Halo 3 Outsells PS3's Heavy Hitters Combined
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Numbers aren't everything. Well, for suits, they are, but as a general rule of thumb, they don't mean much.
Yeah but that's largely because McDonald's is a lot cheaper than 5 star restaurants, so your analogy doesn't hold for explaining Halo's sales.ark123 said:
Meh, I had mine standing upright while playing it one day and accidentally knocked it over. Absolutely fine, system and CD, went right on playing. In comparison, I decided I wanted to move my XBox ever so slightly to left one day, and couldn't be bothered turning it off and on again. Seriously, it was fucking 3cm, and the thing went ballistic.Xzi said:
OT: I noticed they conveniently decided to omit LittleBigPlanet. How very odd.
Wow, dick-measuring at the finest use of words. And I am one of those who bought the Xbox 360 and Halo 3.
It somehow seems low when they compared it with the lower ranks of games.
It somehow seems low when they compared it with the lower ranks of games.
My analogy had nothing to do with Halo's sales, it just pointed out that you can use absolute numbers as a way to suggest correlation even when two facts have nothing to do with each other.ModusPwnens said:
There's a lot of reasons why McDonalds outsells 5 star restaurants. There are 30.000 mcdonalds, they're cheaper, they're accessible, etc etc. Suggesting it's better than 5 star restaurants is stupid.
There are many reasons why Halo 3 outsold those games combined, but suggesting it's a better game than those is also stupid.
Standing behind a fire shield wielding a fire extinguisher . I'm glad I own all three consoles, that way I get to say shit without getting called bias by most. Halo 3 may have out sold all six mentioned games but I don't think it was better that any of those games. Halo 3 just showed good quantitative results... it got a good amount of money because the series is popular and the 360 is cheaper to buy that the PS3. I enjoy Halo 3 (mainly for split-screen multiplayer) but I wouldn't put it high on my list of games.
Only problem being that even after 3 games I still don't care about Generic American Marine 10598
When will game designers learn, the manlier you try to make him, the more it smells of over compensation ; )
When will game designers learn, the manlier you try to make him, the more it smells of over compensation ; )
Oh so true. Personally, from my experience, most of those exclusives Halo 3 outsold were outdone quality wise. Resistance 1+2 are arguable, but I thoroughly enjoyed the other games listed far more than Halo 3.ark123 said:
Also, the restaurant analogy doesn't quite work as we're paying the same price no matter what the quality of our "meal" or so to speak.
Yea. I think you're right.Scott Mansley said:Zoom in on the first picture..GonzoGamer said:
Ok..
1... That's a blu-ray disc as far as I can tell.. The 360 doesn't use them.. I'm guessing that's a ps3 disc?
2. The 360 does not do that type of damage on a disc, If you move it slightly, It creates a perfect clean circle around the centre of the disc. And only the centre
3. Compare the inner part of the disc to the disc on the second page... Totally different dude
That was the wrong link I was trying to put up anyway. I believe this is what you were talking about:
Yea that looks just as useless.
Who has ever said that?Casual Shinji said:
OT: I can't afford a PS3 and I have no product loyalty, but if Microsoft makes money that is good for a 360 owner like me...right?
Fair enough.ark123 said:
On a separate note, if there's one thing Halo has going for it that other shooters don't (both on the PS3 and 360), it's that you can get up to 4 players on a single split-screen, hop online, and play in matchmaking with others. It's so much fun, I was glad to see it in the Reach beta, and it's a feature I wish almost every shooter would include.
I also think Halo's gameplay (at least multiplayer, not the campaign) gets a bad rap. The combat has enough depth to keep seasoned players coming back for more. I get tired of military shooters like MW2 and Bad Company 2, and keep going back to Halo because the individual encounters are more fun. I will say though, that Killzone 2 is freaking awesome, and I would play it so much more if I had more friends on PSN, but the vast majority of my gamer friends (most in their mid-20s) are on the 360 and play Halo. My only PSN friend who regularly plays shooters online only plays Modern Warfare 2...
This is why I prefer Halo 3 over MW2. When I hang out with friends we can all play together online instead of always having to do splitscreen offline matches.ModusPwnens said:
OT: As many people have said its just Microsoft putting together statistics that make them look better. I do not have a PS3 so I can't comment on the games Halo was compared to, but I like the game.
Congrats, I guess, Bungie.
Hey, that picture is from the beta! The blue is a lot lighter then what in the final product, at least that is how all the images look.
Do they even give the numbers for the game sales? I'm a bit tipsy right now so my skimming powers is low.
Also, I love me some Halo, but it sure feels old, especially compared to the Reach beta.
Do they even give the numbers for the game sales? I'm a bit tipsy right now so my skimming powers is low.
Also, I love me some Halo, but it sure feels old, especially compared to the Reach beta.
... and Justin Bieber has outsold all of my favourite bands combined, doesnt mean hes any fucking good