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Subject: Christmas didn't give Halo 4 the expected population boost.

Posted by: flamedude
Posted by: Viper Skills
Halo 4 is still number 2 on the LIVE charts. That is by no means a "failure" so go ahead and try to use population as evidence that the game sucks. It only works against your argument.


Not exactly much competition though is there? Minecraft is #3 then FIFA and then two more CoDs.

Actually, that is very though competition. Tougher than what Halo 3 had to endure anyway.

  • 12.25.2012 5:13 PM PDT

Posted by: bergXX09
Or what really happened is that Halo Reach/4 no longer was unique and they tried to appeal more to their competition's audience but they couldn't do CoD style gameplay as well as CoD can and so everyone who were fans of Halo were disappointed by the CoD-ization of the game and left the game and the CoD kids were disappointed by how awful the attempt at being CoD was and so they left the game and went back to CoD.

If Halo stayed Halo and an arena shooter I guarantee it would have kept many more fans.

That sounds very forced. And no, Halo stopped being an Arena shooter since Bungie included Equipment.

  • 12.25.2012 5:16 PM PDT


Posted by: Dreadnough7
Posted by: bergXX09
Or what really happened is that Halo Reach/4 no longer was unique and they tried to appeal more to their competition's audience but they couldn't do CoD style gameplay as well as CoD can and so everyone who were fans of Halo were disappointed by the CoD-ization of the game and left the game and the CoD kids were disappointed by how awful the attempt at being CoD was and so they left the game and went back to CoD.

If Halo stayed Halo and an arena shooter I guarantee it would have kept many more fans.

That sounds very forced. And no, Halo stopped being an Arena shooter since Bungie included Equipment.

No it didn't. Equipment acted as a pickup and no one started out with it. It was equal and fair grounds and you only had one usage.

  • 12.25.2012 5:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: bergXX09
Or what really happened is that Halo Reach/4 no longer was unique and they tried to appeal more to their competition's audience but they couldn't do CoD style gameplay as well as CoD can and so everyone who were fans of Halo were disappointed by the CoD-ization of the game and left the game and the CoD kids were disappointed by how awful the attempt at being CoD was and so they left the game and went back to CoD.

If Halo stayed Halo and an arena shooter I guarantee it would have kept many more fans.
Maybe, maybe not. Impossible to tell.

What is for certain is that CoD had an explosion in popularity in between Halo 3 and Reach. And it assumed the throne and became the new king.

  • 12.25.2012 5:18 PM PDT

I don't see you doing anything to help our country.
Except sitting at home, naked, eating twinkies, rubbing your hands together going "Heh. Target Destroyed. Mission Accomplished." Oh wait. that's not helping.


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Posted by: Black Eagle X99
Am I the only one who finds it funny that the stats have been altered two weeks after they were put out? Around two weeks ago the stats were showing around 70,000 players per week, now they have been raised to 90,000 well after the fact. Seems to me that 343i is now fabricating info.


The peak populaion has never been at 70k yet, the lowest so far is 91k. Want to see when there's 70k online then check the hourly peak population for that.
I will search for my old thread if I have to that I made when the daily population hit 70,000.

  • 12.25.2012 5:20 PM PDT

Posted by: bergXX09
No it didn't. Equipment acted as a pickup and no one started out with it. It was equal and fair grounds and you only had one usage.

Fair enough. But it is really impossible to forge Arena style gametype?

[Edited on 12.25.2012 5:23 PM PST]

  • 12.25.2012 5:23 PM PDT

It's a'me, Sesto


Posted by: Doctor Jensen
You guys realize that a lot of people don't play Xbox everyday... Right? In fact, a lot of people don't, especially on Christmas.

It'll be better tomorrow.


Tomorrow when it still is not high: "you do realize no one plays on boxing day right? people are out buying stuff. it'll be better tomorrow"

The next day: "you do realize it is only two days after christmas? people are resting from boxing day and the christmas dinners. it'll be better tomorrow"

  • 12.25.2012 5:31 PM PDT
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PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE. PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE. PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE. PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE. PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE. PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE. PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE. PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE. PRYING OPEN MY THIRD EYE.

Who gives a -blam!-? Why are you all so obsessed with the population? Halo 4 is fun and as long as I can find another team, the population doesn't -blam!- matter. Seriously quit complaining about it so damn much. It's every damn day with this -blam!-. God damn.

  • 12.25.2012 5:49 PM PDT

Signatures are for little kids.

