Comments on: And the Halo Killer is… Halo? http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/10/19/and-the-halo-killer-is%e2%80%a6-halo/ News, Reviews, Articles For Gamers, By Gamers Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:45:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Name http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/10/19/and-the-halo-killer-is%e2%80%a6-halo/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Name Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:31:55 +0000 http://thepowerreview.com/blog/?p=370#comment-454 come on... the killzone 2 campaign was 5 hours long, write an article about how everyone is 'drinking the koolaid that sony tries to market' or be quiet. literally - kz2 and odst are the same length. i just replayed kz2 and did it in well under 6 hours. you have to put things in perspective or you just sound like a 12 year old fanboy mongoloid. come on… the killzone 2 campaign was 5 hours long, write an article about how everyone is 'drinking the koolaid that sony tries to market' or be quiet. literally – kz2 and odst are the same length. i just replayed kz2 and did it in well under 6 hours. you have to put things in perspective or you just sound like a 12 year old fanboy mongoloid.

]]> By: mylifeiscool http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/10/19/and-the-halo-killer-is%e2%80%a6-halo/comment-page-1/#comment-455 mylifeiscool Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:44:07 +0000 http://thepowerreview.com/blog/?p=370#comment-455 ooops! ooops!

]]> By: mylifeiscool http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/10/19/and-the-halo-killer-is%e2%80%a6-halo/comment-page-1/#comment-456 mylifeiscool Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:36:44 +0000 http://thepowerreview.com/blog/?p=370#comment-456 Halo is slowly becoming a bore now...MS have milked this franchaise beyond belief. Yes it sells, but how many Halo themed shooters do you wanna play? I fear Halo is reaching Mortal Kombat levels of boredom...<br><br>Let Bungie start something new, even they said they're bored senseless with the franchaise. MS are relying on this franchaise far too much. <br><br>Halo:Reach into your wallets for Microsoft. (Yeah, I do own an 360?) Halo is slowly becoming a bore now…MS have milked this franchaise beyond belief. Yes it sells, but how many Halo themed shooters do you wanna play? I fear Halo is reaching Mortal Kombat levels of boredom…

Let Bungie start something new, even they said they're bored senseless with the franchaise. MS are relying on this franchaise far too much.

Halo:Reach into your wallets for Microsoft. (Yeah, I do own an 360?)

]]> By: jasdfasdf http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/10/19/and-the-halo-killer-is%e2%80%a6-halo/comment-page-1/#comment-375 jasdfasdf Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:41:26 +0000 http://thepowerreview.com/blog/?p=370#comment-375 If people are foolish enough not to look into they games they want to buy, so be it. If people are foolish enough not to look into they games they want to buy, so be it.

]]> By: Stubacca http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/10/19/and-the-halo-killer-is%e2%80%a6-halo/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Stubacca Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:25:36 +0000 http://thepowerreview.com/blog/?p=370#comment-374 Good points made, mate.<br><br>I've never liked the Halo series. It has always seemed to be an unjustified juggernaut of a game franchise. People don't care that it's not that innovative or that ODST was overpriced. They are fools. I can't fathom the Xbox gamer anymore, Gears is a much better flagship title for the system.<br><br>I'd say who cares, but when you always see people talking about it being one of the greatest gaming series ever, I get a little frustrated. Because I like games. Good points made, mate.

I've never liked the Halo series. It has always seemed to be an unjustified juggernaut of a game franchise. People don't care that it's not that innovative or that ODST was overpriced. They are fools. I can't fathom the Xbox gamer anymore, Gears is a much better flagship title for the system.

I'd say who cares, but when you always see people talking about it being one of the greatest gaming series ever, I get a little frustrated. Because I like games.

]]> By: jasdfasdf http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/10/19/and-the-halo-killer-is%e2%80%a6-halo/comment-page-1/#comment-337 jasdfasdf Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:41:26 +0000 http://thepowerreview.com/blog/?p=370#comment-337 If people are foolish enough not to look into they games they want to buy, so be it. If people are foolish enough not to look into they games they want to buy, so be it.

]]> By: Stubacca http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/10/19/and-the-halo-killer-is%e2%80%a6-halo/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Stubacca Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:25:36 +0000 http://thepowerreview.com/blog/?p=370#comment-336 Good points made, mate.<br><br>I've never liked the Halo series. It has always seemed to be an unjustified juggernaut of a game franchise. People don't care that it's not that innovative or that ODST was overpriced. They are fools. I can't fathom the Xbox gamer anymore, Gears is a much better flagship title for the system.<br><br>I'd say who cares, but when you always see people talking about it being one of the greatest gaming series ever, I get a little frustrated. Because I like games. Good points made, mate.

