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Lurch1982 · 12-12-2009, 01:17 AM

Eh, what did Galaxy do compared to Halo 3? Galaxy had about 8.5M, Halo 3 had about 10.5M.

Metroid Prime 3 got no marketing and didn't even sell 2M. MP Trilogy got less than no marketing and I don't think it broke a million.

God of War 3 is really the only competition IMO. Even then, the series hasn't peaked past the 3.5M mark in terms of sales.

GT5 is a little too niche to really put up Halo numbers IMO.

Does anyone really believe Starcraft is going to hit next year? Beta probably will. Retail release probably won't.

In terms of shooter competition: presumably a Treyarch CoD (less sales), Bioshock 2 (Winter/early Spring release, so less sales).

Nothing else really heavy. Considering ODST sold almost 4M ytd, Reach (which has more content) is going to put up at least that, if not 2x that since it won't have the "I already own the DLC why should I pay for ODST" thing.

12-12-2009, 01:17 AM	#4
Lurch1982 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: DenCo Gender: Posts: 9,850 Thanks: 127 Thanked 365 Times in 192 Posts	Eh, what did Galaxy do compared to Halo 3? Galaxy had about 8.5M, Halo 3 had about 10.5M. Metroid Prime 3 got no marketing and didn't even sell 2M. MP Trilogy got less than no marketing and I don't think it broke a million. God of War 3 is really the only competition IMO. Even then, the series hasn't peaked past the 3.5M mark in terms of sales. GT5 is a little too niche to really put up Halo numbers IMO. Does anyone really believe Starcraft is going to hit next year? Beta probably will. Retail release probably won't. In terms of shooter competition: presumably a Treyarch CoD (less sales), Bioshock 2 (Winter/early Spring release, so less sales). Nothing else really heavy. Considering ODST sold almost 4M ytd, Reach (which has more content) is going to put up at least that, if not 2x that since it won't have the "I already own the DLC why should I pay for ODST" thing.