Will other blockbusters mute the success ...

The releases of Bioshock, Madden 08, Haze, Call of Duty 4, and Black site: Area 51 all coming out around the time of Halo 3. Will these releases somehow distract from the all-powerful Halo 3 and its overall success? 
Keep in mind that these titles will come out before and after the release of Halo 3.

Will other blockbusters mute the success ...
It's hard to say. Those are all looking like AAA games at the moment. Still, nothing can steal too much of Halo 3's thunder. It'll still be massive.Will other blockbusters mute the success ...
It really shouldn't have any impact on the success of Halo3. Simple fact is even though very few of us have a TON of money to spend on various games if you are a gamer your are far from poor. If you are far from poor then you will buy whatever game you want. It may take you a few extra weeks to save up but in general you'll buy what you want. If Halo3 is a quality game (and it freaking better be) then its success is assured.
Depending on the story line, Halo 3 might not even get an A rank. The multiplayer is Halo 2 with a few minor complications, and everyone has gotten their fill of Halo 2. The story line better be good, because no one is spending $60+ on another Halo 2.
Almost every 360 owner will buy Halo 3 this year.Other games like Mass Effect, BioShock, ect will be everyones secondary game.
I don't think all the other big releases that came out alongside Halo 2 made a difference.
I would personally rather have Bioshock or Call of Duty 4 than Halo3. I was not really that impressed with the Halo 3 beta. It was fun, but not entirley new.
Yeah I thinkn COD4 might be the only one that be of any challenge to Halo. The game looks great, we just have to see how the multiplayer turns out.
[QUOTE=''jimmygrace''] Almost every 360 owner will buy Halo 3 this year.Other games like Mass Effect, BioShock, ect will be everyones secondary game.[/QUOTE]HAHA! Your funny jimmygrace! Just because all the Halo fans will be getting the game doesnt mean the whole 360 community will be getting the game. Me and some of my friends are looking forward to other games more like GTA IV, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Unreal Tournament 3, ect... I already got my fair share of playing Halo 3 from the beta.
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halo3 without doubt will be the most sold 360 game so far, WITHOUT DOUBT, to think otherwise will be ignorant. its just sheer numbers of halo fans that will make that happen, myself included. not to say that the other AAA titles wont sell great, because they will, but halo3 will just put the 360 ahead that much more, and keep it that way.
[QUOTE=''Strife_FF7''][QUOTE=''jimmygrace''] Almost every 360 owner will buy Halo 3 this year.Other games like Mass Effect, BioShock, ect will be everyones secondary game.[/QUOTE]HAHA! Your funny jimmygrace! Just because all the Halo fans will be getting the game doesnt mean the whole 360 community will be getting the game. Me and some of my friends are looking forward to other games more like GTA IV, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Unreal Tournament 3, ect... I already got my fair share of playing Halo 3 from the beta.[/QUOTE] Uhh trust me people who have never played Halo will buy Halo 3 because of the hype or having a friend tell them how awesome it is.Just because a few people like you think its cool not to want Halo doesn't mean ALMOST every other person with a 360 won't buy it.
[QUOTE=''Lachdanan0121'']halo3 without doubt will be the most sold 360 game so far, WITHOUT DOUBT, to think otherwise will be ignorant. its just sheer numbers of halo fans that will make that happen, myself included. not to say that the other AAA titles wont sell great, because they will, but halo3 will just put the 360 ahead that much more, and keep it that way.[/QUOTE]