I've never liked the Halo series. It has always seemed to be an unjustified juggernaut of a game franchise. People don't care that it's not that innovative or that ODST was overpriced. They are fools. I can't fathom the Xbox gamer anymore, Gears is a much better flagship title for the system.

I'd say who cares, but when you always see people talking about it being one of the greatest gaming series ever, I get a little frustrated. Because I like games.

]]> By: Duff http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/10/19/and-the-halo-killer-is%e2%80%a6-halo/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Duff Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:18:06 +0000 http://thepowerreview.com/blog/?p=370#comment-335 Hmmm...you're kind of a whiner. My useless comment is equivalent to your opinion. Hmmm…you're kind of a whiner. My useless comment is equivalent to your opinion.

]]> By: jdiggitty http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/10/19/and-the-halo-killer-is%e2%80%a6-halo/comment-page-1/#comment-334 jdiggitty Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:15:35 +0000 http://thepowerreview.com/blog/?p=370#comment-334 Here's a little information for those who don't know or never thought of it. Retailers do not set gaming prices. Gaming is on a distribution model. I run a small distribution comany (not gaming) but have looked into it and quickly gave up the thought. I still have buyer accounts with 2 of the largest distibutors, don't use them, but I'll share with you what we found out. I'll generalize on my specific case.<br><br>I cannot buy games directly from MS or the creator. They're contractually obligated to go through the distributors. This is pretty much the only way to get new releases. When you go to the distibutor you'll find out a game which sells at $59 retail will cost you $55-56. Buy 1000 and get a price cut to $53. This is PER title and NOT total order!<br><br>This is why you don't see many small indie gaming stores selling many new games. Imagine wanting to get 5 copies of Borderlands. That'll cost you $275 to gain $20 total. Now take the time for inventory, shipping, the space it takes up, time to sell, the time you're paying an employee to sell it and you've likely lOST money. <br><br>Now consider you have to pay $53k just to make an extra $2 per game(which a small company couldn't do anyway cause by the time they got through 1000 games the street price would be considerably lower) and you'll understand why you never see a store with an extremely low price on a new release. Its how companies control prices on their products. And why Gamestop has their used game structure, cause they HAVE to do that to make any money<br><br>Not justifying the price of ODST, just some info for anyone interested. Here's a little information for those who don't know or never thought of it. Retailers do not set gaming prices. Gaming is on a distribution model. I run a small distribution comany (not gaming) but have looked into it and quickly gave up the thought. I still have buyer accounts with 2 of the largest distibutors, don't use them, but I'll share with you what we found out. I'll generalize on my specific case.

I cannot buy games directly from MS or the creator. They're contractually obligated to go through the distributors. This is pretty much the only way to get new releases. When you go to the distibutor you'll find out a game which sells at $59 retail will cost you $55-56. Buy 1000 and get a price cut to $53. This is PER title and NOT total order!

This is why you don't see many small indie gaming stores selling many new games. Imagine wanting to get 5 copies of Borderlands. That'll cost you $275 to gain $20 total. Now take the time for inventory, shipping, the space it takes up, time to sell, the time you're paying an employee to sell it and you've likely lOST money.

Now consider you have to pay $53k just to make an extra $2 per game(which a small company couldn't do anyway cause by the time they got through 1000 games the street price would be considerably lower) and you'll understand why you never see a store with an extremely low price on a new release. Its how companies control prices on their products. And why Gamestop has their used game structure, cause they HAVE to do that to make any money

Not justifying the price of ODST, just some info for anyone interested.

]]> By: bigtaste http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/10/19/and-the-halo-killer-is%e2%80%a6-halo/comment-page-1/#comment-332 bigtaste Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:30:21 +0000 http://thepowerreview.com/blog/?p=370#comment-332 I can understand the sense of unease after this was initially announced as a budget-priced add-on. It's definitely got an "Orange Box" feel to it- it's not a 20 hour campaign, but rather a sum of a a group of smaller things.<br><br>Even at full retail- it offers more quality content than the vast majority of stuff out there, IMO. On top of that, everyone and their mother was offering deals and discounts on this game.<br><br>Maybe I'm not the average consumer, but I had it delivered to my door on release day for $35. Considering I held off on buying any of the map packs once I learned they were coming with the ODST package, this game was a great value. I can understand the sense of unease after this was initially announced as a budget-priced add-on. It's definitely got an “Orange Box” feel to it- it's not a 20 hour campaign, but rather a sum of a a group of smaller things.

Even at full retail- it offers more quality content than the vast majority of stuff out there, IMO. On top of that, everyone and their mother was offering deals and discounts on this game.

Maybe I'm not the average consumer, but I had it delivered to my door on release day for $35. Considering I held off on buying any of the map packs once I learned they were coming with the ODST package, this game was a great value.

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