In an interview with CVG at the Develop conference in Brighton, Mark Rein admitted that his game was going to get pummelled beyond belief by the might of Halo 3:
"All those records we broke with Gears of War are going down on September 25," Rein told CVG, "We've had a nice nine, ten months of being the record holder, and now we're going to get our ass kicked. In a good way."
Rein is referring to the records that Halo 2 held prior to Gears' release. Being that Halo 2 was the most played game on Xbox Live for over 2 years. Gears' impressive gameplay quality crushed this great Xbox Live title, but Rein feels that it is fine to be outperformed by a 'third generation' Xbox 360 title.
CVG, however poses a good question to gamers abroad: Will Halo 3's inevitable record-breaking sales success be crushed by the multiplatform GTA IV a month later?
URT3 > Hallo Kittie 3
URT3 is a much better game in every aspect of the word.
The ability for mods alone will trample Hello Kittie 3...HAHHAHA
It's not that GTA IV isn't going to sell well, because it will. But it won't be the most played game on the LIVE rankings. It just doesn't have the staying power that Halo has.
When Halo 2 came out, most of the gamers I know didn't play any other game for about 4-6 months, sometimes longer. Sure, it will be different this time, with GTAIV and Mass Effect and Ace Combat 6 and Call of Duty 4 all coming out around the same time. And while gamers will certainly be playing these games, they'll always end up popping that H3 disc back into the tray for another session of online pwnage.
...that's just the way its gonna be.
Halo 3 will break records when launched thats pretty much a given. But this holiday HALO will have some pretty stiff competion in the form of GTA, MASS Effect, Bioshock, and C.O.D. 4.
Now I know in that grand scheme of all things XBOX, Halo reigns supreme, But never in the histroy of halo's launch history has HALO had such tough competition. HALO will break sales and all but it won't be the best game released on the 360 this Holiday season.
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The fact even Mark Rein recognises how much Halo 3 is going to smash records is word enough.
Time to finish the fight.