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Subject: How is Halo 4 already nearly TWICE as popular as Reach?
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Zomechin sucks.

Reach's first trailer. ~3,900,000 views since two years ago

Halo 4's first trailer ~6,600,000 views already (around 5 or 6 months ago)

Even Reach's World Premier Trailer is miles behind, with ~4,000,000 views.

What is going on? Were so many Halo fans turned off by the lack of the iconic and badass Master Chief? Was it simply the fact that Reach was more of a 'spin-off' than it was a main installment? The sound and look of "Halo: Reach" just, IMO, screams "spin-off!," and I imagine it did for others too.

Don't get me wrong - I'm not trying to say that popularity has everything to do with success or anything inherently positive, but surely this is saying something...

Right? Or am I missing something? Sure, Halo 3 and Reach are hard to compare because they took place in such drastically different market environments, but Halo 4? Not so much. Perhaps I'm overlooking some things, but this was just an odd observation I made.

[Edited on 01.10.2012 4:33 PM PST]

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  • 01.10.2012 2:43 PM PDT

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Cause Halo 4 = master chief. Nobody cares about a bunch of warrant officers who died during the fall of Reach. It's like a Mario game without Mario in it.

[Edited on 01.10.2012 2:45 PM PST]

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Reach's trailer sucks compared to H4's. Maybe that's why.

  • 01.10.2012 2:46 PM PDT
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Posted by: wcd45
You've got two more years worth of people that can use the internet.
Halo 3 trailer

Your logic is inconsistent; this trailer has more views than both of Reach's do.

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Posted by: THAT CRAZY TURK
Reach's trailer sucks compared to H4's. Maybe that's why.

heresy

  • 01.10.2012 3:32 PM PDT
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I didn't realize those were the only places to view these trailers.

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Banned just for calling someone retarded? lolBnet mods
Duardo = retard

So you think Reach is an actual Halo game, huh? LOL
Jesus! There's a BoB in ma Falcon!

Reach= Garbage
Halo 4= Awesomeness

  • 01.10.2012 3:34 PM PDT
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who knows why, considering the ultimate disappointment Halo 3 turned out to be, i don't expect Halo 4 to sell over a million copies

  • 01.10.2012 3:37 PM PDT

Please don't hype for games...
They'll just fall short of your expectations and you'll complain for months.


Posted by: Junior Exec
Reach= Garbage
Halo 4= Awesomeness


And thus the cycle of over-hyping and disappointment begins again!

OT: Because it's the trailer to a series that is supposed to have been over. That makes most of the fanboys excited even with lack of any gameplay footage what so ever.

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Posted by: Alpha00

Posted by: Junior Exec
Reach= Garbage
Halo 4= Awesomeness


And thus the cycle of over-hyping and disappointment begins again!

OT: Because it's the trailer to a series that is supposed to have been over. That makes most of the fanboys excited even with lack of any gameplay footage what so ever.
That logic isn't even close to being sound in any manner.

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Banned just for calling someone retarded? lolBnet mods
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So you think Reach is an actual Halo game, huh? LOL
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Posted by: path1k
who knows why, considering the ultimate disappointment Halo 3 turned out to be, i don't expect Halo 4 to sell over a million copies
What have you been smoking? Halo 3 wasn't a disappointment. Reach was the ultimate disappointment.

  • 01.10.2012 3:39 PM PDT

Please don't hype for games...
They'll just fall short of your expectations and you'll complain for months.


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Posted by: Alpha00

Posted by: Junior Exec
Reach= Garbage
Halo 4= Awesomeness


And thus the cycle of over-hyping and disappointment begins again!

OT: Because it's the trailer to a series that is supposed to have been over. That makes most of the fanboys excited even with lack of any gameplay footage what so ever.
That logic isn't even close to being sound in any manner.


If people were reviving your favorite series that was rumored to be discontinued would you be excited? The only reason it doesn't seem like that is because 343i "revived" halo in a very swift manner.

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Posted by: Junior Exec
What have you been smoking? Halo 3 wasn't a disappointment. Reach was the ultimate disappointment.
*plays Halo 3 campaign again* yep, disappointment excluding the level The Ark

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Posted by: path1k
who knows why, considering the ultimate disappointment Halo 3 turned out to be, i don't expect Halo 4 to sell over a million copies
you are an idiot

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Posted by: Wikked Navajoe
My problems [with Reach] are basically just full parties, mlg, and people who go out of their way not to get killed.

The power of a title that people are familiar with. After Halo Wars and ODST, not many people wanted to try a Halo game that wasn't "Halo 4".

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Posted by: GenisisX77
you are an idiot
please explain

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Posted by: Junior Exec
Reach= Garbage
Halo 4= Awesomeness


You've already played Halo 4? Interesting...

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Posted by: Alpha00
If people were reviving your favorite series that was rumored to be discontinued would you be excited? The only reason it doesn't seem like that is because 343i "revived" halo in a very swift manner.
How is that even relevant? Halo was never rumored to be discontinued, and anyone with an ounce of reasoning should have realized that ages ago by taking into consideration the large amount of money it brings in.

The only thing 343 is doing is bringing the story back on track to where it was going and should have always kept going - the track that most fans favor - the track that is more popular - the track of Master Chief's continuing adventure.

  • 01.10.2012 3:47 PM PDT

Good observation. It might mean that an audience beyond the super-competitive crowd is dissapointed with Reach and looking forward to the next Game.

Or maybe that Reach brought in a new, casual audience that it has been lacking.

Unfortunately I think the second scenario is more likely.


[Edited on 01.10.2012 3:49 PM PST]

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Posted by: Viper Skills
The power of a title that people are familiar with. After Halo Wars and ODST, not many people wanted to try a Halo game that wasn't "Halo 4".


This was my point. The series' iconic character was absent for 3 years.

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So you think Reach is an actual Halo game, huh? LOL
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Posted by: Junior Exec
Reach= Garbage
Halo 4= Awesomeness


You've already played Halo 4? Interesting...

Yeah, I have. U jelly?

  • 01.10.2012 3:49 PM PDT

With Reach being so bad, people are really excited to see what the new halo game is like. That's my take on it.

  • 01.10.2012 3:49 PM PDT

Please don't hype for games...
They'll just fall short of your expectations and you'll complain for months.


Posted by: Chromozome
Posted by: Alpha00
If people were reviving your favorite series that was rumored to be discontinued would you be excited? The only reason it doesn't seem like that is because 343i "revived" halo in a very swift manner.


How is that even relevant? Halo was never rumored to be discontinued


I dunno, when bungie calls it their "swan song" and says that it's likely that they will never make halo again, I think that counts as having something discontinued.

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[Question Answered]

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Honestly, I didnt watch Halo Reach's first trailer nor was I that excited about it until a month before its release date.

  • 01.10.2012 3:50 PM PDT

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