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Halo |OT13|
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It's beating Halo because if you're in Minecraft, you're probably spending hours and hours and hours and hours* in Minecraft. It's a game that appeals mainly to the same people who are going to spend their lives making a 1:1 scale replica of an Imperial Star Destroyer.
*and hours.
I mostly got it to 100% it after someone played it on my account and I didn't want a 0/20 staring at me. It's fun, and I'm definitely going to be playing it a lot more right now since my connection isn't good enough for Halo, but it's also of a clear finite interest to me.
It's essentially an 8-bit version of Skyrim.
Roommate/coworker has a Mac Pro. Waiting for Apple to actually update the Mac Pros to native Thunderbolt before he updates it.
At that point I'll probably build another WinPC w/ Intel proc and Thunderbolt at the same time. I'd really like to continue supporting AMD but they've fallen so far behind now..
Yeah I'm waiting for the Pro refresh before I plunk down $10k to make a good rig for animation and postproduction work, along with the array of capture cards and equipment I wanna get.
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Minecraft to dethrone Blops.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Not true, Halo 4 outsold Reach and Halo 3 in its first week of comparative sales, it remains on track to outsell Reach easily and maybe Halo 3 over its relative lifetime. I'm not posing a quality or competitive or features statement just stating sales.
Truth bomb dropped. Pie in the sky wondering ahead...In retrospect it would be interesting if SPOPS/SPOPS cut-scenes/FUD were never developed and the resources went directly into what BLOPSII got with rendering, spectator, classic clean Halo small competitive maps and just poured content into the existing Reach engine/netcode. Personally I'd speculate it would have sold about the same but retained players/population for longer and even gained more ground against BLOPSII for example.
xxjuicesxx
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People arent exhausted at Halo. Look at us here! Arguing.
Were exhausted at getting Halo games that ARENT Halo. We havent got a Halo game in years.
Remember there was a time people didnt think CoD would surpass Halo. Games can grow and shrink in fan size. Its not set in stone.
Were exhausted at getting Halo games that ARENT Halo. We havent got a Halo game in years.
Remember there was a time people didnt think CoD would surpass Halo. Games can grow and shrink in fan size. Its not set in stone.
YourExWife
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I share this shitty opinion.
At this rate, I would not be surprised...
I just completed the "Kill-o-Tron" weekly challenge where you have to earn 12 multikill medals in a single match. But I'm not quite sure how I did it.
In the match, I got 1 overkill, 1 triple kill, and 4 double kills. But...that's only 6 medals. Maybe the number of kills is what unlocks it (???).
In the match, I got 1 overkill, 1 triple kill, and 4 double kills. But...that's only 6 medals. Maybe the number of kills is what unlocks it (???).
The numbers are measured by UU's though, so I don't believe the time spent playing is taken into account on those leader boards.
I thought it counted the >2 multikill medals as their sum (so overkill = overkill + triple + double.) But that's still only 9 medals.
Oh, sorry wasn't clear. I just meant that you're likely playing Minecraft and little else for a lot of those users.
Ah! Gotcha now, thanks for clarifying. <3
Sometimes "X in one match" challenges carry progress forward accidentally. It's a technically sound piece of software.
Yup. The Live leaderboards that Nelson posts adds a plus 1 to that game if you simply let it load up while connected to live. You could load up a game, get to the main menu, and dashboard out and it would count.
This is also why they list Arcade games by full versions purchased instead of UUs because the fact that every XBLA game can be demo'd would make them consistently in the top rankings, because they can't distinguish between a full and demo version in terms of title IDs.
I'd like to see them actually post the actual UU counts but that's never going to happen.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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I think he means players are returning day after day so most likely the UU's are counted day by day and not overall per month as one single UU count. It sucks they don't actually explain how they calculate the UU's or charts exactly.
They're not, one person equals one 'vote' per period. It also doesn't do much to show you how many people played Halo 4 but not CoD, or just played CoD and not Halo 4. If I load up Halo 4 on Tuesday and CoD on Friday, I +1 both of them for that reporting period. The spreads between #1 through #5 are a lot smaller than people think.
