HalfLife 2 or Halo 2 ? ? ? ?

[Hoagie_one]

Which is gonna be the one that rules them all?

[GGKoul]

HL2, for it's level modding ability.  Can't wait to see what levels people create.

[SOAPboy]

Halo will out sell Half life.. Half life will have more to offer from the community..

Sales Halo wins
Community Half Life wins..

[GGKoul]

Halo will out sell Half life.. Half life will have more to offer from the community..

Sales Halo wins
Community Half Life wins..

Hmm.. it'll be interesting to see the numbers after Christmas...

[Hoagie_one]

i gotta think all the counter strike people will buy halflife just to get their fix

[dreamcastninja]

half life is pure crap
halo 2 is mixed crap

it's all ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---

gaming has gone downhill

that's why i've retreated to my dreamcast and my mame machine and sold the rest

[rockhopper]

fanboy

[Yander]

Half-Life 2, I like the physics, the graphics, and all the settings I have seen so far. I also prefer FPSs on the PC. Also CS:Source and all the other mods that are sure to come out.

[Hoagie_one]

The first halflife was one of the greatest games I have ever played...ever.

Top 5 for sure.

[dreamcastninja]

first half life was good for it's time
it was decent

but then those cs idiots jumped on the bandwagon and ruined it with a thousand mods that were for sale and everything

then online play went downhill with so many 16 year olds, and the rest is history!

[dreamcastninja]

but halo 2 now has a sword in it OMGWTFBBQ!!!!!!11

we haven't seen a sword in any pc fps game from 5 years ago?

LOL
that warrants the purchase alone...
hahaha

[Luxury]

you sure seem like a negative guy from looking at your posts.

but you are a fan of DC so you can't be all bad.  your just a big softy!

[GGKoul]

first half life was good for it's time
it was decent

but then those cs idiots jumped on the bandwagon and ruined it with a thousand mods that were for sale and everything

then online play went downhill with so many 16 year olds, and the rest is history!

The free mods is what made Half-Life last so long.  Also, I would say there was more "mature" players on HL then any other PS2 or Xbox game out there.  Heck, I never had a problem play HL online, as I didn't have a headset to listen to the conversations.    

I play Socom 2 online every couple of days and its amazing all mouthy little kids that pay that game.  

I can't wait for HL2 to come out.  I mean, Doom3 came out and it royally sucked.  From single player gameplay to online play.  HL2 will hopefully deliver on both the single player front and on the online side.  I can't wait to play the  new CounterStrike.  

[Hoagie_one]

doom 3 wasnt a bad game...it was like a good twinkie that only got half the filling.

[GGKoul]

doom 3 wasnt a bad game...it was like a good twinkie that only got half the filling.

I'm glad I wasn't one of the millions that purchased the game.  

I haven't had a twinkie in years.....

[dreamcastninja]

i guess i am kind of negative, but come on!
i'm a disenfranchised gamer!

ahahahahaaaaaaa

but i'll be happy once i get my mame cab running again and get my dc working in there

lol
sry to be so negative

[SOAPboy]

Halo will out sell Half life.. Half life will have more to offer from the community..

Sales Halo wins
Community Half Life wins..

Hmm.. it'll be interesting to see the numbers after Christmas...

halo will outsell..

it just will.. sadly pc gaming isnt as popular as console gaming anymore.. 150 bucks, 50 for the game, and your gaming.. with a pc its 200 for this, 200 for that, 100 for this, 50 for that, 800-2000 later you have a mediocre to good gaming machine and still havent bought a game..

now, im not saying pc gaming sucks, hell im a pc gamer, but look at it from a consumer stand point..

[GGKoul]

Halo will out sell Half life.. Half life will have more to offer from the community..

Sales Halo wins
Community Half Life wins..

Hmm.. it'll be interesting to see the numbers after Christmas...

halo will outsell..

it just will.. sadly pc gaming isnt as popular as console gaming anymore.. 150 bucks, 50 for the game, and your gaming.. with a pc its 200 for this, 200 for that, 100 for this, 50 for that, 800-2000 later you have a mediocre to good gaming machine and still havent bought a game..

now, im not saying pc gaming sucks, hell im a pc gamer, but look at it from a consumer stand point..

You'll be surprised about the PC sales this Christmas time.  This months PC Gamer has a good article about the increase in PC games sales.  As the present console lifespan is done and the PC out performs the latest consoles on the market and various PC only games are coming out.  

