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Subject: Halo 4 lost around 76% of it's population.
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Posted by: RighteousTyrant
OP has apparently never seen post-launch population trends for any game at all, because if he had he would know that this is basically expected.
This.

Posted by: theHurtfulTurkey
Crazy, it's almost as if tons of other games just came out, or Steam just did a season sale, or it's nearing finals time for school.

But I bet that stuff didn't affect it at all.
And this.

  • 11.29.2012 12:54 PM PDT

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Can I point that even Halo 3's population total dropped this much after its launch week ended. Major releases always see the largest player totals during their launch week. After people beat the game, they move back towards their favorites. The only people who stick with the new game are fans of the series.

  • 11.29.2012 12:54 PM PDT

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  • 11.29.2012 12:55 PM PDT

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Posted by: lscariot
To be fair to 343i, the halo "community" is nothing more than a bunch of neckbeards who can not, and never will be satisfied with a halo game until it tickles their balls and feeds them cereal as they play.
What is with all the fat references today?
Regardless, I need to write that one down.

OT: Black Ops II just came out. Most players went there to try out the new game. Give it a few weeks. Some will be back.

  • 11.29.2012 12:57 PM PDT

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Posted by: ArtooFeva
Hahaha oh yes adding guns to the game is copying COD. Oh the whiners and their lack of good arguments.


So you're saying that every game with guns in it, People think its a cod copy....

Loadouts
stupid rank systems
Weapons like saw.
So CoD invented the Xp ranking system, LMGs, and loadouts?

K


So devs can only copy from the game who invented the idea?

K

  • 11.29.2012 12:58 PM PDT


Posted by: Noshotskill
Can I point that even Halo 3's population total dropped this much after its launch week ended. Major releases always see the largest player totals during their launch week. After people beat the game, they move back towards their favorites. The only people who stick with the new game are fans of the series.

Nope. Halo 3 was consistently in the top most played spot on Xbox Live and was in direct competition with CoD 4 the entire time.

In my opinion, Halo is seeing this failure because it is no longer unique. Its gameplay style is now in more relation to CoD, Battlefield, and Medal of Honor rather than being its own unique arena shooter and so people get tired of the same type of gameplay every single year. I've found myself on neither Black Ops nor Halo 4, I've been going to games like Skyrim, MK9, Castlevania, Minecraft, Red Dead, etc. The reason why? They are unique, they are their own games. Halo claims nothing special or unique anymore as it was the only popular console arena shooter of our recent time.

  • 11.29.2012 12:58 PM PDT
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That's about where Reach stood when Halo 4 first came out . . . Wow.

  • 11.29.2012 12:59 PM PDT

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Posted by: lscariot
To be fair to 343i, the halo "community" is nothing more than a bunch of neckbeards who can not, and never will be satisfied with a halo game until it tickles their balls and feeds them cereal as they play.

The current game will always be a let down.

The previous game will always have been better.

Halo 4 is a piece of art, and at the very least, its a stepping stone towards greater things.


/thread

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Posted by: lscariot
To be fair to 343i, the halo "community" is nothing more than a bunch of neckbeards who can not, and never will be satisfied with a halo game until it tickles their balls and feeds them cereal as they play.

The current game will always be a let down.

The previous game will always have been better.

Halo 4 is a piece of art, and at the very least, its a stepping stone towards greater things.


/thread

  • 11.29.2012 1:01 PM PDT

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You better watch out guys. These Halo 4 threads might be considered spam eventually.

And I hope they are, because this is getting kind of pathetic.

It wouldn't be so bad if the threads weren't so freaking ignorant...

  • 11.29.2012 1:01 PM PDT


Posted by: lscariot
To be fair to 343i, the halo "community" is nothing more than a bunch of neckbeards who can not, and never will be satisfied with a halo game until it tickles their balls and feeds them cereal as they play.

The current game will always be a let down.

The previous game will always have been better.

Halo 4 is a piece of art, and at the very least, its a stepping stone towards greater things.

Go away 343 PR.

