if you are saying halo 3 > gta4 because gta is mainly bought by ps owners how do you know whether some people bought 360s for halo 3 or GTA IV??? especially when there is something that is exclusive to 360, you don't know.
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if you are saying halo 3 > gta4 because gta is mainly bought by ps owners how do you know whether some people bought 360s for halo 3 or GTA IV??? especially when there is something that is exclusive to 360, you don't know.
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What does that have to do with anything?
You think those wannabe GTA-a-likes will satisfy any GTA-lover enough to prevent him from buying GTAIV?
Just think about that for a moment..
(PS: I own both Saint's Row and Crackdown and SR only buttered to base ready for GTA whilst Crackdown was a whole other experience altogether.. More akin to Spiderman 2 than GTA..)
The problem is that 5 million preorders is not a FACT. The only fact we know about Halo 3 preorders is that there have been over 450 thousand Legendary Edition copies preordered (Frank O'Connor gave that number about a month ago).
5M preorders is impossible. Halo 2 sold 8-9M copies and I doubt ove half of Halo 2 buyers have already preordered H3, because most gamers don'r preorder games anyway.
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I never stated that was a fact.. I did assume it was but unfortunately I was mistaken.. The rest of my points still stand however..
if you are saying halo 3 > gta4 because gta is mainly bought by ps owners how do you know whether some people bought 360s for halo 3 or GTA IV??? especially when there is something that is exclusive to 360, you don't know.
Indeed, I don't...just a hunch
Neither way would surprise me, but I'm currently leaning toward Halo3.
True.
And outside of the US, I'm not sure how well Halo sells.
It also wouldn't surprise me to see people pick up an xb360core (<$300) just to play GTA4 (cheaper).
I picked madden just because it's going to be on every system, probably even cell phones, and will probably be one of the bigger sellers on the PS2 this fall
I think Madden 07 sell over 5 million copies before the end of last year, but there are more good games coming out this fall so that may change
I think Madden 07 sell over 5 million copies before the end of last year, but there are more good games coming out this fall so that may change
You're right, and even 450k preordered legendary packs is a smashing success too. Halo 3 has potential for enormous sales, but we have yet to see how final game turns out. They might sell 3 million copies first week, but from then on it'll all depend on game's quality. Multiplayer definitely needs improved image quality, as for single player if it'll look like the E3 trailer and will play better than previous Halos, then the game should have good word of mouth -> amazing sales throught Fall and Holiday season. But if Halo 3 fells short on quality, then I doubt it'll have long tail.
I'm surprised you don't see potential in Mario Galaxy. New Super Mario Bros. on NDS sold 12-14M copies, so Mario Galaxy has probably the best brand recognition, probably will use Wii's features in interesting ways and we'll have colourful and beautiful graphics.
I hope there's some good old Miyamoto magic in there, 'cause Sunshine didn't do much for me...
On top of that it will be interesting to see if the Wii Sports 'casual gamers' care a lot.
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Didn't you guys hear..?
MS have a Fall "update" coming that bricks Xbox360s which haven't ran Halo 3 by Dec 31 2007..
The "great epidemic of gaming" will force a 88% attach rate for the title over the entire install base (with the remaining 12% being those that couldn't get their copy in time..)
MS have a Fall "update" coming that bricks Xbox360s which haven't ran Halo 3 by Dec 31 2007..
The "great epidemic of gaming" will force a 88% attach rate for the title over the entire install base (with the remaining 12% being those that couldn't get their copy in time..)
That's the way I feel, except I'd lean towards GTA4, but I'd only buy H3.
I disagree. Mario is much more well known than Zelda and its gameplay is considered by many to be much easier to pick up. Zelda games have always been relatively hardcore where as Mario has not. Someone stated above the sales of the new Mario game on DS, I knew they were good but not 12M+ good. I think I'll rearrange my list and say Halo 3 -> Mario Galaxy -> SSBB -> GTAIV. That's right, GTAIV in last place. I just don't see it having the draw as the others, not this early in the game with the systems its coming for not having "that" good of sales.
I guess Paper Mario should be a good indicator then, it is Mario. If the Wii is getting bought by old people playing Wii Sports, they will have little interest in anything Mario IMO. The Wii also has a small installed base compared to the DS.
Edit: Paper Mario sold 1.01m with good reviews so far. Why would Galaxy sell 5x that, I'm not a Mario guys whats the difference?
http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=4448
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so you think Halo will sell between 7 and 8 million units then? if it's double gears...
I think he meant Zelda did not sell that good.
I'm sorry, just checked on wikipedia and New Super Mario Bros. sold 9.5M copies as of April 26. I confused its sales with Nintendogs.
It stillputs it in the same league though and it's hard to ignore its potetnial.- Status
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