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Halo 3 hits 1 million pre-orders
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article published on 9 August, 2007
Microsoft announced this morning that Halo 3 had become the fastest selling pre-ordered game in history, with over 1 million copies already paid for.
Hoping to add to that total, Microsoft is launching a huge promotional campaign that includes ad campaigns with Mountain Dew, 7-Eleven, Pontiac, Comcast and Burger King.
The game officially hits retail shelves on September and is by ... [ read the full article ]
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9. August 2007 @ 18:40 |
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question. is this more or less pre-orders than the latest zelda
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9. August 2007 @ 18:40 |
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I'm one of those 1 million who pre-ordered the game! =O
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9. August 2007 @ 19:01 |
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Well this seems more real as to when i read about a month ago how this game had more than 4 million pre-orders. Regardless, a million pre-orders is alot.
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9. August 2007 @ 19:04 |
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{quote]question. is this more or less pre-orders than the latest zelda
A lot more.
How the hell is the Xbox Live network going to function after this game is launched?
This is going to be awesome.
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9. August 2007 @ 19:34 |
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wow. With GTA IV gone, everyone is spending his/her $60 on this.
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9. August 2007 @ 19:39 |
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I'd laugh if this was a gay game and the hype was for nothing... better yet if this game made the red lights come faster now that would be funny
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9. August 2007 @ 19:50 |
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Reserved mine 2 days ago,I cant wait :)
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9. August 2007 @ 20:20 |
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Originally posted by BurningAs:
wow. With GTA IV gone, everyone is spending his/her $60 on this.
What do you mean by "gone"?
The game is still in development by rockstar and still comming out!
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9. August 2007 @ 21:47 |
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What do you mean by "gone"?
Since GTA IV isn't going to be released until next year, people aren't in a hurry to pre-order it. They're using the money to buy Halo 3.
Me? I'll probably wait a week or two after it's released to buy it. Unless Microsoft's going to plan some shortages.
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9. August 2007 @ 21:58 |
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Mountain Dew has even said they will be creating a halo-themed new drink called "Game Fuel" to launch near when the game does.
Does any 1 else thing this is a bad promotion? Promoting caffeine for the youth?
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9. August 2007 @ 22:18 |
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Promoting caffeine is the last thing anyone should worry about, compared to all the violence, sex and drugs that North Americans face from television.
This game seems more like bragging rights. Funny how people without the xbox 360 are probably pre-ordering the game too. I wonder if Microsoft will meet demand by the due date or if they'll have to sadly inform loyal fans that they ran out of stock and have to wait a week or two for second shipment.
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9. August 2007 @ 23:52 |
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Originally posted by reloadSE:
I'd laugh if this was a gay game and the hype was for nothing... better yet if this game made the red lights come faster now that would be funny
do you think the people who pre-ordered this are first time players of halo??
no, even if other people dont think its good...The FANS like the ones who preordered it are going to play it to death.just because its halo 3..
and i doubt from what i have seen that this is going to put major stress on the console to cause RRoD..
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10. August 2007 @ 00:17 |
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Originally posted by chubbyInc:
Promoting caffeine is the last thing anyone should worry about, compared to all the violence, sex and drugs that North Americans face from television.
This game seems more like bragging rights. Funny how people without the xbox 360 are probably pre-ordering the game too. I wonder if Microsoft will meet demand by the due date or if they'll have to sadly inform loyal fans that they ran out of stock and have to wait a week or two for second shipment.
I highly doubt they'll run out of stock..theres just too many places that sell games online and in retail stores. I thought Halo 2 would get sold out and they didn't...they'll just sell a heck-of-allot of copys that's all.
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10. August 2007 @ 00:23 |
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theridges your very boring.....
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10. August 2007 @ 04:35 |
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will this be on pc?
And will GTAIV be on pc?
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10. August 2007 @ 05:37 |
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Halo 1 for me on the Xbox is a 6(above average,5 being average,they do not make 9's anymore,HL1 and Undying are 9's Halo is not),glitches and controls hold the game back,the PC version is a solid 8,Halo 2 is a 6 as well same damn issues altho on the PC its a 7 only because Halo 2 is incomplete(come on they rushed Halo 2 to death) and a ok at best port.
I have lil interest in Halo 3 they will most likely not improve the controls and Bioshock comes out soon... I'll wait 4 years and get Halo 3 on vistas replacement and run it on vista with a hack,like I am running Halo 2 PC on XP :P
Did I mention bioshock is coming out this month/next month???!?!?!?!?
