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Subject: Why Reach has a lower population.

Signatures are for little kids.

When Halo2 came out it was the only game in town, so it was HUGE.

When Halo3 came out it was basically Halo3 or COD.


Now, there are 7 or so COD games that people play, Battlefield games and people are still playing Halo3 once in awhile (I still do). Not to mention all the games without multiplayer that still eat up lots of gaming time that would have otherwise be spend playing online (hello Skyrim).


People who think the lower population is somehow proof that 'OMG Reach is, like, the WORST Halo game EVAR!!!' are a bit too melodramatic and in most cases not smart enough to absorb the above facts.


Just thought I'd point out some FACTS to the Reach haters, I tried to keep it simple.

  • 11.15.2011 7:00 PM PDT

Posted by: CultMiester4000
I'm not really an Apple person (Bananas forever) but damn, that's kinda sad.


Posted by: Godshatter
I tried to keep it simple.


*Critically analyzes*

After analyzing this post with a team from the Hair Club for Men, and providing surveys to passerby on the street, we have not yet answered the question; "Who gives a shi.t?"


  • 11.15.2011 7:03 PM PDT

Why not stop by my File Share while you're here?

~Long Live Halo 2
Only regret is I didn't play more of it.

If you haven't noticed by now, I'm sort of a jerk.

Halo 3 also had to deal with Gears 2, CoD 4-MW2, ME/2, and multiple other titles. Guess which one consistently came out on top? Halo 3, with fights between Halo 3 and MW2 for the top spot. But it never went under second.

lolreach is in 6th. To a Fifa title, and a 2 year old CoD game Halo 3 beat out.

[Edited on 11.15.2011 7:06 PM PST]

  • 11.15.2011 7:03 PM PDT

Posted by: CultMiester4000
I'm not really an Apple person (Bananas forever) but damn, that's kinda sad.


Posted by: st3althsniper22
Halo 3 also had to deal with Gears 2, CoD 4-MW2, ME/2, and multiple other titles. Guess which one consistently came out on top? Halo 3, with some fights between Halo 3 and MW2 for the top spot. But it never went under second.

lolreach is in 6th. To a Fifa title, and a 2 year old CoD game Halo 3 beat out.


Now here's the issue; not caring is encouraged, but when you say things that are wrong, you're wrong.

  • 11.15.2011 7:06 PM PDT

Why not stop by my File Share while you're here?

~Long Live Halo 2
Only regret is I didn't play more of it.

If you haven't noticed by now, I'm sort of a jerk.

Where? Halo 3 and MW2 were back and forth between 1st multiple times. The only time Halo 3 ever went under second was the week after CoD 5 was released. lolreach is in 6th last I cared to check, and a Fifa game is beating it, as well as a 2 year old CoD game Halo 3 was able to beat out a few times. Gears 2 came out a year after Halo 3, and Mass Effect came out in 2007 as well. ME2 was out in early '10. I can go into other titles if you like.
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Posted by: st3althsniper22
Halo 3 also had to deal with Gears 2, CoD 4-MW2, ME/2, and multiple other titles. Guess which one consistently came out on top? Halo 3, with some fights between Halo 3 and MW2 for the top spot. But it never went under second.

lolreach is in 6th. To a Fifa title, and a 2 year old CoD game Halo 3 beat out.


Now here's the issue; not caring is encouraged, but when you say things that are wrong, you're wrong.

  • 11.15.2011 7:12 PM PDT

This is actually the stupidest thing ever posted on B.net:

Posted by: the omega man117
Why does everyone hate Halo 2? Maybe its because its the worst game ever next to mario.

Play the games that you enjoy. It is very simple if you think about it.

  • 11.15.2011 7:18 PM PDT

Stop making excuses. Reach has a low population because it's the worst Halo in the series thus far. Why should I play a bad casual game like Reach when I could be playing a good casual game like CoD?

"Competition" only furthered the damage.

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  • 11.15.2011 7:37 PM PDT
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lmao Halo 3 had as much competition as Reach does.
The fact that Reach is being beat by FIFA means something...

  • 11.15.2011 7:40 PM PDT

Reach is not failing, it has a higher population than Halo 3 doesn't it? yeah, that's what I thought.

  • 11.15.2011 7:52 PM PDT
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Everybody wants some.

Posted by: BIueJ
Reach is not failing, it has a higher population than Halo 3 doesn't it? yeah, that's what I thought.

...because comparing a one year old game to a four year old game is logical?

  • 11.15.2011 7:56 PM PDT

Trust me, there are A MILLION better arguments as to why Reach is a terrible game compared to any other Halo game than the "population" argument.

  • 11.15.2011 7:58 PM PDT

Your presence here is quite unneeded. Begone you!!!


Posted by: Godshatter
*melodramatic*


well that part is pretty good way to describe it I'll give you that

  • 11.15.2011 8:01 PM PDT
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Posted by: ThreeSixXero
Stop making excuses. Reach has a low population because it's the worst Halo in the series thus far..."Competition" only furthered the damage.
The population argument can sometimes take the form of a straw man, however if the correct points are focused on, it makes a very compelling statement about the quality of Reach.

Reach broke sales records. Reach decreased Halo's online population (it sure didn't increase it). Stronger competition sure didn't help this...but come on people...if Reach were a better game no amount of competition would matter. People would choose to play it over the others because it was better.

Instead we see players choosing other games over Reach...I wonder why...

  • 11.15.2011 8:01 PM PDT

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OP is correct

  • 11.15.2011 8:02 PM PDT

DMR + Sniper Rifle + Sprint= total demolish

It also doesn't help that all the former halo fan boys (converted to CoD when MW-MW2 came out) switched to Black-ops a month after reach came out. Now MW3 came out which was another blow to the MM . I hope that Halo 4 will save the best franchise from being just another game on the shelves that collects dust.

  • 11.15.2011 8:24 PM PDT

~ Videogames are my favorite videogames ~

Halo 3 was also the first Halo on the shiny new next gen console.

  • 11.15.2011 8:47 PM PDT

I'm busy with CEA, ACR, MW3, and BF3. But Halo is still the best. Always will be. Don't care what others think.

  • 11.15.2011 8:50 PM PDT

Signatures are for little kids.

Well, maybe I didn't think this thread trough completely, but I never claimed to be a super genius.


Oh well, I'll play it because I love it and ignore the whining.

  • 11.15.2011 8:57 PM PDT
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Inheritor #156 :p

Reach sold 3,000,000 copies in the first 2 days.. Think about the millions it sold after that..

Now reach barely breaks 325,000 players per day.. The low population is because Reach is bad. Halo 3 would have at least been in the top 3 if it came out the same time Reach did.

Don't try to make excuses for the low population, it's because Reach was bad and millions of people stopped playing.

  • 11.15.2011 9:03 PM PDT

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Posted by: tsujen
Reach sold 3,000,000 copies in the first 2 days.. Think about the millions it sold after that..

Now reach barely breaks 325,000 players per day.. The low population is because Reach is bad. Halo 3 would have at least been in the top 3 if it came out the same time Reach did.

Don't try to make excuses for the low population, it's because Reach was bad and millions of people stopped playing.


damn did it really sell that many? wow. it has fallen off more than I knew. I still like it, but id be playing mw3 if i had it

  • 11.15.2011 9:18 PM PDT

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