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Posted by: Playkid
Posted by: EssenceOfAndrew
I know this is random, but I was wondering if you guys will release a demo of Halo 3 on Xbox Live Marketplace a little bit before you release it?
They most certainly won't, it costs time, which they will need for Halo 3.
Bungie didn't make a H2 demo for the same reason.
That's not why. Bungie and MS have more than enough Capitol to put out a Demo. I'm sure they have more Capitol actually and Time than other "smaller" companies. I won't say why they won't, but i will tell you this, Before the launch of Halo :Combat Evolved, Bungie did infact release a "Demo" for it. It came for PC as a "Demo" only and I believe the Level was "Halo" then later releasing a Demo of "The Silent Cartographer" (for the actual Xbox)after The Launch of Halo : Combat Evolved. I'm pretty sure Halo 2 grossed around $125 million on Launch Day. Who knows, If I had a "Demo" of Halo 2 (with Multiplayer) before it actually launched, I may not have Bought the Game at launch, me and ALOT of Oldschool Halo Fans. Sure with the expansion of Halo 2 and it's Options, Mainly XBL, Halo 2 would blow Halo: CE off the map in sales no matter what. But, Even though "WE" bought the game at launch, many of us simply just stopped playing it. Unfortunately, we already bought it...so..... It would make NO sense for Bungie to release a "demo" for any Halo game to come in the future. They Don't need it, The game will sell off the Name "Halo" alone. Why potentially Hurt your initial Sales at launch by releasing a "Demo" that many Fans may not like? And then, they don't buy the game at Launch. They are better off just releasing the game and let the road take the Fans where it will.
Halo 3 has ALOT of anticipation for me and alot of other players out there. I have Faith in Bungie and Expect the best game on the 360 for 2007 from them. But they will never ever release a "Demo". I would just stop asking that Question cause they will tell you "they Don't have Time, and it costs too much" which is probably true, but maybe not the actual reason. Think of how many Demos of Halo 3 they Have already and are playing right now. What would be the big deal to dish out 1 of them to us. Polish it up, make some copies and send it out, I bet they could actually get most of the Expenses Paid if they allowed it to be released in one of the Gaming Magazines. Any Idea how many copies of a magazine you would sell with a "Halo" Demo in it? ALOT !!!!!!!!!! And I'm sure that they have been appeoached by gaming magazines to do this and it in the end wouldn't really cost them a dime. Bottom line, Halo needs no Demo. It will sell no matter what. The only thing is, it will sell less copies at launch if there is a Demo released. That's my opinion.
Good update anyway. I guess KP got pretty good at Demoing the BXR glitch, i men he totally Pwned that noob with it in like les than a half of second!
Still tryin to figure out why Bungie is helping promote "GOW", is the game really that bad I ask? I hope "GOW" is not a let down like "Brute Force" was.
Too bad on the Movie, I guess Peter Jackson and the crew are going to focus on Halo in a 3rd person shooter format for xbox 360 in the meantime. I'm guessing thats his new project for Halo. Hopefully we will get a movie someday and it will rock!
peace.
[Edited on 10/21/2006]