Halo Wars sells more than Killzone in America and on it's way to million mark

[QUOTE="Squall18"]

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Not bad, I personally LOVE both games. Though, I think Killzone 2 deserves WAY more sales for its beautiful design.

Anyways, good for Ensemble's swan song :) Supposed to hit a million in the coming weeks coming the highest selling rts

ZIMdoom

Everyone already knows that lemmings will flock to buy any crappy game as long as they slap "Halo" on the box.

[QUOTE="lbp209"]

MGS4 is a shooter. Not FPS (although you can go into first person) but still a stealth shooter. Also, no one said anything about top rated games. It's a safe bet to say the 360 has a more diverse library.

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[QUOTE="munu9"]Of course, it has "halo" in it's name. It's bound to sell well. They could sell the crappiest game ever and if it incorporated "halo" in the name it would probably break a million. Not to say Halo Wars is necessarily crappy DonPerian

Just the universe... and the art style... it always makes me want to have it and play it. I actually wish I had an original Xbox just so I could have freaking played Halo 1 and 2. I might try to get Halo 1 for PC soon...

Maybe it's just the hype of the franchise as well... I remember buying 3 of these. I was loading up.

I hate to say it, but hype and advertising really can affect me. It's shameless I know, and it's usually not until after I buy the product I determine whether or not I've been screwed... but by then it's too late and they already have my money. I'm the perfect consumer... :(

If you have a 360 (which I assume you do, considering the fact that you're tempted to purchase Halo Wars), they have Halo 1 on Xbox Originals, and you can always buy Halo 1 and 2 and play them on your 360. If you like the art ****and story of the Halo franchise, I highly suggest you buy this game, or at least play the demo and see if it "fits". It's a great addition to the Halo universe.

As for the Halo 3 energy drink...blah.

EDIT: Wow, I can't say s t y l e ? o_O

Halo Wars is really the only worthy purchase so far this year aside from SO4, so nothing really out of the ordinary here.

I can only imagine the number of Halo fans that bought the game just for the Halo 3 maps.

Eddie-Vedder

Halo Wars is really the only worthy purchase so far this year aside from SO4, so nothing really out of the ordinary here.

Gxgear

Um I think KIllzone 2 sold about 300k in US on reported Feb 28th, which would make that one day sales, since it was released on the 27th. It says Week 1 on VG chartz but it's impossible since a week sales would mean today would have to count. Doesn't that mean Halo Wars DIDN"T outsell Killzone on first day sales?

MasteRich

A lot of my little brother's friends bought Halo Wars just because it was Halo. I can imagine it being a hit with the prebuscent crowd... most of whom seem to have an Xbox 360 (no offense at all... I'm just judging from the people I usually hear online on Xbox 360). Doesn't mean its bad at all. Just saying more kids are likely to buy Halo Wars.

People will probably buy it because it's Halo. Not saying that's a bad thing.

The article says it is roughly on pace with Killzone 2 :?

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Not bad, I personally LOVE both games. Though, I think Killzone 2 deserves WAY more sales for its beautiful design.

Anyways, good for Ensemble's swan song :) Supposed to hit a million in the coming weeks coming the highest selling rts

Squall18

75% who bought the game had no idea it was an RTS or had no idea what RTS stands for.

MS is smart with commercials.

Better proof then any that games can sell on name alone. Silent-Hal

[QUOTE="IronBass"]I'm surprised. I thought the RTS genre would scare some fans. As the TC said, good for Ensemble. shadow_hosi

75% who bought the game had no idea it was an RTS or had no idea what RTS stands for.

MS is smart with commercials.

Yet the most people I've seen online for Halo Wars at one time was 9500. Anyways, I love the game. Having a blast owning the 2v2 team play with my buddy!xsubtownerx

[QUOTE="xsubtownerx"]Yet the most people I've seen online for Halo Wars at one time was 9500. Anyways, I love the game. Having a blast owning the 2v2 team play with my buddy!DeadMan1290

6.5 saiz it all

[QUOTE="DeadMan1290"][QUOTE="xsubtownerx"]Yet the most people I've seen online for Halo Wars at one time was 9500. Anyways, I love the game. Having a blast owning the 2v2 team play with my buddy!ZoomZoom2490

6.5 saiz it all

What's "saiz" mean?

[QUOTE="DeadMan1290"][QUOTE="xsubtownerx"]Yet the most people I've seen online for Halo Wars at one time was 9500. Anyways, I love the game. Having a blast owning the 2v2 team play with my buddy!ZoomZoom2490

6.5 saiz it all

I'm surprised. I thought the RTS genre would scare some fans. As the TC said, good for Ensemble. IronBass

[QUOTE="Silent-Hal"]Better proof then any that games can sell on name alone. moose_knuckler

But, have in mind that most people doesn't like RTS, i can see lot of people seeing the title HALO and buying it just for that, i bet you that something similar would happen if Nintendo made a Mario RTS game.

