Xbox UK boss: Halo Reach will outsell Call of Duty: Black Ops
"More than 34 million people have bought [a Halo game] and those people are going to want to play Halo: Reach. We're going to do incredibly well," McGill said. What are Halo's chances, a platform-exclusive game, at besting a franchise that's only increased in popularity (and earnings) with each iteration?
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter suspects it'll be a "tossup" between the shooters on the Xbox 360, but believes there's "no chance" for Halo: Reach to surpass Black Ops overall. "If Halo does outsell Black Ops, it will be a wonderful thing for the industry, since it will ensure that we have a really big holiday," Pachter told Joystiq. "I think Halo could penetrate 25 percent of the Xbox 360 installed base, putting it on par with the last four GTA games, but CoD has an addressable market that is 50 percent bigger, so it only needs 18 percent penetration."
Pachter added that only a 10-point difference in average review scores would give Halo the sales advantage -- but noted with tongue in cheek, "since we all know that the gaming press has already made up its mind to rate both games in the 90s, a 10-point difference is not likely."
Analyst Jesse Divnich of EEDAR was a little more direct in his response: "Both titles will be mammoths, but claiming that Halo: Reach will outsell Call of Duty is aggressively optimistic. Simply put, it's not happening."
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/10/halo-reach-will-outsell-call-of-duty-black-ops-mcgill-says/
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vegasgamerPosted:
no way Black Ops will Flash Bang Halo Reach before it gets a game winning head shot with more sales
ZaqsPosted:
iSkye I hope Black ops outsell's reach. I have a 50$ bet on it lol.
why do you hope? i mean they are both wonderful games. but i do agree with you, black ops will defenitly outsell reach
SnowhiterPosted:
MARINES halo reach is released september black ops is released NOVEMBER!that is a single month from christmas so yeah all the kids will want black ops
more than reach.
its like saying england will win the world cup this time.
So true - Failo - more like - Roll on Black Ops release date - by Xmas we will know ;)
DefinateXPosted:
I have been with halo since the start, Until Call of duty 2 was released i remember me and my friends when we were kids fighting each other, Also playing Halo 2 and think Wow ! . Halo 3 was released i bought it a day after christmas in 2007 I played for about 2 months until i bought CoD 4 on computer ever since that day i have been with Call Of Duty and never have i planned to turn back to that shitty peice of crap game
-HBB
-HBB
SolarisPosted:
he has a very valid post since halo 3 was the most sold game, however i think the space in between halo 3 and reach it too big to overcome they huge cod franchise that has put out 3 cod games compared to bungies 1
SimpleGamePosted:
Too bad Black Ops already has more pre-ordered copies of it's game than MW2 had, the best selling game in history. How can you beat that?
GangstaCoolPosted:
Black-Ops will out sell Halo Reach cuz the Call of Duty games are so over hyped, but still all the gay little kids leave halo and go to cod.but thats good because nobody wants to here those ****. Overall the halo games are better than the cod ones.
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