Gears of War second only to Halo 2 |
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Bad news? Reuters reported against "setting expectations too high". Halo 2 built on the success of its predecessor, Halo: Combat Evolved. There was already a lot of fans. But Gears of War is a fresh title.
Even more bad news? Halo: Combat Evolved was a launch title for the first Xbox (November 15, 2001). Halo 2 came out November 9, 2004 (three years later). In the cycle of ups and downs of any industry, you can say that the Xbox was already a mature platform by that time. There were plenty of Xbox gamers. Companies and third parties were already experienced in marketing and selling for the console. In other words, there weren't that many loose ends and unknowns.
On the other hand, Gears of War is being released in a few days(!) for the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 isn't even a year old (its birthday: November 22). And Gears of War is going to cost US$ 60. That's 20% more than Halo 2's price.
The future. Halo 2 drove Xbox Live and boosted Xbox Live subscriptions. Microsoft is hoping Gears of War can do the same for the Xbox 360 (considering how amazing the multiplayer is). If not, there's still Viva Pinata, the other half of Microsoft's two-part holiday sales plan - but Pinata is for small kids! We big kids would rather see you guys on Sera!
Yeah, we're feeling nostalgic so we put the really old trailer here. And now, we ask you...
- The Xbox 360 is still a young platform - are there enough of us Xbox 360 players who will go out and buy Gears of War?
- Is the US$ 60 price tag worth it? Reuters says it's more expensive than Halo 2 - but it's for another platform and times have changed, right?
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Everyone I know who has a 360 is getting this game. I even know one guy buying a 360 this weekend just because Gears is finally here.
i dont think there should be any worry on whether or not this game is gonna sell. Its gonna be huge and its gonna be a system seller. nuff said'
I'm paying $70 for the LE, damn straight it's worth it!
no demo!
so i buying it hope its all it cracked up to be!
this is the best strategy microsoft have ever had
promoted the shlt out of it give em no demo so the will have to buy it to find out, even if it sucks they bought it, smart.
I'm getting Gears, and everybody I know that has a 360 is getting Gears on Emergence day, except for a few who are going to wait a week or two just to make sure it will live up to it's hype. I've also convinced a few of my friends to get Gears, so yeah, everybody and their mother is getting Gears.
I've Had this game pre-ordered since July of 05...thats right...05. So I'm quite excited about this game. This game will be great.
First of all GoW is gunna rape all!
Second of all pretty much all of the 360 titles are $60, its a *****ing next gen title you dumb *****s.
Third of all there all tons of people that own 360's already, GoW will sell tons damnit.
***** you reuters,
Legendaryben.
If there really are 7 million 360's out there, then I could see this outselling Halo 2. Like people have been saying, GoW is like THE reason for owning a 360 right now....I bought mine earlier for Oblivion and Fight night, then hockey.....but from the get go GoW was the main reason that I bought it, know it would be comming out fairly soon at the time (6 months ago)
So ya, I think there is plenty demand for this game....
ive been waiting on this game for a while now so 60$ is nothing i dont care about the price im gonna get it
I bought my 360 for Oblivion (cheaper than upgrading my PC) and have been thrilled with it so far. I haven't owned a console since the PS1.
I've only bought 4 360 games, but have been playing some great Xbox 1 games... so yeah, I'm thrifty. Not thrifty enough to avoid preordering GoW ages ago though.
Pretty much every 360 owner will be getting this game, and many of them have it on preorder too. Years from now, GoW will be remembered as the game that made a console.
See you in Sera,
Sid
Why does it seem like the person who wrote the article has a thing against Halo 2? Anyways, Gears of War is going to be a great game. I'll have a great game to hold me 'till Halo 3 and Unreal Tournament 2007 comes. Looks like the PS3's getting some healthy competition. =)