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Posted by John JCal Callaham on Thursday October 04, 2007 - 07:46 AM

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» Halo 3 Generates $300 Million In First Week Of Sales

Microsoft has announced that their Xbox 360 shooter Halo 3 generated $300 million in sales in the game's first week in stores, with Microsoft saying that Halo 3 "the fastest-selling video game ever and already one of the most successful entertainment properties in history." (Microsoft has still not stated specific numbers for unit sales of the game). In addition, the press release stated that console sales have more than doubled compared with the normal weekly average for Halo 3's first week. More that 2.7 million people have played the game online in its first week and generated a record number of Xbox Live Gold memberships with "hundreds of thousands of new members".

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Click to view Kaleid's User Page Kaleid (107)  Click to view Kaleid's User Profile Talk to Kaleid in the Shout! Box Oct 06, 2007 - 04:20 am
» If the game is anything like 1 and 2 then it's too hyped
See link :D
Hilarious review
Link: http://www.escapistmagazine.co......ctuation-Halo-3

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Click to view Fisherman's User Page Fisherman (114)  Talk to Fisherman in the Shout! Box Oct 05, 2007 - 09:44 am
Halo is bought by old men in there mid 40's thats what makes it sell so well. grats 3 million copies sold.

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Click to view Legionosh's User Page Legionosh (297)  Talk to Legionosh in the Shout! Box Oct 05, 2007 - 11:37 am
Fisherman..

..that comment made absolutely ZERO sense.

..Most of the PC only fanboys say Halo 3 is played by a bunch of 12 year olds..

..You say it's played by a bunch of mid 40's aged men (I am only 38 thank you very much)

..so which is it? Should we just average it out? Or should we assume that is just has a WIDER demographic than games you are accustomed to playing?

Your call.

Kevin

legionosh@msn.com

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Click to view Soldier36's User PageI am an AMD Agent Soldier36 (696)  Click to view Soldier36's User Profile Talk to Soldier36 in the Shout! Box I am an AMD Agent Oct 04, 2007 - 05:12 pm
» haha not going to shut up
Pc Gaming rules, those numbers mean a bunch of wasted dollars that could have been spent on a kick ass PC setup. All those jagged lines how do you stand it you 360 owners. Come on over the the real gaming crowd in HD surround. Us 8800 GTX owners are laughing out loud at those dummies that spent $60 on that joke of a kiddy game. We are preparing for the November PC game onslaught of Crysis,COD4, UT3 and Area 51 all in High Def 1920 x 1200 max settings and NO jaggies! HAHA Halo 3 crap what a waste!

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Click to view exe3's User PageI am an AMD Agent exe3 (521)  Talk to exe3 in the Shout! Box I am an AMD Agent Oct 06, 2007 - 01:39 am
frankly you make me hope that PC gaming dies out so that imbeciles like you disappear

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Click to view mr.wielder's User PageI am an AMD Agent mr.wielder (1416)  Click to view mr.wielder's User Profile Talk to mr.wielder in the Shout! Box I am an AMD Agent Oct 05, 2007 - 12:50 pm
Hmm, seems the baited has become the baiter.

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Click to view Anakaris's User Page Anakaris (773)  Click to view Anakaris's User Profile Talk to Anakaris in the Shout! Box Oct 04, 2007 - 08:46 pm
I'll bet you your kickass PC setup against my PC, 360, and Wii that Halo 3 sells more units and makes more profit than Crysis.

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Click to view w00t's User Page w00t (924)  My XFire username is: w00t Talk to w00t in the Shout! Box Oct 04, 2007 - 08:15 pm | Edited on Oct 04, 2007 - 11:58 pm
Words cannot describe how much of an imbecile you are.

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Click to view Fr0stBite's User Page Fr0stBite (1137)  My XFire username is: Kalif0rnia Click to view Fr0stBite's User Profile Talk to Fr0stBite in the Shout! Box Oct 04, 2007 - 07:29 pm | Edited on Oct 04, 2007 - 07:54 pm
The fact that you mentioned Area 51 in the list of yours as an "onslaught" of PC games, makes your existence a joke. grab a plastic bag....end it quickly.

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Click to view cleverjaja's User Page cleverjaja (95)  Talk to cleverjaja in the Shout! Box Oct 04, 2007 - 06:13 pm | Edited on Oct 04, 2007 - 06:54 pm
At least they get to play on the couch rather than sitting on a computer seat uncomfortably. So there is a trade off, I'll stick to comfort (comfort vs high def) BTW I dont even like the Halo series, but playing on a console on the couch with some blankets and a cup noodle or beer rules!

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Click to view KuuL's User Page KuuL (32)  Talk to KuuL in the Shout! Box Oct 04, 2007 - 04:10 pm
Here's an article from Wired.com about how Bungie went about playtesting Halo 3... this article shows why Halo 3 is such a great game, and it has nothing to do with advertising, or hype, or mass hysteria.

Article:

Halo 3: How Microsoft Labs Invented a New Science of Play

http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/magazine/15-09/ff_halo

Very interesting on how they went about fine tuning the game. This is the polish that can take a game company months and months to fine tune.

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Click to view Fr0stBite's User Page Fr0stBite (1137)  My XFire username is: Kalif0rnia Click to view Fr0stBite's User Profile Talk to Fr0stBite in the Shout! Box Oct 04, 2007 - 04:39 pm
They should of spent a little more time with "The Tilt" level, that was horrendous, but overall the game satisfied...cool article though, was a good read.

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Click to view pidge's User Page pidge (504)  Talk to pidge in the Shout! Box Oct 04, 2007 - 09:44 am
I am proud to say I haven't bought into the hype. I am sure it is a fun game but not worth all the buzz it generated. Halo Special Edition Xbox 360? Special Edition games. Toys. Mt. Dew.