[clanggedin]

Halo 2 sold over $125 million dollars in the FIRST DAY. Nothing, not even a movie has made that much in one day.

Half Life 2 won't even touch it in sales. I thought GTA: San Andreas would have made more money. If that can't dethrone Halo 2, then HL2 has no chance.

[GGKoul]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6456214/

Wow!!  $125 Million on the 1st day!!  Wow!!

From the article I posted, Super Mario 64 is to best selling video game ever with $308 million total sales.  Which I find hard to believe...

[johnnysmitch]

I'm betting that Halo2 will have the most sales, and HalfLife2 will have the most downloads  

[GGKoul]

I'm betting that Halo2 will have the most sales, and HalfLife2 will have the most downloads  

I think Doom 3 would have been downloaded more then Half-Life 2 will be.  As Doom 3 was just a single player adventure with basic online play.  But Half-Life 2 is a single player adventure, but with much better online play.  

I'm buying HL2 when it comes out because I want to play online and I downloaded Doom 3 just too see what all the hype was about.

Note, I rarely purchase PC games.  

[Yander]

I'm betting that Halo2 will have the most sales, and HalfLife2 will have the most downloads  

I think Doom 3 would have been downloaded more then Half-Life 2 will be.  As Doom 3 was just a single player adventure with basic online play.  But Half-Life 2 is a single player adventure, but with much better online play.  

I'm buying HL2 when it comes out because I want to play online and I downloaded Doom 3 just too see what all the hype was about.

Note, I rarely purchase PC games.  

I did the same thing. I wanted to see if Doom III was any good. If it belw me away I was gonna buy it , instead I ended up deleting it 2 days later. I just orderd half-life 2.

[SOAPboy]

Halo 2 sold over $125 million dollars in the FIRST DAY. Nothing, not even a movie has made that much in one day.

Half Life 2 won't even touch it in sales. I thought GTA: San Andreas would have made more money. If that can't dethrone Halo 2, then HL2 has no chance.

GTA:SA did over 200 mill man..

Mind you thats directly from our HQ at eb

[clanggedin]

Halo 2 sold over $125 million dollars in the FIRST DAY. Nothing, not even a movie has made that much in one day.

Half Life 2 won't even touch it in sales. I thought GTA: San Andreas would have made more money. If that can't dethrone Halo 2, then HL2 has no chance.

GTA:SA did over 200 mill man..

Mind you thats directly from our HQ at eb

Is that just for the FIRST DAY??

Probably not. I'm sure MSNBC and other news sites would not post the figures unless it were true. If GTA had done that much in sales on its first day then why wouldn't Rockstar have made this info available toall news sites??

[shmokes]

Unless you don't consider light sabers to be swords, then we certainly have had swords in recent FPS's.  Done very well, even.

[DaemonCollector]

This should prove interesting...in 15 minutes half-life 2 should be able to be activated...lets watch Valve's servers come to a grinding halt shall we?

[DYNAGOD]

to my knowledge the game has had no large scale beta.
its gonna likely be a rough start as a result..
dying to hear some first impressions!! im stuck here at work

[GGKoul]

Halo 2 sold over $125 million dollars in the FIRST DAY. Nothing, not even a movie has made that much in one day.

Half Life 2 won't even touch it in sales. I thought GTA: San Andreas would have made more money. If that can't dethrone Halo 2, then HL2 has no chance.

GTA:SA did over 200 mill man..

Mind you thats directly from our HQ at eb

Is that just for the FIRST DAY??

Probably not. I'm sure MSNBC and other news sites would not post the figures unless it were true. If GTA had done that much in sales on its first day then why wouldn't Rockstar have made this info available toall news sites??

When do you ever see companies posting first day sales numbers?  I mean look at Madden, I've never seen a first day sales numbers from Madden.  And it must have sold a crap load on its first day.

Don't forget... MSNBC has an "MS" infront of it... and MSNBC and Xbox are both owned by the same "MS" company......

[GGKoul]

to my knowledge the game has had no large scale beta.
its gonna likely be a rough start as a result..
dying to hear some first impressions!! im stuck here at work

I got the call from EB that my preorder should be in after 5pm.  Which is good because I'm stuck at work too... But I'm going to be away from Wednesday evening to Monday morning...     So I won't be playing it full time until Monday

[DYNAGOD]

dont sweat it ,you proboly wouldnt be able to play anyways..
the game requires you to register it before you can play and from what i can ascertain form alot of fan sites is the auth servers are down from traffic.

also though i dont suffer from it,, A unusually large number of people have been complaing of getting nauseaus and sick from the game..this is better known as simulator sickness. i guess the camera sway is dramatic..