BTW.....If I was going to kill 300-400 on a FPS.....Metroid Prime 3 would be it *drools*
I can't wait till they remake 1 and 2 for the wii's controls theres a 50-70 I'd be happy to give out for :X
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10. August 2007 @ 08:28 |
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Originally posted by ZIppyDSM:
Halo 1 for me on the Xbox is a 6(above average,5 being average,they do not make 9's anymore,HL1 and Undying are 9's Halo is not),glitches and controls hold the game back,the PC version is a solid 8,Halo 2 is a 6 as well same damn issues altho on the PC its a 7 only because Halo 2 is incomplete(come on they rushed Halo 2 to death) and a ok at best port.
I have lil interest in Halo 3 they will most likely not improve the controls and Bioshock comes out soon... I'll wait 4 years and get Halo 3 on vistas replacement and run it on vista with a hack,like I am running Halo 2 PC on XP :P
Did I mention bioshock is coming out this month/next month???!?!?!?!?
BTW.....If I was going to kill 300-400 on a FPS.....Metroid Prime 3 would be it *drools*
I can't wait till they remake 1 and 2 for the wii's controls theres a 50-70 I'd be happy to give out for :X
Not that you aren't entitled to your own opinion or anything, but I'm sure most would disagree with you about Halo's controls sucking. Infact they kind of become the standard control scheme for FPSs.
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thegrunt
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10. August 2007 @ 08:42 |
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Halo 1 for me on the Xbox is a 6(above average,5 being average,they do not make 9's anymore,HL1 and Undying are 9's Halo is not),glitches and controls hold the game back,the PC version is a solid 8,Halo 2 is a 6 as well same damn issues altho on the PC its a 7 only because Halo 2 is incomplete(come on they rushed Halo 2 to death) and a ok at best port.
I have lil interest in Halo 3 they will most likely not improve the controls and Bioshock comes out soon... I'll wait 4 years and get Halo 3 on vistas replacement and run it on vista with a hack,like I am running Halo 2 PC on XP :P
Did I mention bioshock is coming out this month/next month???!?!?!?!?
BTW.....If I was going to kill 300-400 on a FPS.....Metroid Prime 3 would be it *drools*
I can't wait till they remake 1 and 2 for the wii's controls theres a 50-70 I'd be happy to give out for :X
I disagree with his whole post,and then you say you like Metroid more than Halo WTF :|
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10. August 2007 @ 08:47 |
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Halo 1 for me on the Xbox is a 6(above average,5 being average,they do not make 9's anymore,HL1 and Undying are 9's Halo is not),glitches and controls hold the game back,the PC version is a solid 8,Halo 2 is a 6 as well same damn issues altho on the PC its a 7 only because Halo 2 is incomplete(come on they rushed Halo 2 to death) and a ok at best port.
I have lil interest in Halo 3 they will most likely not improve the controls and Bioshock comes out soon... I'll wait 4 years and get Halo 3 on vistas replacement and run it on vista with a hack,like I am running Halo 2 PC on XP :P
Did I mention bioshock is coming out this month/next month???!?!?!?!?
BTW.....If I was going to kill 300-400 on a FPS.....Metroid Prime 3 would be it *drools*
I can't wait till they remake 1 and 2 for the wii's controls theres a 50-70 I'd be happy to give out for :X
I disagree with his whole post,and then you say you like Metroid more than Halo WTF :|
Metroid is much better...
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10. August 2007 @ 11:27 |
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Metroid is much better...
Second that.
Halo's controls aren't that bad. I still like the old Goldeneye controls, but a la TimeSplitters, where you don't need a seperate trigger for each gun/grenade and you can carry more than 2 weapons. My true grip with Halo is all of the GEEKS that will play it endlessly, know every nook and cranny and be able to kill me within a millisecond when I finally get a change to turn my 360 on after the game has already been out a week. That's real frustration, and I've already encountered it in the friggin' BETA.
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theridges
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10. August 2007 @ 13:24 |
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Halo 1 for me on the Xbox is a 6(above average,5 being average,they do not make 9's anymore,HL1 and Undying are 9's Halo is not),glitches and controls hold the game back,the PC version is a solid 8,Halo 2 is a 6 as well same damn issues altho on the PC its a 7 only because Halo 2 is incomplete(come on they rushed Halo 2 to death) and a ok at best port.
