Its about what they believe is more profitable. We'll see what happens though, Halo Wars doesn't seem like its going to be that good, as an Ensemble fan the review disappointed me greatly.
Wouldn't you? I'm not looking forward to Halo Wars at all, but if I had to decide to have a midnight release between Halo and Killzone, I would pick Halo Wars in a heartbeat. There are just too many mindless drones to take money from with that franchise.
Its about what they believe is more profitable. We'll see what happens though, Halo Wars doesn't seem like its going to be that good, as an Ensemble fan the review disappointed me greatly.Tiefster
Don't let gamespot be your one and only authority on what makes a good game. :|
Halo Wars will sell way more copies than KZ2, so, it's a smart business decision.Andrew_Xavier
I seriously doubt it killzone 2 has way more pre-orders and when kids find out halo wars is not a shooter by either word of mouth or the demo they won't buy it and the reviews also dampen halo wars.
[QUOTE="Tiefster"]Its about what they believe is more profitable. We'll see what happens though, Halo Wars doesn't seem like its going to be that good, as an Ensemble fan the review disappointed me greatly.Ninja-Hippo
Don't let gamespot be your one and only authority on what makes a good game. :|It isn't, but besides the disappointing review RTS on consoles is generally terrible and Ensemble has been on a downward slide for a little while now.
I don't think any of the 5 GameStops in my town are doing midnights for either game, but I know I would not go to either. I reserve midnight releases only for the biggest events. The rest can wait until the morning.
[QUOTE="Ninja-Hippo"][QUOTE="Tiefster"]Its about what they believe is more profitable. We'll see what happens though, Halo Wars doesn't seem like its going to be that good, as an Ensemble fan the review disappointed me greatly.Tiefster
Don't let gamespot be your one and only authority on what makes a good game. :|It isn't, but besides the disappointing review RTS on consoles is generally terrible and Ensemble has been on a downward slide for a little while now.Why not download the demo and try it yourself? You are the best judge for yourself, after all.
that gamestop for you, I stopped shopping there a while agoGTR_FX
me too the employees play new games then seal it and sell it as new that happened to me when I tried to buy Little Big Planet they tried to give me the display box with a used game and sell it as new to me, I took my business elsewhere and bought it at a regular store sealed and everything I will never buy from gamestop again.
Its about what they believe is more profitable. We'll see what happens though, Halo Wars doesn't seem like its going to be that good, as an Ensemble fan the review disappointed me greatly.Tiefster
I think people are over estimating halo wars sales potential.user_nat
The name Halo on it is good enough for a sizable sales base. I mean, through books, graphic novels, action figures, pop flavors, posters, clothing, etc, there are many things out there that shows the Halo name is a draw.
heretrix agreed. Anyway Halo series is far more famous then Killzone even though they are both good games. Basically Halo is more profitable franchise and well the fact that more people have a X360 then a PS3 probably comes into it as well. So Halo wins, even if they are over estimating the value of Halo wars.
[QUOTE="Andrew_Xavier"]Halo Wars will sell way more copies than KZ2, so, it's a smart business decision.tek91
I seriously doubt it killzone 2 has way more pre-orders and when kids find out halo wars is not a shooter by either word of mouth or the demo they won't buy it and the reviews also dampen halo wars.
Um, the reviews which are in the 80s on metacritic? :|
Honestly, who cares? It's their business decision, and whether it's good or not, does it really affect you guys? You can't wait 10 hours for Killzone?tmatte
^This, please stop complaining, most people are at work/school on Friday so getting the game at midnight doesn't make much of a difference at all.
Its about what they believe is more profitable. We'll see what happens though, Halo Wars doesn't seem like its going to be that good, as an Ensemble fan the review disappointed me greatly.Tiefster
Perhaps you shouldn't limit yourself to one review. :|
i thought it was all on the store and manger at the store. o well, who cares some people don't even go to the midnight release of the game. i never go to midnight releases for any of the games that i get. i don't see a point for doing that because the game will be released during the day. i have school that i go to.
[QUOTE="GTR_FX"]that gamestop for you, I stopped shopping there a while agotek91
me too the employees play new games then seal it and sell it as new that happened to me when I tried to buy Little Big Planet they tried to give me the display box with a used game and sell it as new to me, I took my business elsewhere and bought it at a regular store sealed and everything I will never buy from gamestop again.
