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Who Won The Battle For Gamers' Hearts At E3?

Ratings film Nielsen has released its post-E3 purchase intent charts, revealing that Bungie and Microsoft's Halo: ODST, which drew a slightly muted response from journalists, leads "probable purchase intent" with gamers it has surveyed.

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iDystopia5452d ago

I'll have it day one.

Gonna be playin some co-op single player, Firefight mode co-op and I only have one map-pack so I'll get about 12 new Halo Maps to play online.

September's getting closer. :)

SaberEdge5452d ago

Yeah, the firefight co-op mode is going to be awesome. The campaign is going to be awesome as well, it's as large as Halo 3's campaign and I am really digging the different approach to the gameplay. I can't wait for this game to drop (pun intended).

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iDystopia5452d ago

God of War 1/2 sold 2-3 million each on 120 million PS2's. I'm sure part 3 will do the same or less. ...remember how massive Killzone 2 was gonna be?? Hasn't sold even 2 million.

snipermk05452d ago

shouldn't you be employed at wall street instead of making sales comments in a gaming website?

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Anon19745451d ago

I've thoroughly enjoyed all 3 of Bungie's Halo games and I'm very much looking forward to ODST. I just hope that there's enough gameplay there for those of us who aren't XBL Gold members. I'm expecting some cool things from what I've seen so far.

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The Master Chief5451d ago (Edited 5451d ago )

Who said it wasn't talked about much? Were you on every message board and at E3?

Alan Wake, Spinter Cell, Left 4 Dead 2, Forza 3 were all big new announcements and showings...Natal. Even Halo: Reach and Mass Effect 2.

But Halo ODST looked very good for a new Halo story with new modes and a ton of multiplayer content...maybe you should get your eyes checked.

SuperM5451d ago

Well ofcourse you thought it looked good. Your name is after all Master Chief. But to be fair, the game doesnt look bad. It just looks very standard. That doesnt mean it wont be a fun experience, but it doesnt stack up to what we saw from some of the other big games at e3 like Modern Warfare2, AC2, UC2, SC:C etc. And ofcourse it got some attention, there are after all plenty of halo fans in the media aswell. but it got surprisingly little attention for a Halo title.

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Forrest Gump5452d ago

That's strange,I as well as many others thought it was one of the few 'big' titles that generated the least amount of attention at E3,the crowds reaction being one of the big indicators.

I guess these reports prove us different,huh.

PtRoLLFacE5452d ago

dude get a live, i seen u in all 360 articles talking crap

menoyou5452d ago

Halo generates sales for the same reason that Britney Spears does. They're nothing special, hell they're not even up to par with real musicians/games, but it's the name they have. People buy it because of the name. A name that has had millions or billions of dollars in marketing thrown behind it (Microsoft actually spent more money marketing Halo than they got in profits from sales).

-MD-5452d ago

It's honestly one of the only truly balanced games left that's why it sells.

SaberEdge5452d ago

@menyou

No, it sells because it is one of the best shooters available on consoles, with balanced and fun gameplay and a thriving online community of players.

Ldubbz5451d ago

@ Forrest

Perhaps you werent at E3, because there was ALWAYS a line to play ODST. I had to wait 30 min, and that was at the end of day one.

@meonyou

Sour a bit? You know you dont seriously believe that crap you said.

Both of you should try your brand of Halo-envy elsewhere, it will get no play around here.

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Sonyslave35452d ago

Halo ODST is going to be huge not halo 3 huge but huge. I just hope halo odst won't messs up other xbox 360 games sales.

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Why Is No One Making AAA Horror Games Anymore?

Saif from eXputer inquires, "Despite the everlasting popularity of the genre, why hasn't there been a good AAA horror game in a while now?"

Jin_Sakai1d 18h ago

Because the gaming industry is obsessed with live service games.

Rynxie1d 5h ago

Because he touches himself at night to characters like lady Dimitrescu.

Crows901d 1h ago

You're the one still thinking about her

Rynxie1d 1h ago

@crow

Did I give away your secret? It's okay, if you sit on your hand and numb it, you can pretend it's her playing with your little stick.

