Halo Wars Declared Best Selling Console RTS

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  Wow. Considering the other console RTS games are names that have been established long before the Halo fr... : Mad BH
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    Yes, but console RTS games have a long history of being mediocre at best. : Arcanum
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      But they were still there, and they are all big name games that did good on the PC. So I'm saying that ye... : Mad BH
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        i would have to agree with Arcanum, console RTS games have been a black-eye for the systems for 10+ years... : brainchild420
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          Have you even played it though? I almost guarantee that half the people bashing it in here have not. : Mad BH
          • i haven't played it (and have no intention to), and I'm sure they haven't either... but good or not isn't... : brainchild420
      • and if Halo Wars was released on the PC there would be a massive decline in the 360 sales of the title : Saithene

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  Universe at War, (soon to be) Stormrise, Red Alert 3, C&C3, Supreme Commander, LOTR Battle for Middle Ear... : Landrosradick
  • A number off the top of your head you can count with your fingers. Compare that to the number of FPS and ... : leaked
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  Command and Conquer series? Lord of the rings franchise? Some of you are fucked. : Mad BH
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    All crappy on consoles. Nice try. :P : wytefang
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      So Halo is the first decent console FPS? And you don't think that's something for Microsoft to be proud o... : thesubtlesnake
      • *RTS and yes thank you, all those big name and they made shitty console games... but this one is good but... : Mad BH
• I appreciate them trying to bring the genre to the console. : vaniah

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• It proves that that the Halo name will sell on another game genre and the numbers of copies sold doesn't ... : silverback1138
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  You don't know how many of those sales were made because the title is using/coasting on the Halo brand. : Dr_Cube
  • Whoops. Silverback beat me to it. : Dr_Cube
• It proves the feasibility of the Halo franchise, if anything. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Feasibility of a product does not make that product any good if the target market has no fucking clue. : thewindcriesmary
  • Clearly you haven't played it, because it actually IS good. Even though nerd don't want to believe it. : Mad BH

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  Didn't they make Starcraft for N64 or something? If so that is probably it lol : Mad BH
  • yeah, but I highly doubt it sold anywhere near a million+ copies : veras
  • yea, and that was the last time i played a console RTS game, it was pure 100% fucking shit. : -=kodiak=-
• Command and Conquer on the playstation, it even came wtih a mouse! : thewindcriesmary

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  Got to be hard for people to read what the box says. : Johnnsen
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    Judging from the fact we're 'graduating' huge percentages of kids with a sub 6th-grade reading comprehens... : jtthe2nd
    • Hey, we don't want to traumatize our kids by challenging them to better themselves. 14th place is still ... : silverback1138
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  It is, dude. A lot of people bought this game thinking it was an FPS...especially since Microsoft did abs... : wretchedradio
  • And just to clarfiy, I'm not defending those people...they're idiots. But still...this game is going to b... : wretchedradio
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    None of the trailers show a FPS view point, actually there was a lot of top down views. : Sailor of Fortune
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      Most people don't see trailers, they see TV commercials. And this is what they saw: http://www.youtube... : carbontree
      • sure they didn't show gameplay for either (FPS or RTS), but the lack of any FPS gameplay should be a big ... : Sailor of Fortune
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        well if your too stupid to read the back of the box, you get what you deserve, its not M$'s fault your an... : Saithene
        • Saithene...umm...well...errr.........nevermind ;D : carbontree
  • This is Final Fantasy 7 all over again. : Derringer
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  Did these people thinking it's an FPS never read a single goddamn thing about it before buying it? That j... : thetangent
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    Honestly though haha. I can see some idiots doing that, but no doubt most people knew what they were buyi... : Mad BH
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      You guys give people way too much credit. I actually know people who bought the game and got quite the su... : wretchedradio
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        Perhaps if they had showed ANY GAMEPLAY in the TV spots, rather than 100% Cinematic? I found it amusing t... : AxeMan808
        • Of course not. Showing gameplay would have cost MS many, many sales to all those people expecting the typ... : carbontree
      • Anybody that buys a product without knowing ANYTHING about it (in this case, beyond the "Halo" name) can'... : thetangent
      • Noted. I think Microsoft was skirting close to the edge of deception and was banking on the Halo brand (n... : Dr_Cube
• That's console owners for you. : Marrbe
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  People actually bought Halo Wars expecting a FPS? That's fricking hilarious. I can't stand Halo in the ... : gokwyjibo
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    Um, guess what? Halo is as much a casual game now as Madden. A lot of people who are into Halo don't visi... : wretchedradio
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      oh look HALO WARS! *looks at back of game box* oh its an RTS...... : toomanysecrets
      • And ever so slightly in their defense, there's been a few "____ Wars" games lately (i.e., ETQW) that are ... : Schnapple
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      So what if they're casual gamers? And it doesn't matter if they're regular visitors of gaming sites. If... : gokwyjibo
      • It is well known casual gamers can't read. I'm a casual gamer and I've had somebody else type every post... : pyrogen
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        Warcraft never had the same mass market penetration as Halo and the playerbase is probably much more atte... : Wisp!
        • Way to miss the point of my message. I don't care about mass market penetration or how inattentive the p... : gokwyjibo

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• Well some folks do but it's a pretty goofy declaration. : wytefang

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• C&C3 / RA3 have been mildly successful if I'm not mistaken : razorblade79
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  All the recent EA C&C games, the LOTR games, plus others (universe at war, supcom, etc) : derelict515
  • yep there is actually a decent handful : two50six
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  Starcraft and Command and Conquer on the N64 LOTR BFME2 - 360/PS3 Red Alert 3 - 360/PS3 C&C 3 - 360/PS... : Sturm08
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    Very True, but it is a impressive list. I assume this is good news for console people then. : sheepraper
    • I think new genres on new platforms is always a good move for gamers. New ideas are good. : Sturm08
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    I considered Overlorad to be an RTS of sorts, probably in the same vein that Battlezone was an RTS, but s... : Sailor of Fortune
    • I was thinking Overlord but I wasn't sure. FSW was good times. : Sturm08
• Dune! : moogle

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• Just like all the good console MMO's? There's a reason why .... : YummiGummi
• Best "selling" console RTS : Goblin au

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  I just realized that I again used retard as a derisive term for -gamers who suck-. I would like to apolo... : GigiLeCheshire
  • I'm glad people like you and the rest of these mouthbreathers stick to the front page comments. : Entity

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• So even the publishers aren't shy of declaring the console audience a mindless crowd of sucker customers. : Marrbe

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• This has been the only successful console RTS that I know about. : bob3578