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At 3/13/09 10:02 AM, TheThing wrote:

At 3/12/09 06:00 PM, DroopyA wrote: Are you kidding me... look at the PR for RE5... and it's still not out. It's got so much hype behind it, there's even a special red XBox360 being made just for its release.

What about the special 360 made for Halo 3? Or the Spartan Helmet game case.

There was also a Halo Edition Xbox, which was clear green. My friend had one, and it was badass. 8)

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At 3/13/09 10:02 AM, TheThing wrote: Even though Halo isn't pimped out by Microsoft and Bungie, doesn't mean that it's any less of a cashcow.

When compared to other Cashcows, that's exactly what it means.

anything with a Halo tag will sell, or get a lot of press.

Agreed, yet Microsoft havn't abused this nearly as much as other franchises have. Maybe they will in the future, but they haven't yet... Halo is probably one of the least abused 'cashcows' out yet everybody attacks it like it's the most over abused name and mascot on the planet.

Halo was an average franchise, maybe slightly above average.

Opinion, doesn't matter in this argument. I could easily say the same thing about Resident Evil. Who cares?

But it just got so overhyped by everyone that now people believe it's the best game around.

This is exactly what I'm talking about... overhyped how? It doesn't have nearly as much hype as Mario, Zelda, RE... it's just that popular on it's own merrits... and it did it with less games. Yet, because you personally don't enjoy it, you bash everyone that does by assuming they're all mindless idiots only buying into a press created fad. But the fact is, as far as press related fads go, Halo is probably at the bottom of the list... there are a million games that abuse their name far more then Halo. Just look at Blizzard if you don't believe me.

Halo isn't as abused as much as Resident Evil, but it sure helps sell mediocre RTS's and a throwing "Halo" on a title will get any piece of shit sold.

Once again, opinon about the title. I personally think Resident Evil games are shit... but you don't see me telling you that the only reason you enjoy RE is because the name is overhyped do you? No, but I should be... because the RE name is far more abused the Halos... yet when I say I like Halo, it's only because I'm stupid.

See, right now, you're just further proving my point... and sadly, you don't even understand why.

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Halo is a cashcow, because it moves consoles. It sells really well every time, just because a million games don't come out doesn't mean it doesn't make money.

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At 3/13/09 05:26 AM, H-A-X-O-R-Z wrote:

At 3/12/09 09:02 PM, zimzap wrote:

At 3/12/09 01:17 PM, H-A-X-O-R-Z wrote: I hereby theorize that Halo is not a cashcow.

Too bad your logic is horribly flawed (as many other posters pointed out) because you neglected to mention sales or profit even ONCE in your entire post.

YES IT'S JUST TOO BAD THAT RE5 ONLY JUST GOT RELEASED!

That is completely irrelvant as you were comparing the franchises. You clearly know nothing about finances or, quite frankly, what profit even is.