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Subject: Halo 4 lost 76% of its population but is STILL 2nd on Xbox live.

Yes, let this thread die.

  • 11.29.2012 9:03 AM PDT


Posted by: JohnyRL
Halo 3 had very little competition before COD rose in popularity. When someone got an xbox in 2007-9 it was FOR halo. Primarily. It was the thing of the time. The reason people bought this console. Thats just a fact.

The formula now, however, does not sit well with gamers today and if halo 4 was halo 3 with more halo 2, it wouldnt be were it is now. That much is blatantly obvious. But you claim population is insignificant (or not of primary concern) so how DO we decide the better game? From what perspective?

It is true a lot of people got an xbox 360 for Halo 3, but a lot of people did play CoD 4 since CoD 4 came out the same year Halo 3 did. Though even with CoD 4, WaW, and MW2 Halo 3 still held its ground without much of an immense population decrease. Simply put if you want to compare the Halos on population alone Halo 4 and Reach lose completely compared to Halo 2 and Halo 3. As for if Halo 4 were to be like Halo 3 it wouldn't do well I disagree. The thing that Halo lost with Reach and Halo 4 is it uniqueness. To copy another franchise instead of create your own thing is what will cause a game to fail. People don't want to buy a reskinned version of something they already have. Look at all the CoD clones and games like SWToR that attempted to be something they had no chance of winning against. Then in order to judge games you do so on a variety of things such as gameplay, plot, environment, graphics, and replaybility among other things. Population isn't a good guideline at all simply because there are a lot of great single player games such as Skyrim, Bioshock, Fallout, RDR, ect. that using your method would be rated as crap.

  • 11.29.2012 9:04 AM PDT
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Posted by: JohnyRL
Yet its still second, when reach dropped to third.
Posted by: brandorobot
The population all went to Black Ops 2


Not to mention that Reach had failed to beat an older COD game(MW2).

While Halo 4 succeeded in kicking MW3 of the top.





People should not be suprised that Blops II has beaten Halo 4.

But again i'm talking about Halo 4 haters who lack logic in every way and have nothing to do in their life but thinking they are awesome with their troll comments. They expect a pat on the back from fellow haters, something they never got from others.

PS: i'm only talking about the anti Halo 4 trolls.

  • 11.29.2012 9:05 AM PDT

A competitive players main goal is to win.
A casuals main goal is to have fun regardless of whether that results in a win or loss.
It has nothing to do with individual skill or knowledge, it has to do with the reason you play.

My guess it's not going to hold the #2 for too long. The games matchmaking needs a major fix, until then, the game isn't worth my time.

  • 11.29.2012 9:18 AM PDT

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