaming equivalent of Star Wars and Harry Potter will be Mario, while the gaming equivalent of Citizen Kane and Tolkien's Middle Earth trilogy will be Metal Gear Solid. One could argue for Zelda or Final Fantasy as one of the two as well, but it's got to be one of those long running series.

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Asmo on 07 January 2010

He is the CEO of Microsoft, I don't think you should expect something objective from him.

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hellraider on 07 January 2010

Replace "gaming industry" with "fps genre" and you got it right Mr. Ballmer.

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sanadawarrior on 07 January 2010

I think it's accurate, as Star Wars is big, but not universaly loved by all audiences. Halo is big but not big like a Mario game that apeals to more types of people.