If I was a newer player and this just happened to me, and I didn't know any better, I would literally just turn my Xbox off and not think about playing matchmaking again. If 343i's catering to a more casual audience, this is not the experience that should happen.
Welp. That's hilarious.
Syphon Filter
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Halo 4 has the benefit of a bigger installed base. In the long run the older halo games will have made more money.
xxjuicesxx
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K/D below 1.0 = 3/5 UU point.
IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Oh ok, thanks for clarifying and good point about playing multiple game. Nelson just post the actual UU numbers already! I wasn't sure if they did it overall or not.
Also this guy at Black Tusk looks like Shishka
Syphon Filter
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There is no way halo 4 sells more than halo 3 did,not even Reach has. Halo 3 sold the same 3.4 that h4 did in much less time.
Also this guy at Black Tusk looks like Shishka
Half life 3 CONFIRMED.
EagleBurnn
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Has 343 finished the employee Q&A yet?
YourExWife
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Trihex about to wreck Jet Set Radio HD. If he performs like on his stream, this should be sexy.
Orochinagis
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Im waiting for the x45 exp like Gears 2 had.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Nope, First 48 hours of sales from all three are like this...
Halo 3 = 180Mil
Reach = 220Mil
Halo 4 = 300Mil
It's probably more to do with the sheer volume of xbox consoles out there, the widespread reach of gaming in general these days and the eggheads have learnt how to build a preorder hype for free marketing of such silly launch statistics syndicated through other media outlets. Overall I think at the end of it's feasible life Halo 4 will be behind Halo 3 but way in front of Reach.
I dislike the bonus shit too but that's business for you. The developers know the launch window is their largest sales honeymoon period and they'll pile it on from every attack vector they can.
EagleBurnn
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There's no point in preordering games anymore. It's like preordering a DVD. Why? If it's not at Gamestop, it'll be at Walmart, Target, Best Buy, or any other place that has an electronics section. This preordering bonus shit needs to stop.
Syphon Filter
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I mean copies sold,halo 3 sold more in less time.
Streaming some Halo 2 if anybody wants to watch
http://www.twitch.tv/fabalon
http://www.twitch.tv/fabalon
The Lamonster
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lol no bulletin. that is embarrassing.
They worked so hard the last weeks, give them a minute.
You know all the bulletins and everything.
.. It better be great
it won't
Source on numbers? The amount in $$ doesn't represent sales to consumers, but how much inventory they managed to sell to retailers. All actual sales numbers we've got so far point to weaker sales compared to Reach and 3.
Pop
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No communication which equals embarrassing on their part.
Shame that Halo has to go out this way.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Tell me when you start Delta Halo, I'll watch that for sure.
It'll probably be up tomorrow. Unless BS Angel says something on her twatter indicating otherwise.
The Lamonster
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Screw it, I'll make the damn update for you guys.
1/9/2013
New Year's Resolutions
Halo 4! <3
Meet Stephen Samuels. He tested Halo 4 in a Microsoft lab 2 years ago.
Question: Do you like stuff?
Stephen: yes i do
Question: #metoo #ilovehalo
Playlist update coming soon including INFINITY CHALLENGE!!!!!!!!1
<3
^_^
User 73706
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Don't forget:
Title update / team hardcore / team doubles coming soon (2016)
We love the visceral experience developing a game provides us with and we're glad everyone mutually agrees halo 4 is kickass-tastic!
Pic of Geoff Keighley taking a shit in Suddoth 2's mouth
Title update / team hardcore / team doubles coming soon (2016)
We love the visceral experience developing a game provides us with and we're glad everyone mutually agrees halo 4 is kickass-tastic!
Pic of Geoff Keighley taking a shit in Suddoth 2's mouth
xxjuicesxx
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I'd say thats a little too much meaty content but other than that you nailed it!
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Appropriate image? LOL
Appropriate image? LOL
Holy shit - is that real life?
Yes it is.
Bungie What's Update > Anything 343 has ever released
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Cool thx. Oh the music and the clean object lines are just so very Halo.
I think this one is better
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