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Why Halo: Reach's success could be bad news for business

Yahoo: So now it’s official: Microsoft's first-person behemoth Halo: Reach is the year’s biggest entertainment event, generating $200 million in sales in just 24 hours in the United States alone.

That’s two-thirds of what Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 took in from the North American and U.K. markets in its first day last year, but it’s still a number that’s nothing to sneeze at. The one-day take already eclipses the three-day opening weekends of “Iron Man 2,” “Toy Story 3” and “Alice in Wonderland.”

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Shaymin5117d ago ShowReplies(7)
KingKionic 5117d ago

Yahoo is basically saying dued to Halo Reach`s popularity its hurting the game industry .

If more people want to play halo then thats there choice .

Any game can sell well if its good and holds a consumer`s attention .

DigitalAnalog5117d ago (Edited 5117d ago )

Let's put it in this perspective:

"That’s a lot of reasons to play -- and could give buyers plenty of excuses to put off other purchases in the coming months."

If it affects COD sales. Then yes, this is a very good thing to know. Besides just because 8-10 million possible Halo: Reach purchases will not exactly affect the other 30 million 360 owner's purchases.

“There’s always a worry that a game like that can take share and cannibalize other games”

As long is the game is AAA quality. I'm all for this. We need to eliminate as much shovelware (better yet, overrated franchises like COD) from the table as possible.

-End statement

Apotheosize5117d ago

This just in, not everyone likes Halo.

Anorexorcist5117d ago (Edited 5117d ago )

EVERYONE!!!...loves Halo!!!

No One Likes Killzone!!!

No One likes Call of Duty!!!

And everyone in Western, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Civilizations holds a shrine to Master Chief...

Yeah, continue to believe that MS Sycophants!

lowcarb5117d ago

"This just in, not everyone likes Halo."

Nobody said you had to!

madjedi5117d ago (Edited 5117d ago )

Well the last sentence of your previous post, could be interpreted that way, and thats subjective it owns all, at best.

Reach having it's sales aren't any worse for the industry anymore than red dead's sales or any other games sales are, stupid title.

@redrum sorry i dislike halo alot mainly the mp, but if the gameplay and overall quality wasn't above par vs a majority of average games.

No marketing blitz would push halo to achieve the sales number it has in the past, which is one of the reasons odst didn't sell like halo 3, i believe.

Dark void or kane and lynch would never hit halo's sales numbers(which is one of the exceptions in games) regardless of how much marketing they spent, even good/average games are iffy.

Anyone else confused why 2-3+ posts, just vanished did the mods delete them?

dragonelite5117d ago

this just it got 200 million $$$$ in 24 hours so your opinion is useless for every halo hater out there there are 100 halo fans that do like it.

madjedi5117d ago

So it making $200 million, has what to do with his opinion exactly? All he stated was not everyone likes halo, he didn't it won't sell you idiot halo head.

Nor was he dogging the series, or said anything negative about the game.

So if his opinion is useless then so is yours and the other 100 halo fans and mine and the halo haters ect.

That's why it's called an opinion, so if he is a "halo hater", you must be the rabid halo fanatic.

Spydr075117d ago

I don't like the comparison to movie sales. A $200 mil day for a game is about 3.3 mil copies sold. For a movie, an $80 mil opening day is 8+ mil tickets sold. I'm just guessing at the average ticket price around 9-10$, more expensive 3D sales would change the number, etc. Either way, changes quite a bit when you consider how much of the U.S. population would have to go to an opening day movie to hit 200 mil (would there even be enough seats???).

Is the Halo figure worldwide or just the U.S.?

SpideyNut5117d ago

...because a game is $60, and limited to those who own the hardware to play it ; EVERYONE is a potential buyer of movie tickets, and an entire family could see a movie for the price of a game.

B-Real2065117d ago

generating $200 million in sales in just 24 hours in the United States alone.

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6 Friendliest Characters in Games

GF365: "Oftentimes, video games have characters who are antagonistic and really not very pleasant. Here are some of the friendliest characters in games where you might not otherwise expect to find them."

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thorstein394d ago

Dogmeat: *bark!*

Translation: you are dead to me.