Hurr, the first three games were hyped, complained of, and then liked so that must mean it is like that for them all right? Nope. Halo Reach is still awful, ODST is still pretty meh, Halo 1-3 are still amazing, and nobody cares about Halo Wars and it is still bad.

[Edited on 11.29.2012 1:03 PM PST]

  • 11.29.2012 1:02 PM PDT

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Posted by: lscariot
To be fair to 343i, the halo "community" is nothing more than a bunch of neckbeards who can not, and never will be satisfied with a halo game until it tickles their balls and feeds them cereal as they play.

The current game will always be a let down.

The previous game will always have been better.

Halo 4 is a piece of art, and at the very least, its a stepping stone towards greater things.

Go away 343 PR.

Hurr, the first three games were hyped, complained of, and then liked so that must mean it is like that for them all right? Nope. Halo Reach is still awful, ODST is still pretty meh, Halo 1-3 are still amazing, and nobody cares about Halo Wars and it is still bad.

  • 11.29.2012 1:03 PM PDT

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Posted by: RighteousTyrant
OP has apparently never seen post-launch population trends for any game at all, because if he had he would know that this is basically expected.

This, clearly.

  • 11.29.2012 1:07 PM PDT

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  • 11.29.2012 1:11 PM PDT

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Posted by: RighteousTyrant
OP has apparently never seen post-launch population trends for any game at all, because if he had he would know that this is basically expected.

This, clearly.

Wait. Didn't people say the same about Reach but Reach never went back up in population?

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Population counts =/= a game's popularity

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Posted by: BxR Twister

Posted by: lscariot
To be fair to 343i, the halo "community" is nothing more than a bunch of neckbeards who can not, and never will be satisfied with a halo game until it tickles their balls and feeds them cereal as they play.

The current game will always be a let down.

The previous game will always have been better.

Halo 4 is a piece of art, and at the very least, its a stepping stone towards greater things.


/thread

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  • 11.29.2012 1:14 PM PDT

lol 150k in less then a month hell Reach had 300k for the first 6 months then 250k for the first year.

GO F^ Yourself 343i you ruined Halo

  • 11.29.2012 1:17 PM PDT

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  • 11.29.2012 1:18 PM PDT


Posted by: Thanatos465
lol 150k in less then a month hell Reach had 300k for the first 6 months then 250k for the first year.

GO F^ Yourself 343i you ruined Halo


Spoken like a man who truly has no idea how post-launch works for games.

  • 11.29.2012 1:18 PM PDT
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I've been playing Halo since 2002. My earliest memories include hiding at the shotgun window on Damnation and killing my dad with grenades while playing co-op on Pillar of Autumn.

This thread confirms it for me. Halo 4 is DEAD.

  • 11.29.2012 1:19 PM PDT

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Posted by: Maximus Decimus
Agreed. All the changes are good and add variety. Do we really want another Halo 3? Just running around with one gun and no armor abilities? It's good that 343 wants to try something new. Do we really want the same thing for three more games?


Posted by: ArtooFeva
Hahaha oh yes adding guns to the game is copying COD. Oh the whiners and their lack of good arguments.
lol idiots

  • 11.29.2012 1:24 PM PDT

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Posted by: joedanny96
This thread confirms it for me. Halo 4 is DEAD.
Still #2 on the live charts. It isn't. I doubt it'll die until at least a year.

  • 11.29.2012 1:26 PM PDT
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population decrease is what happens when you have an all around gun (DMR) being used outside it's intended area and all the other crap in this game (lag, incompetent teammates, etc).

Even with a team you still deal with the lag or some other gimmick.

Games have been online for at least 20 years now you would think the infrastructure could be more stable. That's the main reason why the lag happens. The USA has poor network infrastructure when compared to other countries which is sad really seeing as the country is the one who founded and started the internet in the first place.

Economic wise IMO if they would rebuild the network infrastructure you would see an economic increase (more money) because information can be sent and received faster. I believe the US is in the 20's area for internet service.

Japan is first. They pay 5 dollars in American dollars (Whatever that is in yen. Don't know just know the American value.) for 20Mbps up and down and that's just the starting package.

  • 11.29.2012 1:27 PM PDT