I can't think of anything more pathetic than keeping track of the population in a video game you don't like.

Even digging in the gutter for cigerette butts at least gets you something at the end of the day.

  • 12.25.2012 5:56 PM PDT

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Posted by: A Blind Wolf
Who gives a -blam!-? Why are you all so obsessed with the population? Halo 4 is fun and as long as I can find another team, the population doesn't -blam!- matter. Seriously quit complaining about it so damn much. It's every damn day with this -blam!-. God damn.

I like people like you. You guys hate seeing people complain, then you go into a thread where people are obviously going to be complaining and then rage.

You people are worse than those who complain about the smallest of flaws.

  • 12.25.2012 6:04 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.


Posted by: Viper Skills
Halo 4 is still number 2 on the LIVE charts. That is by no means a "failure" so go ahead and try to use population as evidence that the game sucks. It only works against your argument.


What a retarded fallacy of a post. Fanboys will try anything these days it seems.

Poor, poor Halo. You just had to die slowly, didn't you?

  • 12.25.2012 6:06 PM PDT

Although there is a small increase in the population because of people who received the game as a gift, there's probably a decrease in regular players. I'd imagine that most regulars and even some newcomers are still spending time with family and friends or have better things to do than play video games on a day such as this.

I predict a greater increase in population tomorrow.

  • 12.25.2012 6:14 PM PDT

RIP Ginger

Spring 1997 - 6 January 2012

You do know that it was Christmas Day yesterday right? People may well get the game but might have been visiting family and friends, sitting around the house, maybe going on nights out/drinking all day...



[Edited on 12.25.2012 6:19 PM PST]

  • 12.25.2012 6:18 PM PDT
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No one wants to buy a beta for 60 dollars

  • 12.25.2012 6:20 PM PDT

It's at 126K right now, which is more than it has been for about 2 weeks.

126K JUST PLAYING WAR GAMES

There are probably 40-50K playing Spartan Ops, Campaign, Forge, and Customs

  • 12.25.2012 6:26 PM PDT

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Posted by: CarefreeMeat
Not surprised.

  • 12.25.2012 6:26 PM PDT


Posted by: Effective Strafe
It's at 126K right now, which is more than it has been for about 2 weeks.

126K JUST PLAYING WAR GAMES

There are probably 40-50K playing Spartan Ops, Campaign, Forge, and Customs

That's a good point. Most people who got the game today are probably playing the campaign.

  • 12.25.2012 6:32 PM PDT

proud casual gamer


Posted by: xODSTxDutch
Exactly, name 1 person you know, that doesn't play xbox on Christmas when they get a new game.

i actually like to spend time with my family and thank them for the gifts they gave me. Christmas is once a year and my pc and xbox will be here when its over. i probably wont play halo 4 until my friends get back from their relatives in a few days.

  • 12.25.2012 6:33 PM PDT

Please do not send me group invites.

I honestly couldn't give less of a -blam!- about how many people are or are not playing a game.

Do you really expect Halo 4, the sixth game in a series, to have the same population as the previous installments?

  • 12.25.2012 6:36 PM PDT

To be fair, the day isn't over yet.

  • 12.25.2012 6:41 PM PDT

Posted by: dazarobbo
To be fair, the day isn't over yet.


Yup

The population just jumped to 127.5K within ten minutes, and this is not even counting the campaign players who just got the game today

[Edited on 12.25.2012 6:42 PM PST]

  • 12.25.2012 6:42 PM PDT

Why does nobody seem to understand that there are other good games out and that Halo is no longer the only good Xbox game out there? I mean Farcry 3, Black Ops 2, Borderlands 2, others I know I forgot, plus all the other great older games that still hold players. There are TONS of great games out there besides Halo now.

  • 12.25.2012 7:35 PM PDT

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  • 12.25.2012 7:39 PM PDT

Da Husk.

Implying 100k isn't a lot of people. Seriously, I've played games where the population is less than 100. You should be grateful for your 100k.

  • 12.25.2012 7:53 PM PDT

"Before you insult someone, try walking a mile in their shoes. This way, when you insult them, you are a mile away and have their shoes."

People, HaloCharts displays daily peak population, or the most people online at once. Halo Reach showed the people online all day, and Halo 3 adopted a Reach-esque approach for data collecting.

Comparing those numbers puts Halo 4 at a disadvantage. Mix that with it being #2 on the charts, and you're not really proving anything.

  • 12.26.2012 6:15 AM PDT