Sales show UK still likes GTA more than Halo

I concur, sir. It will be amusing. It won't last.

The Wii is still selling out at a good clip, right? So unfortunately, unless Nintendo really ramps up production, the Wii won't be able to take advantage of the upcoming holiday sales spike. Meanwhile the 360/PS3 definitely don't have a supply problem, which makes it entirely possible they could outsell the Wii during November/December.

Even October isn't certain for Nintendo; we have that $400 PS3 rumor going around, and Halo 3 will have a significant spillover effect from releasing so late in September.

@ TwistedBishop

You're starting a bit too early. Give it a couple weeks.

@ TwistedBishop

You're starting a bit too early. Give it a couple weeks.

Yeah because we all know that 360 line-up is limited to the halo's, forget cod4, mass effect, rock band, kane and lynch, assassin creed and the list goes on and on.

I just wish the third party support the wii enjoys was just as strong on the 360...

the problem is the 360 has too many good games coming out. Halo will be old news in 6 months. I hate to amdit it but it's true

True... But Halo 3 is... Halo 3 and some of the other games don't have the recognition Halo has. I don't think any other games will stop people from buying Halo 3. If you own a 360 you should own Halo 3.

lolz @ #4

Huh? WTF? Is this why you think the English did not buy into Halo? Seriously???

most of england doesn't give a f--- about fifa.

So Halo becomes one of the best-selling games in the UK on a machine with a smaller base compared to GTA and it's not doing too well?

same here GTA IV ALL DAY

meh, some of the old school rap and rock was allright, but everything else was crap.

GTASA had more to it personally then Halo did, I can always look back and say I've honestly had more fun playing GTA then any Halo game, thats just my opinion, okay, maybe Halo 3 exceeds previous installations of the game, but its still the same old halo, just improved upon.

The music may have sucked, but at least it had a variety of music to choose from, much like a radio. I doubt a theme song like the one in Halo would suit the game.GTA is a classic, full stop, from the very moment that game first released on PSX and PC, it has been a hit, so no wonder it excels.

GTA4 will continue on that legacy. You can call it brainless, but then, its no more brainless then Halo is, so theres no real difference in that sense.

I didn't call GTA brainless o-O

The thing with GTA SA is that the story in my personal opinion sucked, the ending was complete crap and it was just a spin off I liked more GTA VC than SA but I still like Halo 3 more than any of those games. I don’t think Halo 3 is brainless, especially in legendary the enemy AI is pretty good and I have to say is one of the best games I have played basically it delivers a good shooting experience also it liked more Halo 3story, in the case of GTA well I wanted to know what was all the buzz about I mean AAA in Gamespot I thought it was going to be good but it was sort of repetitive and the driving sections were frustrating.

I have to say GTA SA had some parts that were good but it didn’t deserve that score at all. I don’t see myself playing GTA IV I rather buy Rise of a Ninja.

Yeah, but I could easily say the same about Halo, exactly what you said there, but replace the good points you made on Halo with GTA, see where I'm coming from, you can't understand, but you're the American, correct me if I'm wrong, I'm just assuming, if you're not, I apologise, either way, from an outside America point of view, such as mine, Halo is a mind numbing shooter, with great scores I believe are often biased, I thought Halo 2 was a dissopointment, if it were not for multiplayer, I would have sold the game within a few days, probably even the day after I played it.

The aliens look naff and are often not worth killing in my opinion, I like action and real drama, so I'm more likely to pick up Gears or Crysis (I hope) then Halo where the aliens look kiddy and come across more playful then aggressive. Its a good game, don't get me wrong, but for me, after playing the first two levels of Halo, the rest pretty much follows the same pattern, except new guns and cars are thrown in, I never feel a sense of variety poking its head in, with GTA I was given the chance to shoot, fly, jump from planes, play snooker, crash a boat into the shore, get chased by police, the fun never ends, then you stick cheats on and go haywire.

If GTA4 is anything like its predecessors, it will crush all opponents without a doubt. There is so much to look forward to in GTA, and while the story sucked, it sucked because there is no REAL story, you pretty much decide the fate of your character, so it feels more real, more down to earth, rather then the SAVE THE WORLD routine. American's love that, thats why games like Halo and Graw sell millions over there, any game highlighting the fact that one man can take down all his enemies is great other there, which is why all the heros, spiderman, batman, superman etc etc are all American, unfortunately, that idea does not cut it with the rest of us.

I'm not saying your favourite games are crap, I'm just trying to show you how views and opinions are different, so that what you could not understand you now can. Which is probably why Japanese would pick up a FF game over Halo any day and visa versa.

Funny one would think Americans would like more GTA anyway talking about GTA you know for a free roamer there isn’t much liberty story wise, I mean if you are really supposed to choose the fate of your character you would think there would more than 1 ending I mean Dungeons and Dragons Temple of elemental Evil really let you do whatever you want in fact there were a lot of endings you could be a powerful villain ,an Epic Hero or a Gay pimp..yeah a gay pimp now that’s liberty.

I would like more games like GTA if there was a good story to follow and decide your path to become a Criminal Mastermind or some sort of Anti-Hero.

In the case of Halo well is your opinion I still think is great but I agree Gears of War is awesome, I just wish the online achievements weren’t so damn hard to obtain. It takes ages to get 10,000 especially with leaderboard whores leaving the match, seriously WTF with that.

ok but it isn't really fair to compare GTA with Halo. They are both completely different games. of course GTA will have more to it since it's a sand-box game while Halo is only an fps.

I'm European and I think GTA sucks ass. Messing about in the city is only fun for so long, and most of the missions are almost as boring as World of Warcraft quests. Go pick up the hoe and drive her here zomg, go to some landfill and shoot some niggas, yay

GTA isn't versatile in terms of story, but it does at least feel as if you can change things slightly, no matter how many times you play the game, the missions you do will never be the same twice except set missions, one time you may decide to fly to the destination, the next time drive, the next time sail, so theres lots to do.

And while some may feel the idea of being a gangster etc is generic, many just hated the fact that the main character was now black, which is what I had an issue with. Tommy was not of the Mafia, but everyone liked him, but as soon as the gangster idea rears its ugly head as much as the mafia, everyone who loved GTA VC hated SA. Lost? Not saying this includes any of you, its just the general idea.

True, you cannot compare the two games, GTA is more generalized, while Halo is strictly FPS, so if you hate FPS, then Halo isn't your thing, for someone such as I, the last FPS I enjoyed playing was Timesplitters, mainly because it was hilarious. I just didn't think Halo fit into my 'fun' category, the first was original, the second was a mega disappointment with a few ideas cloned from Half Life 1 (the intro with the tram/train thing) and the third is great, but by now, I'm bored of the whole series, it doesn't seem to change.

I just hope GTA4 allows more freedom, with more freedom comes more fun. With Halo, while it's great and levels and sections are open and wide, you still feel as if you are forced to follow one particular path, no alternatives, no changes, you play the game on a harder setting, its still the same, just harder :S

Right...so I hate all Americans huh? Wait! GTA you kill Americans? I thought it was just anyone in general :S

um...sure... racism against Americans by English people

Go America!