I have lil interest in Halo 3 they will most likely not improve the controls and Bioshock comes out soon... I'll wait 4 years and get Halo 3 on vistas replacement and run it on vista with a hack,like I am running Halo 2 PC on XP :P
Did I mention bioshock is coming out this month/next month???!?!?!?!?
BTW.....If I was going to kill 300-400 on a FPS.....Metroid Prime 3 would be it *drools*
I can't wait till they remake 1 and 2 for the wii's controls theres a 50-70 I'd be happy to give out for :X
I disagree with his whole post,and then you say you like Metroid more than Halo WTF :|
Metroid is much better...
maybe a little bit...but not "much" better i like metroid but it gets kind of boring IMO.
i never once played the game through again after i beat it...thats what makes halo games so good there multiplayer and online features put it above other FPS IMO...
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10. August 2007 @ 13:30 |
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LOl tahts unlucky SProdigy, because when i went on the beta i was liek *PHEW* *PHEW* for my first 10 games and finsihed generally first or second, its generally about reaction tiem and general knowlegde about FPS and how u hodl the controller. The Crab hold is very epic for Halo!
The CRAB 1
middle fingers on tiggers
and index figers on bumpers
The rest sorta works itself out
THE BRAB 2 (generally ebtter but hard to get use to)
forth finger on tiggers
middle fingeers on bumpers
thumb and index fingers controllign the analog sticks, and when buttons are needed to be pressed use eiterh a thumb or finger so u still hav emobility!
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10. August 2007 @ 13:34 |
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theridges
Dont feel so bad about that,a lot of gamers are easily bored thus why gun and runs and mainstreaming have changed gaming so >>,for me multiplay bores me to tears thus why quake 3 is a abomination for all the wrong reasons :P.
I have replayed MP1 a few times a action replay makes it evilly fun :P
love the moon jump/inf jump codes :P
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I also hate the trigger design for the Xbox,the PS2 dual shock is still the better designed pad even today its hard to top because it simply works.
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Time splitters has better controls(no wrestling with auto aim and fine aiming), Halo is based on fast paced FPS with "limited" controls it simply dose not aim like any other normal FPS and is dumbed down FPS control wise for the consoles,console gamers do not see the clunky aim and meandering auto aim as a problem I do since control in important in a FPS.
Another thing no button mapping makes it just that bit more of a pain if you aim with your left thumb, every other FPS on the Xbox aimed a bit better unless it was some slow WW"X"FP sim shooter.
Hell Metroid Prime is FPSs in the old style look at DOOM,Duke3D,Blood ,Quake 1-2,Unreal large adventure class levels gun and run FPSs like D3 and Quake 4 are only setting the genre back.
Despite my issues with control Halo is a solid FPS but the control issues annoy the hell out of me as dose it on Metroid prime,the adventure FPS controls do annoy me weapon polish and balancing couldn't hurt either, same for MP2 needs some polish and the smaller more complex level design was somewhat annoying.
MP1:8(still after all these years I am unhappy with the adv controls,weapon polish)
MP2:7(frustration factor costs it a point and the weapons need better balancing)
Halo1:6
Halo2:6
Halo1PC:8
Halo2PC:7
Half Life1: 9
Half life 2:7
Quake:7
Blood:8
Quake2:8
Hexen 2:7
DUke3D:8
Undying:9
Unreal:8
Darkwatch:7
Turok 1:7
Turok 2:8
Turok 3:7(even with the bugs)
Turok Evo:5
Quake 4:5(Another neo FPS where form over substance and being watered down for the mainstream into a gun and run has desamaited another series)
Doom 3:4 (take away the pretty looks and compare it to DOOM,you'll find its a shallow pittaful lil game)
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10. August 2007 @ 14:25 |
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I won't play it because I absolutely HATE fps on consoles (I need the precision of my mouse and keyboard) but that's cool it got 1 million orders already.
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10. August 2007 @ 14:35 |
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Originally posted by armorthis:
I won't play it because I absolutely HATE fps on consoles (I need the precision of my mouse and keyboard) but that's cool it got 1 million orders already.
They have KB&M adapters for the 360,PS2 and Xbox,Max shooter is the best but not on the 360 yet.
you have lil configuration ability but compared to a PC game that has button mapping but you can adjust speed and dead zones making it run rather smoothly.
when they work on the WIIs control some it can give near PC like precision thus why MP3 will be awesome :X
I bet they wont polish the weapons any >>
I swear MP2 has the most weakest super weapons every 0-o
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