Killzone was suppose to be the game that would take HALO down, and so far it has yet to do that. Though the fact Sony is refusing to cut the PS3's price in these already tough economic times, may have something to do with it as well.

[QUOTE="moose_knuckler"][QUOTE="Silent-Hal"]Better proof then any that games can sell on name alone. madsnakehhh

But, have in mind that most people doesn't like RTS, i can see lot of people seeing the title HALO and buying it just for that, i bet you that something similar would happen if Nintendo made a Mario RTS game.

thats sad

Killzone was suppose to be the game that would take HALO down, and so far it has yet to do that. Though the fact Sony is refusing to cut the PS3's price in these already tough economic times, may have something to do with it as well.

snakes3425

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[QUOTE="moose_knuckler"] Yea it's not like it's average score is a 8.3/10 out of the majority of gaming websites or anything like that (sarcasm).Master-Thief-09

But, have in mind that most people doesn't like RTS, i can see lot of people seeing the title HALO and buying it just for that, i bet you that something similar would happen if Nintendo made a Mario RTS game.

Don't worry, she knows that i dont enjoy crappy games, so she'll never buy me a game with the name Halo on it :D

Wow...NA+"Halo" sells like crazy, anything else on the shelf is not as important(no matter how much better it is) as long as there is a new Halo game.

The most unsurprising thing ever.

[QUOTE="moose_knuckler"][QUOTE="Silent-Hal"]Better proof then any that games can sell on name alone. madsnakehhh

But, have in mind that most people doesn't like RTS, i can see lot of people seeing the title HALO and buying it just for that, i bet you that something similar would happen if Nintendo made a Mario RTS game.

I find it funny that when someone posted the $750,000 Killzone made in 2 days everyone was saying ohh it's VGChartz it's unreliable ohhh how bad those sales are and now that halo wars got 250,000 in one day which is not even close then it's beating Killzone 2 and VGchartz is reliable ? Doesn't this smell of hypocricy but this is System Wars I forgot. lbp209

I can't wait until I see how many people pop in the disc thinking it's an FPS and end up hating the game.GodofBigMacs

[QUOTE="Silent-Hal"]Better proof then any that games can sell on name alone. moose_knuckler

I can't wait until I see how many people pop in the disc thinking it's an FPS and end up hating the game.GodofBigMacs

[QUOTE="GodofBigMacs"]I can't wait until I see how many people pop in the disc thinking it's an FPS and end up hating the game.cainetao11

Look at Killzone Liberation for PSP. It strayed far from Killzone's FPS roots and no one mentioned a thing. Maybe it's because it was a PSP game, I dunno. Anyway, it just expanded on the Killzone universe in a new style of play. It didnt mean people who loved Killzone would like it... it wasnt an FPS at all.

With that said, if this Halo Wars was a third person shooter I dont think there would be such an uproar... I guess because RTS are fairly rare on consoles. Either way, I dont see anything wrong with it to be honest. I actually appreciate Ensemble for trying to expand the franchise.

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[QUOTE="shadow_hosi"] wait a month you can get it for 4 bux at gamestop, most of them will be traded in when the kids realise its not a shooterjjenkins78x

There are honestly quite a few of them that actually enjoy the game, but I can't help but think alot of them though this to be a FPS. Especially with microsoft's misleading advertisement(there is no gameplay so people can only assume it's a fps like the other halos).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npp90Ao78DI

Here is the ad that I see on TV. It's very misleading to those who don't keep up to date on gaming.

That is a trailer, dude. There is no way that was played on TV.

Edit: I mean played on TV as a commercial.

I just saw a cut version of that 5mins ago ;S

so where does it say it's selling more then KZ2?

what a surprise a "halo" game sells lots of copies

its natural for people to buy anything that is halo, considering how many people buy, play, and worship anything concerning the series.

so where does it say it's selling more then KZ2?

da_illest101

LOL... whenever somebody makes a topic on some info on a game they get bashed if they dont have a link. Some guy makes a topic with a misleading title but has a link, which states "Roughly on pace with Killzone 2" rather than "outselling it" like the title. So, my question is why do people gripe about making a link if, as proven in this thread alone, most people dont even bother to check it.

PS: i know people need sources when making topics on new info, just trying to show the rediculous of some of this thread

[QUOTE="xsubtownerx"]Yet the most people I've seen online for Halo Wars at one time was 9500. Anyways, I love the game. Having a blast owning the 2v2 team play with my buddy!DeadMan1290