TGS: People Waiting 150 Minutes to Play Halo: ODST

The first public day of Tokyo Game Show 2009 has opened, and as expected, it's packed. While Destructoid hasn't taken an exact head count, they can confirm that at least 15 people showed up.

The reason they're here, of course, are the games. Or rather, to spend time waiting in line to play games.

[Ron_Burgundy]

after playing 5 minutes of Halo RRoDst

[Model]

first guy that was playing it fell asleep, so now they are waiting there like stupid bots

what an article

EDIT : destructoid again, my god, who runs that site ?

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

...then Leave and go and buy a PS3:Slim"!!! ;-D

[xcox]

50% xcoxuckas
50% nintardos

lol

[Peter North]

By "people" you're referring to the 2 Xbox 360 owners in Japan.

[Nelson M]

Give me one Good Reason as to why you should wait over 2 Hours to play Halo 3 Overrated Depressing Sh*te Trilogy
I mean C'mon BoTs this Game aint Exactly Killzone 2 is it

[THAMMER1]

Halo is more popular than KILZONE.

[Amp]

"Then it hit us -- waiting in line and playing the game nets you a free ODST shirt and Halo stickers. Now we get it! Actually, no we don't. This is just silly." Of course it is!

[THAMMER1]

I never would have expected that from what you r hear or read about Japans tastes for 1st person shooters.

Halo 3 ODST seems to be earning some respect.

[Chaos Striker]

Well, at the same time, the article says the majority waiting in line were American tourists. And, swag was being given out (dunno about you, but swag is the most important thing at these events xD). It could also depend on the length of the ODST demo. When I was at PAX, I could never get my hands on the demo because the wait was so long. Also, the lines were decent, so it could just be the length.

**I'm not trying to put down ODST or anything, just judging from the description of the article.

[The Matrix]

Um...was ODST not released in Japan? Otherwise why not just go out and buy or rent it instead of waiting for 3 hours.

[dreamcast]

Why isn't the title "People wait 150 minutes to play Left 4 Dead 2", considering it says that's how long the wait was?

jk, I know why... not as catchy, especially for destructoid.

[YourCall]

"I'm not trying to put down ODST or anything, just judging from the description of the article."

Yet you felt compelled to type an entire paragraph depicting why people would be there for reasons "OTHER" than to play halo. Besides, why would they wait in the ODST line for swag?

[HolyOrangeCows]

LOL

But seriously, it's a very short game.

[RockmanII7]

ODST honestly is very short. Me and a few of my friends were doing 4-player Xbox Live Co-op and we beat the game on legendary in 3 1/2 hours. But because of the Vidmaster Challenges and Firefight, I know it will keep me entertained until at least my next big game ( http://www.gamestop.com/Cat... )

[The real killer]

I really appreciate that Halo fans still trust Bungie, even Bungie use a 2 year old engine.

[Jumping-Jack]

I bet your feet would be hurting a tad after waiting that long haha. I suppose this is the power Halo has on people, seeing as it's a well established franchise.

[CrazyOrange]

most of gamers here confused and and most of gamers here are blind fanboys,

the game didnt reseve bad score because its bad, but because i they think the game not worth the price, the campign was awsome and so is the firefight

[gamesR4fun]

no pics no vid it didnt happen...

[Model]

well duh, its destructoid... IT MUST BE TRUE

[NMC2007]

90% of the sites posted on N4G have 0 cred, yet people always post em.

[devilhunterx]

Did he count how long they actually stood and played?

[Chaos Striker]

In the article, there's a picture of the line with a sign that says 150 followed by a few Japanese characters. I assume that means 150 minutes of wait time.

[Veneno]

The wait was long because 54.2% of the show floor 360's were inoperable.

[Veneno]

they still won't be buying a 360.

[n4gno]

Sure, and it's not that game who can save the dead console in japan (but only dumb tourists was waiting)

[uxo22]

Is there a way to delete your N4G account or do people just abandon them and never use them again. Don't really like having abandoned accounts of any kind and I've had my fill of N4G.

Does anyone know?

Also, does anyone know of any other gaming sites out there that one may want to try?

[jaygt0]

"Even more surprise were the number of American tourist waiting in line to play the game. Note: This is a game that's already available on store shelves."

Wait a minute, are us Americans so dumb as to travel to a Japanese game show, to wait in line to play an American game that's actually already out? There's some kind of incentive behind this; I wouldn't wait in line 2 minutes to play ODST...

[THAMMER1]

Did they count the time...they gave out swag...there is no pics or video...whats next...Microsoft was handing out cash?

Give it up Halo is the Ace in the hole for console shooters. Too bad there nothing Sony has to counter Halo other than fans constant search for a conspiracy.

[Double Toasted]

prove you wrong with sense and logic...*sigh*... I'm a dreamer.

[Chaos Striker]

Um...if I'm not mistaken there's a picture of the sign that says a 150 minute wait in the article that is linked to this page. And, as I said above in response to your comment, the article points out that the majority of those waiting to play were American tourists. Instead of making accusations, can you please at least read what the article says?

**Not at all :), sorry, thought u were specifically referring to my comment from above. No ill will from this part...just misjudged the tone of what you wrote. Internet mistake :P

[THAMMER1]

You should read my comments and understand I'm addressing the mindless bashing of the game, at the same time attempting to note my surprise that this many people had interest in the game a TGS2009.

Do you have any other suggestions for me?

[WMW]

"my surprise that this many people had interest in the game a TGS2009." most of the people waiting in line were american this isn't a surprise its halos typical fanbase

"I'm addressing the mindless bashing of the game" yeah mindless bashing that majority of reviewers agree with since halo odst didn't score as good as other halo games.

"Give it up Halo is the Ace in the hole for console shooters. Too bad there nothing Sony has to counter Halo other than fans constant search for a conspiracy." sales wise maybe not but as far as the games go sony is without question dominating MS UC2 is called perfect or the closest thing to a perfect game by most sites mgs4 got called a masterpiece more times thhen i can count no one is saying these things about halo.

[THAMMER1]

What PS3 game has sold more than 2 million in a day since launch?

@VENSO
Read my qestion...try again.

[Veneno]

Cause bots have nothing else but to take it up the butty by anything with the word "Halo" in it.

[Obama]

Sales have nothing to do with quality bots. ODST can sell for 100 millions and it will still be a turd.

[xryls]

they waited 150mins to play odst coz that's the only time they will ever play it, most japanese and asians don't like halo.

[TheSmoothCriminal]

That's kind of long, I wonder if it was worth the wait, I hope it is.

[Grand Turdismo 2015]

Waiting in line to play Halo is far more productive than playing any PS3 game.

[n4gno]

Some real bots in denial on destructoid comments :

"if odst = 150, so uncharted, god of war, etc = inferior"

one of them use ridiculous sarcasms (a kind of ps3 fanboyz simulation, with xbox teenagers writing style) to just tell the truth : kz2 is obviously better than halo (even with biased sites' s notes..an even if last year you have to wait only 149 minutes :))

[beardpapa]

Wait in line 150 min , play ODST, shoot some alien scum, hang around w/ English-speaking tourist gamers, get free tshirt while doing it? Hey that's quite a deal!