gollumsluvslave
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With all the Halo 2 hype it's been a case of basing Halo 2 sales on Halo's sales with
a bit of guesswork in between. With the 2.38 mill first day figures, is patently obvious that Halo as a franchise is mass-market in a way that Halo (1 the game) never was, or only gradually became through word of mouth... and hype of Halo 2.
I'm curious as to how much Halo has been selling recently is to do with Halo 2, and also how well Halo sells from now on... if Halo 2 has truly tapped into the casual, mass-market crowd (selling Xboxes in the process) it's entirely possible that the original Halo will continue to sell to new customers... I'm thinkig of the kids at school who's mates all have Xboxes and have to get Halo 2, and by association the first game... I don't think the original Halo, crazy sales though it has done has had that kind of impact in the mass-market sector...
Just some thoughts - I've found it quite interesting that generally evryone has been basing Halo 2's sales potential on what Halo has done, San Andreas on what Vice City did... and so on... in these cases it just doesn't seem to hold any water...
Anyway, I reckon that Halo, if anything, will pick up a shedload of sales on the back of Halo 2...
a bit of guesswork in between. With the 2.38 mill first day figures, is patently obvious that Halo as a franchise is mass-market in a way that Halo (1 the game) never was, or only gradually became through word of mouth... and hype of Halo 2.
I'm curious as to how much Halo has been selling recently is to do with Halo 2, and also how well Halo sells from now on... if Halo 2 has truly tapped into the casual, mass-market crowd (selling Xboxes in the process) it's entirely possible that the original Halo will continue to sell to new customers... I'm thinkig of the kids at school who's mates all have Xboxes and have to get Halo 2, and by association the first game... I don't think the original Halo, crazy sales though it has done has had that kind of impact in the mass-market sector...
Just some thoughts - I've found it quite interesting that generally evryone has been basing Halo 2's sales potential on what Halo has done, San Andreas on what Vice City did... and so on... in these cases it just doesn't seem to hold any water...
Anyway, I reckon that Halo, if anything, will pick up a shedload of sales on the back of Halo 2...