September 26, 2007

[Games] Halo 3 hype

Well, well, well, what' happened to the crowds that were expected for the Halo 3 launch? The Reg reported that it did not quite happen. Plus I was coming out of an exhibition last night, and saw some GAME shop assistants heading into Abakekabra for some dinner, to prepare themselves for the midnight launch. My friend got himself and another friend invites to the Microsoft Halo 3 launch party. It was a bit dull, loud music in one area, and a quieter area for older folks attending the launch. A supposed appearance by a Richard Dean Anderson did not materialise at all. The game on demo was shown on crappy, quite possible just HD-ready displays. And the music was so loud, my friend was unable to figure where to go as the prompts were sound-based, and there was no indication visually. So that was a bit of a letdown. And he left and walked past GAME on Dawson Street, and saw.... one person queuing outside the store! Gamestop was a little better at St. Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, as it's inside the complex and it was freezing outside.

So, to re-iterate, Halo 3 was just over-hyped.

Oh, and here are some pics I took one Saturday early afternoon outside St. Stephen's Green Centre that I've posted on my Flickr site :

Posted by whykay at September 26, 2007 03:05 PM