JSONEHUNDRED394d ago

You can probably add Karlach to this from BG3

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10 Best Lore-Rich Video Games

Talented writers can build worlds that are as wondrous as real-life. Here are the best lore-rich video games for you to get immersed in.

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shinoff2183630d ago

How'd fallout not make the list. Atleast over cyberpunk, tales , and halo. Fallout been around since what 96 98 and has 5 6 games into it. It's full of lore when you play it. I'd even add star ocean to a point.

robtion629d ago

Agree Fallout should be on there.

MadLad629d ago

And somehow Planescape Torment doesn't even make the list.

Crows90629d ago

Hollow knight surpasses these.

shinoff2183629d ago

In lore? I must be missing something

Crows90629d ago (Edited 629d ago )

Yes in lore. Easily missed... absolutely. Never played a game that had me loving the world and lore behind it as much as that one. Most of course wouldn't be able to experience it since it is a more difficult game.

DarXyde629d ago

I can't speak for all titles on this list, but by the time you get to Dark Souls III, the lore is a bloody tapestry of intricacy

Crows90628d ago

Played them all. Im not saying the games on the list dont have good lore...I just think hollow knight had more lore that is hidden but present and more easily explored and accessed. The souls games have tremendous lore but theyre mostly hidden and stay that way unless you look for it and research it. The lore is not very accessible.

DarXyde628d ago

Crows90,

I think that's a somewhat fair assessment. For me, the Souls games are less upfront about the lore, but it does invite your fascination through NPCs, items, locations, bosses, etc. There's this kind of natural progression where the picture becomes just clear enough by doing the essential tasks, but it really makes you want to explore every inch of the world.

TheColbertinator629d ago

Suikoden and Legend of Heroes also have massive lore setups.

agent13629d ago

narration is more important than lore i'd rather watch the story and characters in a more cinematic way instead of searching for notes and stuff that's why i love sony exclusive games like uncharted and gow and hate from software games

shinoff2183628d ago

The article was top ten lore in video games. I think they did a bad job picking games out. I know what you mean though. I just like a variety of games and genres.

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Halo’s best Bungie campaign has its worst feature fixed after 12 years

Halo’s best ever campaign mode developed by Bungie has had its most annoying feature fixed after more than a decade, making the sci-fi FPS game better than ever

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SullysCigar715d ago

Awesome news - so can we look forward to playing Halo: Infinite with no online issues circa 2033?

just_looken714d ago

"You can download the improved Reach AI mod at Mod DB" This was a mod 343 did nothing so the online will be fixed in our dreams.

SullysCigar714d ago

Par for the course with 343.

Profchaos713d ago

They did say they had a 10 year plan for infinite we just all assumed it would be DLC could of been a 10 year netcode rollout.

But seriously this is a mod the community won't be able to modify infinite in the same way

Cikatriz_ESP714d ago

Combat Evolved was the best campaign, and it's not even close.

just_looken714d ago

You should have tried this version of reach when it first came out remastered for a year there was no sound because 343 could not locate the sound files.

It was a special challenge.

badz149714d ago

more like the bunch at 343i are simply mentally challenged

ACEMANWISE714d ago

Well I guess 12 years is faster than most fixes. I guess this is a cheap way to "remaster" something nowadays.....by just fixing something that used to always be broken.

zidane1341714d ago

Did you even read the article? This is a mod to improve AI from back almost 2 gens ago. Nobody is claiming this is remastering anything. Yeesh.

Crows90714d ago

Halo is dead. Microsoft has other shooter franchises it cares more about now. 343 are no longer Xbox golden studio. They are likely to shift things around or even close it all together and give the IP to someone else.

343i decided to pummel the IP into the ground...and when they see it didn't quite look like Glenn's face they decided to just keep on pummeling. Not sure if Glenn is the IP or the fanbase in this case though.

Profchaos713d ago

343 were never the golden studio they were a hastily thrown together b team when bungie said we want to do something else cya

Crows90713d ago

Well ...I didn't want to say it but I agree. Makes you wonder why Microsoft gave them the IP and didn't keep Bungie or any of the talent they acquired from any studio.

CobraKai713d ago

“ Halo Infinite, Halo 3, or Halo: Combat Evolved. It’s hard to say which of the sci-fi FPS games offers the best experience all round.”
He lost me with Halo Infinite.

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