MaximusPrime_1d 17h ago

Good for me, I have no interests in horror games

-Foxtrot1d 8h ago

Even when they do it's first person trying to copy Outlast, Five Nights, P.T etc

I think the Dead Space / RE2 / RE4 Remake and the Evil Within 2 showed you can have a good story based, third person survival horror game.

jeromeface1d 6h ago

remakes is another good reason

thesoftware7301d 5h ago

Calisto Protocol was also fun with fantastic presentation.

FinalFantasyFanatic22h ago

I feel like we haven't had much in the way of horror games for years, I think it became rare after the PS2/PS3 gen. Maybe i'll pick up that Crow Country that recently came out, that looks good.

Venoxn4g19h ago

Crow Country needs some more love.. and more exposure

Redemption-641d 6h ago

Because outside of a fee games, most don't sell that well

Crows901d 1h ago

So in other words...AAA publishers don't have creativity or passion for games.

CrimsonWing691d 6h ago

Didn’t we have Dead Space Remake and Resident Evil 4 Remake last year?

thorstein1d 6h ago (Edited 1d 6h ago )

Among others

And isn't Dying Light 2 a horror game?

Scissorman1d 6h ago

And Alan Wake 2 and Alone in the Dark.

on_line_forever14h ago

I like Alone in the dark but it's not AAA game

richardmmorales21h ago

We also had The Quarry and The Dark Pictures The Devil In Me.

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N64: Recompiled — Creating Native PC Ports Is A Godsend For Game Preservation

"In a time when companies don't care about preserving games, I have high respect for the creators of projects like N64: Recompiled." - Hanzala from eXputer.

gold_drake3d ago

it is, i might be finally able to play Snowboard kids 1 full screen ha.

purple1012d ago

il beat you to the ski-lift,

framerate on snowboard kids was shocking, do you remember./?

talking of shocking framerate and kart racers style games,
Sony had a gem on ps3, with 'Modnation Racers' but again, framerate was so terrible, still fun though, indeed, when is drifting sideways not fun, the answer is never. we have not seen enough of that game, technically some people made race tracks/games in dreams and little big planet etc, but its just not the same,!!! grrrrr

morning rant over.

here, relive some ,memories. https://www.youtube.com/wat...

itBourne2d ago

The load time on ModNation where also excruciatingly long... But man oh man I wish that game took off more, so much fun! Could turn off garbage rubber banding, I had karts with 100's of stickers to design some crazy cool stuff, custom tracks. Fantastic undeappreciated game

gold_drake2d ago

SK1 had a fairly good framerate. sk2 maybe not so much ha

Redgrave2d ago

Some food for thought:

Would you donate your physical copy of a really rare/expensive cartridge (Conkers's BFD, Bomberman 64 Second Attack, Ogre Battle 64, the two Castlevania titles, etc) to those managing this project for the greater good of getting them preserved online for all to experience at some point?

UltimateOwnage2d ago

As long as it meant they never took money from Patreon and invited a DMCA takedown / lawsuit by Nintendo to take it all away. After seeing the whole debacle with Yuzu I now question how long any of these teams can maintain game preservation efforts through emulator development, or otherwise.

franwex2d ago

I mean. They may borrow them…

Profchaos1d 22h ago

Is it realistically needed though I would not personally give anyone my old carts for games that are already persevered and easily available online

Inverno2d ago

The snippet of ray tracing at the end of the og trailer was low-key amazing. I found out thanks to Nerrel who also made a texture pack for MM, and i can't wait to see how much more great this game will be in the near future. With model swaps, ray tracing, retextures, and a more quicker process than decompilation, it's gonna bring new life to N64 games.

Profchaos1d 22h ago

There might need to be a bit of clarification recompilation is not the same as decompilation.

This is basically a container to excite the rom within but allows for all sorts of beat additions and tricks like new lighting effects such as ray tracing to be added.

But decompilation would ultimately be king as it allows for a widespread porting capabilities and uses the assets from games to build a native install for PC or whatever the target system is e.g Mario 64 for PC or sonic mania for psvita / wii

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