Who will have better launch? Saints Row 3 vs. Halo CE: Anniversary

[Trill Co$by]

November 15th, as it seems, is the first dual blockbuster game release date with Xbox's meal ticket and shooter juggernaut Halo Combat Evolved being re-released for its Anniversary and the latest installment of the multi-platform game featuring that awesome purple gang, Saints Row the 3rd. Both games are highly anticipated by many gamers and even have a lot to offer on the entertainment scale of gameplay.

Many will say that because they are two different genres that the sales for the two games won't cancel each other out, but as a former GameStop Employee, I can honestly tell you that other genre games DO play a factor in which game has a better release. In fact, I'm pretty sure Skyrim took away from a lot of COD MW3 and BF3 gamers just from its hyped anticipation alone.

So with these two blockbusters going head to head, who do you think will have the greater launch success and why?


Personally, I believe that Saints Row having a better range of targetted gamers (being for 360 and PS3) is going to help them way more than they would believe, and add in the fact that gamers are getting something new instead of a rehashed game like they are in Halo Anniversary. I've even said to a lot of my friends that Halo's decision to release an Anniversary game instead of a new game when they have not only Saints Row but four other blockbuster titles (BF 3, MW 3, Skyrim, and WWE '12 [it's a blockbuster]) is a big mistake.

 

[Slowdude]

A game on all three platforms (PC, PS3 and 360) where on PC its offering TF2 items for purchasing it (which is quite a big reason why people will buy games on steam) I do believe a new game that is on three platforms will out do a remake of a decade old game that is only on a single platform.

 

[Sparky]

So with these two blockbusters going head to head, who do you think will have the greater launch success and why?

No offence but You're forgetting another game that is coming out on the same day as the two your mentioned. It's the fourth and final (at least in the same storyline) Assassins Creed. I honestly believe that it will come down two those two games, and where Halo will sell It will not do anywhere near as good as what Assasins creed and Saints row will.

Personally, I believe that Saints Row having a better range of targetted gamers (being for 360 and PS3) is going to help them way more than they would believe,

Not to mention, all the promotional things they have been doing. In Australia last week they gave away at least $10,000 worth of free petrol, they have also been releasing new videos every week and now every day, You can pre order packs where you get Saints row merchandise with the game and that's just what I know about. Then there is as you said, the fact that it is the third installment of a game but also being new I honestly think out of the two games you have mentioned Saints row will blow Halo out of the water.
With two new first person shooters coming out in the last month with MW3 and Battlefield three, I think that will also be a factor as not many people will have finished them enough to be interested in another just yet.

Also, the biggest reason being, Saints row will be cross platformed which means more people can buy it.


But don't count Assassins creed out just yet.

 

[zomigosh]

A game on all three platforms (PC, PS3 and 360) where on PC its offering TF2 items for purchasing it (which is quite a big reason why people will buy games on steam) I do believe a new game that is on three platforms will out do a remake of a decade old game that is only on a single platform.

Combat Evolved Anniversary has more preorders than all three platforms for Saints Row The Third combined. All I need to say, but...

Yeah, it is a multi platform game with a bigger audience to choose from, but this is Halo. Saints Row isn't GTA, it isn't that big and will not outsell a Halo game. And also, yeah it's a remake, but a Halo CE remake has been highly anticipated since Halo 2 came out, not to forget that Halo is one of the most popular and best selling franchises of all time.

 

[Sean Valjean]

My answer would be Assassin's Creed: Revelations. That series has proven to be a huge money maker and, in my opinion, has the biggest amount of hype of any game releasing November 15th. But that game was mysteriously omitted so I digress.

It's hard to say, really. One game is an enhanced remake of a beloved classic and the other is the newest entry in a popular series. You could go with Saint's Row for being shiny and new or you could go with Halo for the nostalgia it brings. I don't expect either to reach Call of Duty heights in terms of sales, but I'll give the edge to Halo for just being so damn popular that it'll outsell despite having a more limited audience.

 

[JWGunslinger]

I'm gonna say that Halo and Assasin's Creed are going to battle it out for the top spot, followed by Saints Row 3. All three of these games look great but Halo is a fucking huge franchise and Assasin's Creed is hyped up like hell and building up to be as big as Halo. I think that Assasin's Creed: Revelations and Saint's Row 3 are going to be the better games but the Halo fanbase is so massive and covers a larger age group so that will still be up there. Personally I plan on getting Assasin's Creed and Saints Row, they both look great and I think all three of these games are going to do very well.

 

[A Poster Named Desire]

Oh wow...I was shocked to see this was a serious thread.

THQ is projecting sales of 3 million for SR3 by the end of the fiscal year(March 2012) and Halo Anniversary should sell that by the end of the year.

Saint's Row 2 sold under 4 million, while Halo 3, and Reach have sold over 10 million. Halo ODST is probably the best one to compare Anniversary to(That being a side story and Halo: CE A being a remake) sold 6 million and that was at a $60 price. At a $40 tag, it won't be close.