What if the Halo franchise didnt exist..would the XBOX 360 be as popular?

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#1 ImSwordMan
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Topic...I was always wondering" what if Halo never existed" would you guys who love Halo still own a 360 without it, Microsofts Juggernaught. Any thoughts on this?Would you still own a 360 without the franchise?

Edit:No Im not bashing on the series..nor hating on it...in case anyone was thinking that

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#2 Benjamin-T
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Since I never liked Halo nor most FPS, but I love my 360, then probably yes. Halo fans are taking over the world!! Enough, we get it. You guys like Halo.

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#3 Ghost_702
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Yes I would still own a 360 even if Halo never existed. It still has a very good game library and I love xbl.
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#4 zero9167
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well microsoft would have just found another flag ship game

now what if the xbox didn't have any games AT ALL!? :o would you still own it?

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#5 ImSwordMan
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well microsoft would have just found another flag ship game

now what if the xbox didn't have any games AT ALL!? :o would you still own it?

zero9167

any games at all...or any halo games the question is kind of vague

But if it didnt have any games...I wouldnt own it...why own a console with no games at all :P

But without the Halo games...yes I would still own it.

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#6 Jaforbe
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I'd like to say it would still be as popular but I purchased mine for Halo 3 so I really dont know. Good question.
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#7 fdsfgs
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i think so, i didnt really care about halo that much. i just wanted a next gen console. ps3 was way to ****in expensive
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#8 PotatoSandWitch
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If Halo never existed who knows what would happen to the Xbox1, let alone the 360.

I wouldn't have owned a 360 had Halo3 not come out. Unfortunately it was a disappointment for me, but that's OK. It was still kinda fun.

I really think that there were tons of gamers who really really liked Halo2 XBL play and got Halo3 and a 360 because of that. So, I think the 360 would have gotten considerably less sales without Halo3.

You never know though. I guess Gears was pretty big too, maybe most of the Halo3 waiters would have gotten it even if Halo3 got canceled.

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#9 LRP85
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I had the original xbox long before I got any of the halo games and I loved the system so much. That is why I got the 360, not for halo.
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#10 TheGreatGuero
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It's possible I wouldn't have ever owned the original Xbox if it wasn't for Halo. However, I think it's quite likely I'd own a 360 regardless of Halo's existence.
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#11 craigalan23
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I'd probably own a ps3 right now if it wasn't for the original Halo. Sold my ps2 and games for an xbox,halo,and a few other games. I think it would have affected the sales alittle but not by much. I got an xbox 360 because of price,xbl,controller,and BC not for Halo 3 though.
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#12 djburnzy1
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If Halo never existed who knows what would happen to the Xbox1, let alone the 360.

I wouldn't have owned a 360 had Halo3 not come out. Unfortunately it was a disappointment for me, but that's OK. It was still kinda fun.

I really think that there were tons of gamers who really really liked Halo2 XBL play and got Halo3 and a 360 because of that. So, I think the 360 would have gotten considerably less sales without Halo3.

You never know though. I guess Gears was pretty big too, maybe most of the Halo3 waiters would have gotten it even if Halo3 got canceled.

PotatoSandWitch

I totally agree witht this guy. Sales wouldnt have been as strong as they were if it had not been for halo 3. Personally i bought the 360 purely for halo 3 but found to reaslie other awesum games had vcome out too. like bioshock, CoD 4 and gears.

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#13 firebreathing
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i dont buy a console for one game, 500$ for a 60$ game sisnt really worth it for me.
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#15 jg4xchamp
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360 isnt the xbox.

XBOX was Halo and a few other games.

360 is Halo 3, Gears of War, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Saints Row, Dead Rising, Lost odyssey, etc

on top of the multiplats like Orange Box, COD 4, Assassins Creed, etc

Xbox needed Halo.

360 didn't really for anything other than a nice sales surge through the holidays.
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#16 krish117
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No, without the halo franchise...the box wudnt be as famous...there are other great games on the 360,but i think the halo franchise made it what it is!
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#17 Fondness
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I'm not sure, but I don't think so, to be truthful.

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#18 Elann2008
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If it werent for Halo, I wouldnt have bought an Xbox Original. If it werent for Gears of War, I wouldnt have bought the 360.