Quote Originally Posted by Melkane
What gets me is Halo haters usually say the sales are all based on "hype" and that they aren't deserved.

I call bullcrap. Halo is an established franchise and people that ran out and bought Halo 1 and 2 and all their friends who probably came over and tried it out would have known (regardless of any advertising on Microsofts part) what they were buying when they got Halo 3. This wasn't some new franchise that no one knew if it would be good or not and were basing their purchase around the advertising, no this was a series sequel that everyone knows what to expect.

If Halo 3 was an average series, or a bad series people would have said "Oh look Halo 3 is out, meh I'd rather save my money for something better this holiday season"
If the Halo series was anything other than ONE OF the best gaming series of all time it wouldn't have gotten even close to those sales.

All Microsofts advertising did was make everyone AWARE Halo 3 was coming out. They grab the attention of all the people that owned the previous games or tried the previous games and most of them said "Yes it was excellent, sign me up for more."

You can't please everyone however, and not everyone will like Halo, just like not everyone like GTA but it's obvious most people do. And yes some people, people that expect too much from any game to actually deliever will "overhype" their OWN selves up to a point where they are disappointed with the game. I myself went into Halo 3 expecting exactly Halo 2. My reasons for playing were probably different than most people. I find it very fun to play but I was more interested in it's well told storyline and I wanted to see the rest of it. So for me Halo 3 has well exceeded my own expectations I found enough new stuff to keep it fresh and enough old stuff to keep the nostalgia flowing.

Halo 3 deserves all the praise and all the sales it gets because it is a great series and you can tell with Halo 3 just how much pride Bungie takes with it. Is it my personal favorite game of all time? No but it is up on the list as a AAA series for me. Halo haters just need to see that perhaps its just not their game, but that doesn't suddenly mean it's success is not warranted. You are not the gaming industry you are merely one person. The sales and FAN made hype speak for the gaming community about what the majority think of the Halo series.

Damn Melkane that was definitely well stated and i couldnt add anything more to that awesome post!:thumbsup: