"I'm saying that the idea that they only banned them JUST to get more sales is stupid."
You have to think about it this way bandit, why did MS ALLOW these pirates to accumulate up to 1 million? If anything, they should have been proactively banning accounts at an early rate to really discourage pirates.
Why did they wait until the holiday season and again right before the biggest MP game this year. Despite anyone's opinions on MW2, nobody can deny the huge...
"What about the sales through Wal-Mart and Amazon, they are not included in NPD numbers."
Yes they are. This is where the inaccuracies come from NPD though. They do something similar to VGchartz where they "estimate" the portions from those retailers.
So in a way, NPD isn't as accurate as everyone believes.
MS tactics is definitely cunning. 1 million Live bans before the biggest multi-player game of the year. MW2 bundle (which is a pretty good deal for the consumer so that's not really a bad thing.) Multiple price drops or rebates. And lastly they're usual horde of advertising MW2 as an exclusive game.
So yes, MS succeeded with the MW2 plan.
However, in contrast Sony's ad campaigns were excellent, and 720,000 consoles in one month is still very good especially compare...
I think Forza 3 sales are truly lackluster for a game thats supposed to be the GT killer.
And well deserved low sales at that for such a pompous douchery studio.
"But it sales whilst very good, they are not amazing and are perhaps below what you might expect from such a well liked game. "
While that is true, something like SOTC probably didn't even hit 1 million yet it's revered as one of the greatest games of all time.
At the end of the day, I hope Naughty Dog gets enough sales to keep their studio running. I want to play Uncharted 3 and whatever else they have in stored for the future.
I don't get it.
When GT5P comes out, they called it a demo.
Now that an actual GT5 demo is out, he acts like it's a full game to compare it to that low budget racing title.
Funny.
"Any game feed on the internet no matter how good or bad it is will give you an accurate example of what the game looks like! "
You sir win Retarded Post of The Year.
Offscreen footage does NOT give you an ACCURATE analysis of a game.
"Games are coming that blow past PS3 exclusives. Took PS3 fans long enough to work up the nerve to spin what was shown. Halo Reach looks better than KZ2, you would have to be bat sh*t crazy to refuse to see it."
lol whatever helps you sleep at night. That's why the entire industry is in shock that Uncharted 2 is the BENCHMARK of graphics on consoles today. But sure, tell yourself anything so you can feel better about yourself.
Uncharted 2: Cant make fun of it because it handed everyone an ass whoopin in Graphics, Gameplay, Story, and became Game of the Year
I swear, there's so many cheaters on MW2. There's one guy who called in a UAV and knew the locations of my team members. Then there's another guy who somehow got a hold of the air force, and used jets to drop bombs on us. And to top it off, there's this one guy who I saw actually used a gun to kill me in the game! Ridiculous!
@ Head Shot King
wtf ? another multiple account ?
For all we know it can be in-game and realtime - running the new engine on a Quad core PC with high end graphics card.
Did they actually say that runs realtime on a 360 ? Even "in-engine" means nothing. It could even use the engine to render a cutscene at 1fps and record it. No big deal. Speculation, speculation. Let the hype begin.
lol I find it more hilarious. Before when people said Halo 3 looks like crap, they post images like this
http://www.bungie.net/image...
High res upscaled bullshots.
And now all of a sudden to compare halo reach to, you post this?
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It definitely looks good and is a improvement over Halo 3. But it's still not the "Killzone 2 graphics" killer all the 360 fanboys are talking about.
Nonetheless I like the newer color palette and grittier looking atmosphere. I particularly like the skull mask guy and the larger set pieces.
Either way I think it's going to surpass Halo 3 in gameplay and graphics, which IMO warrants a purchase.
Looking forward to it.
"It's a mindless shooter, of course it won. "
wtf...
They didn't "give" the award, the people voted for it. Or at least I think.
Why not? It is what it is. A clear upgrade from ODST and Halo 3.
Well they did say that it's all voted by the people. But I still think they manipulated certain wins too. Especially the voice acting one.
That's why Pandemic is axed.