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Click to view Legionosh's User Page Legionosh (297)  Talk to Legionosh in the Shout! Box Oct 04, 2007 - 11:21 am
Pidge...

..I actually like the mountain dew and hope they keep making it once the endorsement deal is over. I kind of doubt it so I am stocking up on it a bit so I have a little in reserve.

..and I agree with Moosemuffin on this. Over advertising (to some people anyway, not me personally) doesn't mean a game isn't good/great or that it isn't worth playing.

That kind of judgment is for the kind of people who like a band until they get signed..then they hate them. The band could make the exact same type of records..but because the band can now actually make a living from their music the fans hate them..retarded if you ask me.

..and no amount of advertising will garner all the positive reviews Halo 3 has been getting, nor will any amount of advertising make ANY game (that isn't good or great) sell $300 million in it's first week.

If it was a crap game we would definitely hear about it from all the reviews. But 99% of them give it 9.5+ (I have yet to see anything lower than a 9.2 personally)..but to you that means "they bought into the hype"..right?

..and while the special edition console may seem a bit much, Japan does it all the time for games like Final Fantasy..but using your logic that must mean Final Fantasy isn't worth playing..right?

..and more and more games are coming out with special editions..although the legendary edition seems to be an exception. But if the fans want it why not give it to them? The extreme Fans of anything will buy things like this..

So before you go on and on with the "I didn't buy into the hype, therefore I am above everyone else", don't patronize anyone who according you "bought into the hype"..

I had originally ordered a limited edition, but when I saw how cool the helmet was I returned it and scrapped up enough to get the legendary.

..did I buy into the hype? Maybe a little, but I like the Halo series anyway. I am by no means one of the extreme fans, but I enjoy the games..and I like the soda.

My two cents,
Kevin

legionosh@msn.com

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Click to view Knuckles's User Page Knuckles (1358)  Talk to Knuckles in the Shout! Box Oct 05, 2007 - 01:43 pm
I think advertising matters more to than gameplay
when it comes to selling a game. Lets face it
people like to be told what to like and what is
fashionable. That's what advertisement campaign
set out to do, to make a product hip and cool.

How many people that bought Halo 3 tried it
before thought it? They can't have had a much
of a chance since they bought it immediately,
so they must have trusted someone else, right.

So even when people say they like it, can you
really trust that their opinion is not tainted
by the brainwashing, I mean advertisement campaign.
Maybe they think they like it, but if they
had played the game without ever having heard
of it before, they might not like it as much.

So is this game any good? I haven't tried it
but I might trick someone to give it to me as
a Christmas present. I'll wait until then to
make a judgment on it.

However, I though that the first game pretty
good but fell a part in the latter levels with
the repeated level design. The second game:
I did not like playing for the other side, so
I thought those levels where boring. I don't
even remember if I even finished it.

Over all I think the level design outdoors is
good but the indoors are bad. Maybe the game engine
has trouble with indoors similar to IDs' engines
problems in the past with outdoors.

The story is on par with most FPS games,
nothing to write home about, better than
Doom but worse than Unreal/Deus Ex.
I have never really played FPS games for
the story, it is nice to have but, you know :)

The graphics when the first Halo game came out
were great, well at least outdoors as indoors
design was so plain it didn't show anything off.
As Halo 2 came 3 years later,they weren't bad but
nothing spectacular either.
From the screenshots of Halo 3, I must say they
don't look like the same big step as Halo did
when it was released 2001. But one must see it
in action to make good judgment on it. Maybe
it's just that there are so many games today
with good graphics that they, games with good
graphics that is, don't stand out as they did
before.
I should note that graphics don't really matter
much to me as I only have a SDTV and play my
PC games at no more than 1024x768.

So to summarize, I liked Halo but Halo 2 not so much.
Actually FS review of Halo 2 is sums it up I think
Halo 3 might be good (close to Halo) or might be a bad
(close to Halo 2), I'll have to wait and see.

As for the the rivalry between Halo (console players)
and PC FPS gamers. I think it might be possible to sum it
up as rivalry between then ignorant and the arrogant.
As people who have not played both are ignorant of
what the other side has to offer. And arrogant, maybe
elitism is a better word, people who think there way
of playing is the only right way.
Link: http://www.firingsquad.com/games/halo_2_review/

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Click to view Fr0stBite's User Page Fr0stBite (1137)  My XFire username is: Kalif0rnia Talk to Fr0stBite in the Shout! Box Oct 04, 2007 - 04:11 pm
you liked the "gamer fuel"? that shit tasted like Nyquil and Red Bull mixed together and then fermented in a Tauntaun's belly. :)

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Click to view Legionosh's User Page Legionosh (297)  Talk to Legionosh in the Shout! Box Oct 05, 2007 - 11:35 am
Fr0stBite..

..Well I definitely like it 4000% better on ice or very cold..but I feel that way about all soft drinks/soda.

..and I wouldn't say it's as bad as something fermenting in Tauntauns belly..maybe something dredged from the swamps of dagobah?..lol..

..just kidding, but I do like it ok. It's not the best soda but it is a nice change from the Coke/Pespi choices I am used to.

Kevin

legionosh@msn.com

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Click to view w00t's User Page w00t (924)  My XFire username is: w00t Talk to w00t in the Shout! Box Oct 04, 2007 - 08:10 pm
For some reason I liked it in the bottle but not in the cans.

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Click to view MooseMuffin's User Page MooseMuffin (200)  Talk to MooseMuffin in the Shout! Box Oct 04, 2007 - 09:59 am
So too much advertising means a game isn't worth playing?

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