I hang out with the guys at my gamestop they gave me a lowdown, They can only signed out used games and are able to play them for 7 days. when they usually sell a new game opened it's because it was the demo they used for the system
that gamestop for you, I stopped shopping there a while agoGTR_FX
me too the employees play new games then seal it and sell it as new that happened to me when I tried to buy Little Big Planet they tried to give me the display box with a used game and sell it as new to me, I took my business elsewhere and bought it at a regular store sealed and everything I will never buy from gamestop again.
I hang out with the guys at my gamestop they gave me a lowdown, They can only signed out used games and are able to play them for 7 days. when they usually sell a new game opened it's because it was the demo they used for the system this is more correct but if there no used for thos games they open a new one.
me too the employees play new games then seal it and sell it as new that happened to me when I tried to buy Little Big Planet they tried to give me the display box with a used game and sell it as new to me, I took my business elsewhere and bought it at a regular store sealed and everything I will never buy from gamestop again.
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I hang out with the guys at my gamestop they gave me a lowdown, They can only signed out used games and are able to play them for 7 days. when they usually sell a new game opened it's because it was the demo they used for the system this is more correct but if there no used for thos games they open a new one. I guess they can't divulge everything to a good customer. I mean the guys at my store are really cool and they realize that gamestop really rips people off. They work their for their love of games and for need of money. Otherwise they arn't really the ones who push alot of things on you
I've been known to like a videogame or two, but midnight launches are pushing it as far as I'm concerned..
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^this also, I'd like to believe most of us have a life outside of video games.Yes, life does get in the way quite a bit.
AND I can pretty much get any new release the day it comes out with no trouble. I remember when MGS 4 came out and I was able to get it several hours before the midnight launch. I walked past Best Buy laughing my ass off at the people on line.
[QUOTE="fbigent34"][QUOTE="Animal-Mother"] I hang out with the guys at my gamestop they gave me a lowdown, They can only signed out used games and are able to play them for 7 days. when they usually sell a new game opened it's because it was the demo they used for the systemAnimal-Mother
this is more correct but if there no used for thos games they open a new one. I guess they can't divulge everything to a good customer. I mean the guys at my store are really cool and they realize that gamestop really rips people off. They work their for their love of games and for need of money. Otherwise they arn't really the ones who push alot of things on you yea you dont get that much but i had the same thing with the manager i work there as a game advisor and boy did he hate it there. they got to do what the comapines wants. he become a police officer now so he got a better job.
I can only speak about the Gamespot I picked up Star Ocean Last Hope today but they have about 50 preorders for both games and aren't having a midnight opening for either of them.
Halo Wars will sell way more copies than KZ2, so, it's a smart business decision.Andrew_Xavier
Doubt it. Halo Wars is being released in hopes that all the Halo fans will gobble it up and embrace its shift from FPS to a RTS game.
While diehard fans will probably pick it up, the less dedicated might be turned away by the simple fact that it will more than likely lack the depth of a RTS game avilable on PC.
I can see it selling well, but lining up at midnight to get it sounds a little extreme for this one.
Dang, if I was a GameStop manager I'd have BOTH games as midnight releases. On the same night.
I'd set up a HW line and a KZ2 line about a meter apart (roughly throwing punch distance), set up some cameras (to capture it for Youtube) then sit back with some popcorn and wait for the inevitable fanboy fireworks.
[QUOTE="Andrew_Xavier"]Halo Wars will sell way more copies than KZ2, so, it's a smart business decision.Gxgear
Doubt it. Halo Wars is being released in hopes that all the Halo fans will gobble it up and embrace its shift from FPS to a RTS game.
While diehard fans will probably pick it up, the less dedicated might be turned away by the simple fact that it will more than likely lack the depth of a RTS game avilable on PC.
I can see it selling well, but lining up at midnight to get it sounds a little extreme for this one.
Hate Halo. Yet i'm getting Halo wars. No it's not my first RTS, it's not even my first RTS on the Xbox.
[QUOTE="user_nat"]I think people are over estimating halo wars sales potential.SpruceCaboose
The name Halo on it is good enough for a sizable sales base. I mean, through books, graphic novels, action figures, pop flavors, posters, clothing, etc, there are many things out there that shows the Halo name is a draw.
yea but not an rts I feel this game will hurt the halo name and halo salez from now on.
I don't think this will sell that good it will sell ok but not so good it's not really doing good in the preorder like killsone 2 is.
Those decisions are usually based off how many pre-orders a game got. It would make a lot of sense to me that Halo Wars would receive more pre-orders since it has, you know, "Halo" in the title.
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