Executives do a lot of gushing about their newest products. Sometimes, they get extra gushy at launch events and say things that they probably shouldn’t have. Exhibit A: Stephen McGill, who is the head of Xbox UK. Recently he was asked by Eurogamer how he thought the newest Halo game would do against Treyarch’s up-coming entry into the Call of Duty franchise.
He responded by saying that Halo: Reach versus COD: Black Ops is “going to be a really good fightâ€, but that he believs Halo: Reach is going to outsell the competition.
Now that’s some fighting talk right there! Of course, he wasn’t that specific and the question remains whether he feels Halo: Reach will outsell COD: Black Ops when considering how Black Ops will release across all platforms, while Halo: Reach remains an Xbox 360 exclusive. Once you stick that fact into the melting pot his comment becomes a little loftier. The converse remains, however: Â Â it’s quite likely that Halo: Reach will outsell COD: Black Ops on the Xbox 360.
Halo: Reach drops next week Tuesday (14 September) while the new Call of Duty: Black Ops sneaks into our consoles and PCs on 09 November 2010.
Last Updated: September 13, 2010
Dion
September 26, 2010 at 05:48
LOL! This is the best joke I’ve heard in a while. Go and look at the pre-orders for Halo: Reach and compare them to Black Ops now on VGChartz. Black Ops is beating Halo: Reach.
Nick de Bruyne
September 28, 2010 at 01:20
While I think this oke is just plain nuts, there is actually a decent possibility that Halo Reach will sell more than Black Ops in the very long run.
In a year’s time, people will be flocking to buy the next COD game, while Halo Reach will probably continue to sell units here and there for the next two years at least, not to mention bundles.
So technically it could happen… it’s just unlikely