[japsander]

Originally Posted by Zara I don't understand the need to twist my own words and even call me a fool when I was pretty clear. Master Chief can only seem interesting to a VERY specific range of people and that's about it. Am I wrong? Also, the character seems so generic that even the moustache sporting plumber has way more personality. Am I wrong? Besides, I've played the two Halo ports on PC at the time they were out and I really wasn't impressed. Ratings around the net also proove that I'm not the only one who failed to see what all the fuss was about. So let's see: Metal Gear, Uncharted, God of War, LBP, Infamous, Heavy Rain and others - all great, memorable games (exclusive too) with convincing and memorable characters and you say "Sony needs a mascot"? Get serious, man. Also note I'm not even mentioning shooters like Resistance and Killzone and their respective characters because I find them as interesting as Master Chief. And Duke Nukem. And that guy from Call of duty. And that chick from Portal. All deep, interesting and convincing characters, right?

apparently, you are wrong looking at figures

Halo is a multi-billion dollar science fiction video game franchise created by Bungie and now managed by 343 Industries and owned by Microsoft Studios. The series centers on an interstellar war between humanity and a theocratic alliance of aliens known as the Covenant. The Covenant worship an ancient civilization known as the Forerunners, who perished in combat with the parasitic Flood. Many of the games center on the experiences of Master Chief John-117, a cybernetically-enhanced human super-soldier, and his artificial intelligence (AI) companion, Cortana. The term "Halo" refers to Halo megastructures: large, habitable ringed structures, similar to the Orbitals in Iain M Banks' Culture novels, or author Larry Niven's Ringworld.[1][2] The series has been praised as being among the best first-person shooters on a video game console, and is considered the Microsoft Xbox's "killer app".[3] This has led to the term "Halo killer" being used to describe console games that aspire, or are considered, to be better than Halo.[4] Fueled by the success of Halo: Combat Evolved, and immense marketing campaigns from publisher Microsoft, its sequels went on to break various sales records. Halo 3 sold more than US$170 million worth of copies in the first twenty-four hours of release, breaking the record set by Halo 2 three years prior.[5][6] Halo: Reach, in turn, broke the record set by Halo 3, selling $200 million USD worth of copies on its first day of release.[7] The games have sold over 40 million copies worldwide, and all Halo merchandise has grossed more than $2 billion. Strong sales of the games led to the franchise's expansion to other mediums; there are multiple bestselling novels, graphic novels, and other licensed products. Beyond the original trilogy, other "Halo" games have branched off into other video game genres, including Halo Wars, a real-time strategy game produced as developer Ensemble Studios' last project. Bungie also contributed the expansion Halo 3: ODST and a prequel Halo: Reach, their last project for the franchise. A high-definition remake of the first game entitledHalo: Combat Evolved Anniversary was released in November 2011. A new title, Halo 4, is currently in development. The cultural impact of the Halo series has been compared by writer Brian Bendis to that of Star Wars.[8] The collective group of fans of the series is referred to as the "Halo Nation".[9][10]

halo 2 sold 8 million copis (the biggest ever selling xbox game)
halo 1 sold 5 million (second biggest selling xbox game ever)
halo 3 sold 8.1 million copied (3rd biggest selling 360 game)
halo reach sold 5 million (7th biggest ever selling 360 game)

somehow i wouldnt call halo only there fir a "specific" type of person at all

sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ames#Microsoft
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo

i also love the whole original story that halo was based on. the "ringworld" books although i prefer to listen to the audiobooks while working

[Nimation]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ng_video_games
Still nothing beats CoD.

[tenoob]

Originally Posted by hamtah I pretty sure Sony learned from the PS3 to make them more "dev friendly".

I sure hope they did, because this complaint goes back to PS2...

[Pockets69]

i will give you a rumor but shhh don't tell anyone, the Ps5 will be more powerfull than the ps4 shhhhhh

this is unfounded ****, i can go out now and say the xbox will be more powerfull they can't proove it now can they??
they will be similar like this generation is, no point in trying to make out, what it really is not...
i wonder if the ps4 was that much more powerfull, i wonder if the ps4 would have cross plataform games, or the other way arround, since the xbox720 is so much weaker...
Lol these people are clueless...

[fahadsul3man]

interesting thing happened was when 360 launched earlier sony wasnt worried rather it was proud of its cell processor being lot powerful then the tri core xenon processor of 360 however 360 games were equal and usually a lot better then ps3 ...... so the point is ps4 is gonna suck

[tenoob]

Originally Posted by fahadsul3man interesting thing happened was when 360 launched earlier sony wasnt worried rather it was proud of its cell processor being lot powerful then the tri core xenon processor of 360 however 360 games were equal and usually a lot better then ps3 ...... so the point is ps4 is gonna suck

I wouldn't bet money on it, I believe the PS4 is going to take the 720.
Sony knows if the PS4 doesn't sell better than the 720 they're done making consoles.

[Persian McLovin]

Originally Posted by Nimation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ng_video_games Still nothing beats CoD.

You are being very stubborn now...bringing up a multi-plat as a comeback? The PS3 isn't the "best" console this gen...it nearly is but not yet. Sales = Wii, broader range of quality games, sales and defining a "killer app" and gaining some of Sony's 3rd party exclusives = Xbox 360.

@Zara , Japsander pretty much said everything I was going to say and the fact you said "Master Chief can only seem interesting to a VERY specific range of people and that's about it. Am I wrong?" is pretty disturbing and I'm glad the terms "killer app" and "Halo killer" was introduced to you. That has nothing to do with "twisting your words".

I'm done, quit being stubborn as well because none of your points hold water...again.

[japsander]

Originally Posted by Persian McLovin You are being very stubborn now...bringing up a multi-plat as a comeback? Japsander pretty much said everything I was going to say and the fact you said "Master Chief can only seem interesting to a VERY specific range of people and that's about it. Am I wrong?" is pretty disturbing and I'm glad the terms "killer app" and "Halo killer" was introduced to you. That has nothing to do with "twisting your words". I'm done, quit being stubborn because none of your points hold water...again.

i think you just responded to the wrong person >.<

[Nimation]

Yes he did

[Persian McLovin]

Originally Posted by japsander i think you just responded to the wrong person >.<

Thanks for that! It looked like I was talking only to one person when I was saying one point to Nimation and one to Zara!
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Originally Posted by Nimation Yes he did

Fixed. Please re-read