- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
O K guys here’s something to speculate on as a release date for Halo 2 (Fall 2004 I know). (Remember bungie is a business also that has to make money to survive) Since I’m a business major with a minor in marketing. I speculate that Halo 2 will release to far better sales if released between Sept and Oct. Why halo 1 has a fan base that continues to grow, this game is still the top selling game on xbox but has no online features that can help extend the gameplay life of the 1st title. Also with the release of the following games: Metroid 2, Doom 3, Far Cry, Killzone Half Life 2 all highly anticipated FPS or FP Perspective games with a built in fan base which could possibly cause consumers to have to make a choice of which game to buy or even which future system to buy(2005 and beyond). Also with the release of games like Metal Gear 3, Zelda 2, Pikmin 2, Need for Speed 2, GranT4, DBall GT, Def Jam V2, Grand Theft SA (and many more Million copy selling games) all being released in fall 04 can cause consumer to have what I have termed as an “holiday-load”, top titles being release within a 3 month quarter can cause some titles to be left out. Which brings me back to halo, it halo 2 is release before many of these games maybe around mid September or early October it could take advantage of a not so crowded market and would still sell copies during the holiday rush month of November if this game was released in August it would take advantage of a totally free market when very few top selling titles have posted a release date. I know that the game will be released when its I hope that this game is close to being completed. One thing for sure is that this games is going to sell close to 9 million copies within 6 months if its as a good as we all hope it is. Just a speculation but I think mid September