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How Microsoft Created The Biggest Game Launch Of All Time

How did Microsoft pull it off? They were a boring, monolithic software company helmed by Bill Gates, the world's biggest geek. They made Windows. They made spreadsheet software and word processing programs.

They were a boring part of our lives we were forced to accept as a boring part of our technological infrastructure, only a few pixels away from concrete or plumbing. Then, of all things, Microsoft turned its hat backwards and tried to sit at the cool table. They released the Xbox.

Joey Gladstone6345d ago

You stole the Words right out of my mouth on this one........I mean honestly The Damn Chief Was on my Slurpee Cup from Circle K ......no thx
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......."The JOEY has Spoken"

ukilnme6345d ago

I think it lived up to the hype but what do I know, I am actually a Halo fan.

Mr PS36345d ago (Edited 6345d ago )

Halo 3 certainly lived up to the hype
It lived up to the goodie bag receiving reviewers hype ?
It lived up to the spotty retarded bots hype who lapped this sh1t up
And this game was out only for a few hours and the whole gaming community was laughing at this overrated pile of jurassic crap

Blademask6345d ago

Step 1. Hire an Advertising agency.
Step 2. Give them Millions.

You could market the hell out of pledge cleaner, it would be the same effect.

It had all the musings of a big budget movie. After the dust clears, Nintendogs has sold more without Nintendogs brand Soda.

ukilnme6345d ago

It was millions well spent. MS made their money back many times over. That's what marketing is for. Get the word out and people will notice the product.

Adamalicious6345d ago

Pretty much my sentiments exactly. My list was:

1. Spend a ton of money.

XxCYONIDExX6345d ago

Easily, it's a mulit-billion dollar if not trillion dollar caompany.

rofldings6345d ago

trillion dollar company, seriously? You believe that?

heyheyhey6345d ago

how much money have they made?

i doubt it's a trillion but it can't be too far away

Bnet3436345d ago

Some people need to go back to math class and remember how much a trillion is.

Adamalicious6345d ago

Is it more or less than a bazillion?

RecSpec6345d ago

Mathmetics 101

A trillion is a few kajiggers more than a billion, but nowhere near a jillion dollars.

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ReBurn6345d ago

I would have much more preferred they spend the money to make it the greatest game of all time. Not that it isn't a good game. It just didn't live up to the hype, in my opinion.

wageslave6344d ago

From Metacritic; Xbox 360: Halo 3 (2007) 94

Or, basically, one of the best reviewed games of 2007. "In your opinion" exactly. In MY opinion it was spectacular. I loved it, play it almost every day.

So do millions of others. It deserved the hype. It deserved the sales. It lived up to the hype.

"how did MS create the biggest game launch of all time?" Is the title question. The answer is: They released a TERRIFIC game and used mass-market advertising to get the message outside of the normal fan-base.

And, the game deserves all the credit it recieves. It is one terrific game.

Chippathingy6345d ago

I think Microsoft did a great job on the marketing of Halo 3. They showed just enough to 'wow' the fans of the series and then had a fantastic end product to boot.

Not overhyped, but gave the fans exactly what they wanted and asked for. But they probably did spend a little too much on the marketing. Word of mouth alone would have made the sales they got.

To this day, my friends play the hell out of it. Even though they also bought COD4.

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Master Chief becomes a Pokemon Master in Halo 3 Pokeball mod

A new Halo 3 mod turns the iconic Master Chief into a Pokémon % Master as functional Pokeballs come to the game.

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just_looken235d ago (Edited 235d ago )

That is very impressive to skip the article here is the direct link to the video
https://x.com/GashnorOffici...

Full animiation then a code change to make the target that comes out of the ball to be in the same class unsc not a easy thing to do.

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Ranking Every Halo Game From Worst To Best

Not every Halo game has been a banger, but the franchise still has a raft of the greatest games of all time.

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HellspawnPR1981523d ago

Infinite is a dumpster fire and as much as I like ODST, in no universe it ranks above Halo 2. This list is trash.

Kaii522d ago

Just exclude Infinite>5>4

ChasterMies522d ago

Best to worst: Halo 3, Halo 2, Halo Reach, Halo CE, Halo 4, Halo ODST, Halo Infinite, Halo 5.

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The 7 Best Xbox 360 Games - Console Exclusives Win the Day

The Xbox 360 was a fantastic console in its day with some truly classic titles, but what are the seven best games for the console?

DrDoomer560d ago

I'm pretty used to these lists being bad, but this one is particularly s#ite.

raWfodog559d ago

I think Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon should have been added to the list.

BrainSyphoned560d ago

I'll go with,
Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Culdcept Saga, Shadow Complex, Ace Combat 6 with the flight stick,A Kingdom for Keflings, A World of Keflings.
Bonus Kinect Games: Happy Action Theater and Sesame Street.
*Skyrim was so bad on PS3 that it almost deserves to be #1*

Husker42c560d ago

I really loved Shadow Complex.

P_Bomb559d ago

Ah yes, Shadow Complex! Good indies back in the day. Summer of Arcade. I enjoyed Trials Evolution as well.

ChasterMies560d ago (Edited 560d ago )

Was this made by a.i.? No human being would put Shadowrun, Fable III, and Splinter Cell: Conviction into a list of the 7 best Xbox 360 games.

Abnor_Mal560d ago (Edited 560d ago )

Would love to play Ace Combat6 on PlayStation, but Xbox decided to buy exclusivity and keep it off a competing platform.

The only mainline game I never played except for one level at a friends place. Game sold less than any other in the series if I remember correctly.

darthv72559d ago

360 had Namco hitters AC6 and RR6... both quality titles. You should at least bust out the 360 for AC6 if you can score the flight stick. Its great.

Hofstaderman559d ago

When the current gen XBOX offering is so lacking people need to refer to games released two generations back....

Profchaos559d ago (Edited 559d ago )

It's a nostalgia peice same reason we get thousands of YouTube videos on sega genisis. Something people have fond memories for but the era is long gone.

It's xboxs golden year imo it was their genisis years the time where they stuck it to the market leaders Sony.

BehindTheRows559d ago

They stuck nothing. Sony screwed themselves giving Xbox an opening. They would have gotten the usual smack down if the PS3 had launched at $399 and was easier to develop for.

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