[GGKoul]

dont sweat it ,you proboly wouldnt be able to play anyways..
the game requires you to register it before you can play and from what i can ascertain form alot of fan sites is the auth servers are down from traffic.

also though i dont suffer from it,, A unusually large number of people have been complaing of getting nauseaus and sick from the game..this is better known as simulator sickness. i guess the camera sway is dramatic..

Simulator sickness?  Interesting... Never happened to me, but I guess we'll see when I get the game.

[DYNAGOD]

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it appears valve forgot to mention that you need a dvd player to install the game..,
alot of people bough the retail game, and had no idea it wouldnt play on their CD-Rom drive..
Cant return software either.....so i forsee the sale of inexpensive dvd players going up

[Jakobud]

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it appears valve forgot to mention that you need a dvd player to install the game..,
alot of people bough the retail game, and had no idea it wouldnt play on their CD-Rom drive..
Cant return software either.....so i forsee the sale of inexpensive dvd players going up

Mine came with CD's.

[DYNAGOD]

interesting..
i havent bought it yet, so i can say either way.im just trolling fan forums while im here at work to pass time and absorb some of the initial comments from the public on the game.

[clanggedin]

Halo 2 sold over $125 million dollars in the FIRST DAY. Nothing, not even a movie has made that much in one day.

Half Life 2 won't even touch it in sales. I thought GTA: San Andreas would have made more money. If that can't dethrone Halo 2, then HL2 has no chance.

GTA:SA did over 200 mill man..

Mind you thats directly from our HQ at eb

Is that just for the FIRST DAY??

Probably not. I'm sure MSNBC and other news sites would not post the figures unless it were true. If GTA had done that much in sales on its first day then why wouldn't Rockstar have made this info available toall news sites??

When do you ever see companies posting first day sales numbers?  I mean look at Madden, I've never seen a first day sales numbers from Madden.  And it must have sold a crap load on its first day.

Don't forget... MSNBC has an "MS" infront of it... and MSNBC and Xbox are both owned by the same "MS" company......

The reason why you don't see anyone posting first day sales numbers is because they usually aren't all that great, but when your sales numbers are the best ever then numbers are usually posted. You didn't see sales numbers posted for GTA: San Andreas or Madden because their First Day numbers weren't that good.

[GGKoul]

Halo 2 sold over $125 million dollars in the FIRST DAY. Nothing, not even a movie has made that much in one day.

Half Life 2 won't even touch it in sales. I thought GTA: San Andreas would have made more money. If that can't dethrone Halo 2, then HL2 has no chance.

GTA:SA did over 200 mill man..

Mind you thats directly from our HQ at eb

Is that just for the FIRST DAY??

Probably not. I'm sure MSNBC and other news sites would not post the figures unless it were true. If GTA had done that much in sales on its first day then why wouldn't Rockstar have made this info available toall news sites??

When do you ever see companies posting first day sales numbers?  I mean look at Madden, I've never seen a first day sales numbers from Madden.  And it must have sold a crap load on its first day.

Don't forget... MSNBC has an "MS" infront of it... and MSNBC and Xbox are both owned by the same "MS" company......

The reason why you don't see anyone posting first day sales numbers is because they usually aren't all that great, but when your sales numbers are the best ever then numbers are usually posted. You didn't see sales numbers posted for GTA: San Andreas or Madden because their First Day numbers weren't that good.

Wait a sec.... Halo 2 did over $100 million is sales, so that's approx 2,000,000 units on its first day.  ($100,000,000  / $50/aver selling price = 2,000,000 units)

Compared to Madden 2005, first week sales of 1.35 million copies.  http://www.gamesindustry.biz/news.php?aid=4020
So Madden made EA $67million in its first week

Sim2 sold approx 2,000,000 units during its first week, and so that made EA another $100 million.    

[GGKoul]

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it appears valve forgot to mention that you need a dvd player to install the game..,
alot of people bough the retail game, and had no idea it wouldnt play on their CD-Rom drive..
Cant return software either.....so i forsee the sale of inexpensive dvd players going up

I looked for DVD set and all I can find was CD-ROM sets.. 5 CD's here I come.. Installing now!!!

[DYNAGOD]

5 cds!!! im gonna need a new HD.. after .088 im running a
little tight on space as it is..
how big is it?

[GGKoul]

4.5 gigs total space