Fri, Jan 08, 2010 | 14:33 GMT
Halo: Reach tipped to be biggest seller of this year, says GI survey
According to results from a GI Network Survey, Halo: Reach will be the biggest selling game of 2010, with Final Fantasy XIII and Starcraft II coming second and third.
Meanwhile, Alan Wake was tipped as the year’s top “dark horse,” with Heavy Rain and Darksiders rounding off the top three.
As far as genres went, music is predicted to further decline. Over 33.7 percent of those polled fancied the genre will continue to dip, while 32.3 percent said casual/social games will rise.
Earlier in the week, it was announced that Uncharted 2 and Mass Effect 2, both of which won best game of 2009 and most antcipated game of 2010 in the VG247 community awards, were announced as the winners of the same catagories in the GI survey.
Find the full results through the link.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Microsoft, PC, PS3, RPG, Shooter, Square Enix, Strategy, Xbox 360
Tags: bungie, final fantasy XIII, Halo: Reach, starcraft II
18 comments
#1
Doc Robotnik
08/01/10, 2:42 pm
As much as I’d hate to admit it, I think a certain Treyarch CoD title would have something to say about that.
#2
evilashchris
08/01/10, 2:52 pm
It also depends when Half Life 3 is out I reckon.
#3
Johnny Cullen
08/01/10, 2:57 pm
Half Life 3 is donkeys off.
I assume you mean Ep Three.
/nitpick
#4
evilashchris
08/01/10, 3:03 pm
Tsk!
#5
The Hindle
08/01/10, 3:13 pm
GT 5, the new COD and Nintendo will have something to say about this
#6
mington
08/01/10, 3:17 pm
fuck halo, i really hope this bombs
i think the next call of duty will probably be bigger
how about zelda?
#7
Hunam
08/01/10, 3:18 pm
New CoD has it’s work cut out for it if it’s a Vietnam game. They never sell that well because the war it’s based on, whilst interesting, has such a bad reputation for America that the rest of the world doesn’t really want anything to do with it.
#8
No_PUDding
08/01/10, 3:53 pm
FFXIII, Mass Effect 2, God of War 3 and fucking Bioshock 2 should not be on that list.
GT5 needs to be higher. CoD needs to be higher (CoD is without a doubt, bigger than Halo).
FIFA 11 and Starcraft 2, I have no idea. Never paid attention to either enoguh to argue.
#9
Johnny Cullen
08/01/10, 3:57 pm
Why? All four games are certainly going to be big revenue earners for each company, especially FF and GoW.
They most certainly deserve their place on the list.
#10
No_PUDding
08/01/10, 3:59 pm
This isn’t about deserving, it’s about predictions, and those franchises just arent as big as the others. They’re big, still, just in the wrong order.
I probabaly shouldn’t have said they shouldnt be on the list, rather than they need to be lower.
Bioshock 2 needs to be off the list though.
#11
G1GAHURTZ
08/01/10, 4:03 pm
I agree.
It’s not even on my radar really, but I can’t see any other game outselling Reach.
#12
No_PUDding
08/01/10, 4:08 pm
CoD will. Easy peasy.
That brand is much bigger now.
#13
RomaTotti10
08/01/10, 6:05 pm
Where is the new Mario and Zelda on the list? They should do very well with all the Wii owners out there just waiting for the right game.
#14
zoopdeloop
08/01/10, 6:18 pm
i’m beggining to understand what’s all the fuss about this and many other shooters this gen.
They remind me of fast food reastaurants… they have fairly tasty food, they become a trend from time to time especially by teenagers… but the truth is there is no real(essence) food you will find there…just junk
#15
loki
08/01/10, 7:47 pm
Starcraft 2 LOL LOL LOL Best selling game LOL LOL LOL LOL
#16
McLovin85
08/01/10, 8:18 pm
I reckon that GT5 will probably be the best selling game worldwide. People have been waiting for it for ages and it’s a slightly broader crowd that will be buying it compared to another Halo FPS game.
Halo is really loved in the US but over in Europe and Japan i reckon GT5 will sell more.
#17
The Hindle
08/01/10, 8:26 pm
Thats what im thinking Mclovin, GT 5 will sell 2m or 3m alone in Japan total sales.
#18
rainer
08/01/10, 8:29 pm
Halo is like The Sims there is this other group of people out there who buy this stuff by the truckload.
I think they underestimate Starcraft 2 that could certainly reach a lot more, given its big international following compared to the relatively USA centric Halo. Also SC2 is designed to run on low end PC’s so Blizzard isn’t going after the niche high end scene.