- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Recon Number 54
As to the concept that the game would sell millions, I would respectfully (no really! I DO mean respectfully) disagree.
Sadly this is something we could never find out.. I know that bungie will not make Halo CE XBL compatible.. I'm just saying, that from my knowledge on things.. with the following Halo CE had/HAS.. and the number of people who are in disappointment with Halo 2.. that the sales for a Halo CE for XBL would be great.. again.. this is my opinion, and I don't mean to sound like a D (sorry to use harsh letters) if i did previously.
Halo 1 is now VERY affordable. I saw a "new" copy at a game store for $9.00 US just the other day.
Funny.. I saw Halo 2 at blockbuster.. brand new games for only 10.. this is after only a year.. Halo CE kept up its price for quite some time.. and was still in the 20's when Halo 2 came out.. it was a couple months after the release of Halo 2 that Halo CE started to decline in price some more. Halo 2 has already declined in price while only being out 1 year.. This, i believe to be because of the lack of skill, and knowledge to be learned on Halo 2..
If someone was convinced of the moneymaking potential of taking a 4+ year old game that also has a sequel in distribution, then I would think that they could very easily speak to 2 parties to put their theory to the test.
The hardcore gamers who already have Halo would turn their back on idea of paying for "the exact same thing they already have". The people who don't have it might be interested, and that is the entire potential customer-base of the endeavor. If it is unchanged, then it offers nothing new. People will either already have it, especially considering that the components (Halo 1 and XBC) are out there, easy to find, cheap to obtain, and yet...... it's not selling like those proverbial hotcakes.
This is where i know you are wrong.. Because i personally know many hardcore gamers who'd shell out 50+ dollars to get Halo 1 on XBL... i too would buy it.. and i know many online "friends" who'd do the same. The thing is.. they wouldn't be buying an "unchanged" game.. because Halo 1 (CE) would have LIVE.. the biggest change that we'd want.
The difference between XBL and XBC is the lag/latency.. There are quite a few people who still play Halo on XBC.. but there are hundreds of thousands of people who don't even know XBC exists.. Halo 1 online? they ask.. how? The lag/latency is a major reason MORE people aren't online on XBC for Halo 1..
Not to mention the other benefits XBL has.. the ability to communicate with your team, and the opposing team.. This is another major factor why many Halo 1 fans still play Halo 2.. I personally love the fact that i can communicate.. instead of having to watch my teammate get wacked in the back on XBC.. i can now tell them to watch out..
So to say that people wouldn't buy Halo 1 for XBL becuase it's "unchanged" is silly.. seeing as the XBL benefits would change the game up a great deal...
Sell millions? I don't think so, but that is just my view. Anyone else can form their own (and alternate) opinion, but unless they could give me new facts or a point that I am missing or unaware of... I don't see it making anything other than lots of red ink.
How many copies of Halo 2 were sold the first day? Wasn't it between 5 and 7 million copies? Or maybe just a total of 7 million? I don't feel like looking it up, seeing as it would get me nowhere.. But the point is that a great majority of the people who bought Halo 2 that first day played, and obviously liked Halo 1, or they woulnd't have bought Halo 2..
I'd say.. (of course I'm throwing this number out of my ass, because there is no way of really knowing) that at least 500,000 of those people were immediatley disappointed with the game.. Not to mention the growing number of people throughout the year, being bored of Halo 2, seeing as there is nothing more they can really get better at seeing as the massive auto aim, and hit boxes.. and all the imbalances...
I'd be willing to bet that there are at least a million people who'd buy Halo 1 solely because of XBL.. but again, this is something that can never be known.. It's only something that can be dreamed...