Exactly, it doesn't matter if Halo 3 is great or horrible, the game will sell regardless because it has Halo in it's title. Do not underestimate Halo's popularity because you may not be a Halo fan yourself. I will be getting Halo 3 because I got the first two and I enjoyed them both. Although I found the beta to be more of the same, It is the single player and co-op mode that I am waiting to play.
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[QUOTE=''jimmygrace''][QUOTE=''Strife_FF7''][QUOTE=''jimmygrace''] Almost every 360 owner will buy Halo 3 this year.Other games like Mass Effect, BioShock, ect will be everyones secondary game.[/QUOTE]HAHA! Your funny jimmygrace! Just because all the Halo fans will be getting the game doesnt mean the whole 360 community will be getting the game. Me and some of my friends are looking forward to other games more like GTA IV, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Unreal Tournament 3, ect... I already got my fair share of playing Halo 3 from the beta.[/QUOTE] Uhh trust me people who have never played Halo will buy Halo 3 because of the hype or having a friend tell them how awesome it is.Just because a few people like you think its cool not to want Halo doesn't mean ALMOST every other person with a 360 won't buy it.[/QUOTE]Sorry I dont trust you, not every one who owns a 360 is going to want to buy Halo 3 the day it comes out, personally I'm looking much more forward to games like Bioshock, Eternal Sonata, Timeshift, or other games that don't depend on its previous fanbase. If Halo 3 doesn't have something up its sleeve that no one knows about and it changes the way FPS games are played then I'm sorry but I'm not paying 60 dollars to play a Halo 2 with slightly improved graphics. I beleive Shadowrun completly owned any fun I had with Halo 2, Halo is just a dumbed down FPS for the console, play any other kind of FPS and you will see how simplistic it is, compared to games like Shadowrun, Farcry, F.E.A.R, Unreal Tournament.
[QUOTE=''jimmygrace''] Uhh trust me people who have never played Halo will buy Halo 3 because of the hype or having a friend tell them how awesome it is.Just because a few people like you think its cool not to want Halo doesn't mean ALMOST every other person with a 360 won't buy it.[/QUOTE]Halo 2 has sold 10 million (9.2 million from tis last report... but i'm rounding up). considering that around 22 million Xbox consoles have been sold, Halo 2 is not even batting a .500 in terms of owner to userbase ratio. that is very, very far from ''almost.''
[QUOTE=''sirius9898'']The releases of Bioshock, Madden 08, Haze, Call of Duty 4, and Black site: Area 51 all coming out around the time of Halo 3. Will these releases somehow distract from the all-powerful Halo 3 and its overall success?
Keep in mind that these titles will come out before and after the release of Halo 3.

[/QUOTE]are you mad? the only thing that can take away halo3 hype would be halo4
[QUOTE=''jimmygrace''][QUOTE=''Strife_FF7''][QUOTE=''jimmygrace''] Almost every 360 owner will buy Halo 3 this year.Other games like Mass Effect, BioShock, ect will be everyones secondary game.[/QUOTE]HAHA! Your funny jimmygrace! Just because all the Halo fans will be getting the game doesnt mean the whole 360 community will be getting the game. Me and some of my friends are looking forward to other games more like GTA IV, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Unreal Tournament 3, ect... I already got my fair share of playing Halo 3 from the beta.[/QUOTE] Uhh trust me people who have never played Halo will buy Halo 3 because of the hype or having a friend tell them how awesome it is.Just because a few people like you think its cool not to want Halo doesn't mean ALMOST every other person with a 360 won't buy it.[/QUOTE]I won't be buying Halo. Not at release. I'm more interested in some of the games Strife_FF7 listed. I'd just like to play something that isn't a shooter on my 360 for a while. Still, I will be getting Halo 3 eventually. Preowned, and cheaper.
[QUOTE=''c0mplex''][QUOTE=''jimmygrace''] Uhh trust me people who have never played Halo will buy Halo 3 because of the hype or having a friend tell them how awesome it is.Just because a few people like you think its cool not to want Halo doesn't mean ALMOST every other person with a 360 won't buy it.[/QUOTE]Halo 2 has sold 10 million (9.2 million from tis last report... but i'm rounding up). considering that around 22 million Xbox consoles have been sold, Halo 2 is not even batting a .500 in terms of owner to userbase ratio. that is very, very far from ''almost.''[/QUOTE]Heh, You just got owned. Halo 2 came after one of the most wanted games for the xbox, Halo 3 is coming after Halo 2 which was kind of a disgrace compared to the poplarity of the first one because all it really was, was Halo 1 with multiplayer and an even crappier story. So I bet it won't do much better then Halo 2.
no I think Halo3 will ''mute'' other blockbusters' succes....