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Subject: Halo 4 population under 100k: The death of Halo?

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It's finals week. Settle down.

  • 12.13.2012 9:20 AM PDT


Posted by: theHurtfulTurkey
It's finals week. Settle down.


Excuses

  • 12.13.2012 9:21 AM PDT

Life will always find a new way to ruin everything you know, enjoy the moments of peace to their fullest and prepare yourself for the lemons that are heading your way and you might just make it.


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Posted by: DatDudeBV

Posted by: theHurtfulTurkey
It's finals week. Settle down.


Excuses

this if my memory still works the same happened when reach launched

[Edited on 12.13.2012 9:22 AM PST]

  • 12.13.2012 9:22 AM PDT

Lol


Posted by: Rhea
Posted by: EChondo
If it's not broke, don't fix it.

They obviously don't know the golden rule. EA/Dice broke this rule and now look at BF3,
BF3 is a huge success especially because Dice still supports the game with patches and DLC. A year later, the game still has around 40,000 gamers on PS3, 30,000 gamers on the xbox. Even beats Halo 4's population sometimes.

Halo 4 would be more popular if it had a rank system like Halo 2 to begin with.


A ranking system wouldn't make H4 more popular. The real reasons why H4 has a low population is...

1. Strict True-Skill System - This makes it impossible to enjoy playing with your friends because if anyone has a high True Skill rank you will play nothing but try-hards. Game is not fun when it becomes a job.

2. The game is basically sci-fi clone of CoD and BF. People played Halo because it was the last modern arena style shooter. There is no arena style game mechanics left in the game.

  • 12.13.2012 9:24 AM PDT

If that's considered dead, then I wonder what some of the games I play are considered.

Poor Code of Princess, there was only like 3 other people playing that the day it came out...

  • 12.13.2012 9:24 AM PDT


Posted by: lucking spartan

Posted by: DatDudeBV

Posted by: theHurtfulTurkey
It's finals week. Settle down.


Excuses

this if my memory still works the same happened when reach launched


Is black ops 2s population under 100k cause its finals week?

  • 12.13.2012 9:24 AM PDT

Its not hard to see the cold truth. A ranking would only get in 1-4k players..
I think Halo needs to return to its chillout roots (1-3).

Balanced between Competitive and casual (maybe even no bias at all) and fun to play (even not trying)
Posted by: Killer4785

Posted by: Rhea
Posted by: EChondo
If it's not broke, don't fix it.

They obviously don't know the golden rule. EA/Dice broke this rule and now look at BF3,
BF3 is a huge success especially because Dice still supports the game with patches and DLC. A year later, the game still has around 40,000 gamers on PS3, 30,000 gamers on the xbox. Even beats Halo 4's population sometimes.

Halo 4 would be more popular if it had a rank system like Halo 2 to begin with.


A ranking system wouldn't make H4 more popular. The real reasons why H4 has a low population is...

1. Strict True-Skill System - This makes it impossible to enjoy playing with your friends because if anyone has a high True Skill rank you will play nothing but try-hards. Game is not fun when it becomes a job.

2. The game is basically sci-fi clone of CoD and BF. People played Halo because it was the last modern arena style shooter. There is no arena style game mechanics left in the game.

  • 12.13.2012 9:29 AM PDT
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Posted by: Dragondude8o

Posted by: Rhea
Posted by: EChondo
If it's not broke, don't fix it.

They obviously don't know the golden rule. EA/Dice broke this rule and now look at BF3,
BF3 is a huge success especially because Dice still supports the game with patches and DLC. A year later, the game still has around 40,000 gamers on PS3, 30,000 gamers on the xbox. Even beats Halo 4's population sometimes.

Halo 4 would be more popular if it had a rank system like Halo 2 to begin with.

First think about this: when Halo 4 has less 40k players at a time, BF3 has less than 5000.
Currently on BF3 there are 29k players on Xbox 360 (http://bf3stats.com/) and 42k players on Halo 4. Late at night, Halo 4's population drops drastically and BF3's population stays around the same probably because a lot of BF3 gamers are European. Still, it is concerning that Halo 4, a game that was released a month ago, has a really low population considering how popular Halo games usually are.

  • 12.13.2012 9:30 AM PDT

So, you want to hear a story eh? One about treasure hunters? Have I got a story for you!

A 3 Legged Goat lied, he said that this game would keep its population for months when I asked him when it would die. I want a refund!

  • 12.13.2012 9:32 AM PDT

Posted by: x Foman123 x

Posted by: TH3_AV3NG3R
What house has a rocket pod, has legs, and has a long narrow barrel that probably shoots something powerful?

Sounds like you're describing the lower half of my body, actually.

I'm not playing it until they get rid of custom loadouts, instant respawns, and ordinance drops out of BTB.

  • 12.13.2012 9:58 AM PDT

HALO NEEDS A STIMPAK!!! HURRYY

  • 12.13.2012 9:59 AM PDT

IT is also finals for a lot of young people.

  • 12.13.2012 10:00 AM PDT


Posted by: TheBrandingIron
IT is also finals for a lot of young people.

No excuse, they could've hired a substitute.

  • 12.13.2012 10:03 AM PDT

Don't let fear of rejection stop you from going after what you want

Because killcams make or break a video game right?
Because 100,000 players means no one is playing, right?

  • 12.13.2012 10:04 AM PDT
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Every -blam!-ing time I see a thread like this, this is what I think:

"OH TEH NOES! H4's population is declining! That objectively proves it's a bad game with no need to explain or account for other contributing factors that could account for it's population drop! Oh and COD is a horrible game even though it has more players on it than most games on the XBL Activity Charts combined."

  • 12.13.2012 10:08 AM PDT


Posted by: CND AAA Beef
It's simple people.

There are more shooters out on Xbox now.

When Halo 3 came out, the most popular shooters were: Gears, Vegas, GRAW, and CoD 2. That was literally it. And obviously, Halo 3 was going to have a much bigger fanbase then one new franchise and three others that have been traditionally PC.

Now what do we have?
All the Halo games on 360.
MW2, MW3, Blops, Blops II.
BF3, BC2.
Gears 3.
GRFS.
etc...

The number of AAA shooters has more than doubled. Obviously, not everyone's going to play only Halo any more.


this

  • 12.13.2012 10:18 AM PDT


Posted by: Methew
Every -blam!-ing time I see a thread like this, this is what I think:

"OH TEH NOES! H4's population is declining! That objectively proves it's a bad game with no need to explain or account for other contributing factors that could account for it's population drop! Oh and COD is a horrible game even though it has more players on it than most games on the XBL Activity Charts combined."


But Black Ops 2 isnt a horrible game. Its actually very fun. And if it was horrible people wouldnt be playing it in masses.

  • 12.13.2012 10:19 AM PDT
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It's finals week at universities all across the country. Chill out.

  • 12.13.2012 1:03 PM PDT

This thread is full of dumbass.

  • 12.13.2012 1:04 PM PDT


Posted by: Studness4

Posted by: Methew
Every -blam!-ing time I see a thread like this, this is what I think:

"OH TEH NOES! H4's population is declining! That objectively proves it's a bad game with no need to explain or account for other contributing factors that could account for it's population drop! Oh and COD is a horrible game even though it has more players on it than most games on the XBL Activity Charts combined."


But Black Ops 2 isnt a horrible game. Its actually very fun. And if it was horrible people wouldnt be playing it in masses.

Nice opinion
Except its not.

  • 12.13.2012 1:09 PM PDT

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Does no one understand the concept of finals?

  • 12.13.2012 1:09 PM PDT


Posted by: AgentCOP1
Does no one understand the concept of finals?


So finals impact halo 4s population but not BO2s? Lol

  • 12.13.2012 1:11 PM PDT
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Posted by: DatDudeBV

Posted by: AgentCOP1
Does no one understand the concept of finals?


So finals impact halo 4s population but not BO2s? Lol

Maybe Halo players are more studious.

  • 12.13.2012 1:13 PM PDT

Posted by: spartain ken 15
If 343i would of made Halo like Halo 2/3 and not like cod in space more people would enjoy it.

If people want to play cod, they will play cod. People want a unique experience that is fun.

Halo 4 isn't really that fun and it is super buggy.

I hope 343i listens to their fans this time and makes Halo 5 a great game or they will just kill their brand.


Wow, this is literally all the regurgitated -blam!- haters have been spewing out for the past 3 months in one post.

Well done Ken

  • 12.13.2012 1:13 PM PDT


Posted by: Halfanhour4
Posted by: spartain ken 15
If 343i would of made Halo like Halo 2/3 and not like cod in space more people would enjoy it.

If people want to play cod, they will play cod. People want a unique experience that is fun.

Halo 4 isn't really that fun and it is super buggy.

I hope 343i listens to their fans this time and makes Halo 5 a great game or they will just kill their brand.


Wow, this is literally all the regurgitated -blam!- haters have been spewing out for the past 3 months in one post.

Well done Ken


You know why it's regurgitated?

Because its true

  • 12.13.2012 1:17 PM PDT