What will Epic do to stop GoW from dying......

[KozMix]

......when Halo 3 is released?

We all know that Halo 3 will almost certainly kill off all 360 games when it is released, same as number 2 did to the original xbox,

So im wondering what you guys think Epic should do to stop Gears from dying and keep you playing?

[Skynyrd Fan]

This is why Gears was released before H3. But its really up to them, and i dont want to start rumors.

[Wedgie]

I don't think there's anything they can do. Once H3 comes out the online community will dwindle. People will find it harder to get games going and then quit. Sure there will alway be a small following but once Halo3 is out I know I'll probably put Gears away.

[shades_of_grey]

If bullet lag were eliminated and more match customization options were implemented in GoW, I think it'd hold many gamers' interest post H3 release. If those things don't happen, most will abandon GoW.

[Quex13]

^ He's right.

I'll still play Gears, but it probably will fall to Halo 3. There's nothing you can do about it, really.

[GaIVI3r]

If they do not fix the wall sticking I will be quitting Gears of War after my team is done this CAL season. (1-2 months.)

[gearslaughter]

if they fixed everything wrong with gears then i wouldnt even bother buying halo caz i would only play Gears.... besides, Halo is a bunch of 5-year olds jumping around saying the word "pwned"

[BloodyCreep]

2 different games. Ill be playing Halo and Gears.

[DS Kristoba]

well it doesnt really matter if you quit playing, i mean sure epic wants people to have fun, but you already bought the game,so they already have their game profit. on the plus side halo 3 beta...may 16!!!!

[SWAMPCHICKEN 69]

well not having annex count towards achievments was a stupid mistake. and the wall sticking issue to me seems worse than before.

boomshot good to go.

i got told in another board about the annex stuff not counting and was told
"you should play for fun not achievments"
well the 360 was put out with the idea that achievments are fun to achieve and so I THINK ITS FUN TO GET THEM.
Epic screwed the pooch on this one, and the tourney is being tracked from a web based leaderboard, and if you dont have a microsoft live id, and only registered thru the web site you may be outta luck. now this is a rumor from a uk web site that i found. and no they did not list the name of the web site, so i would take it for what its worth. later... and annexx game is cool, the kills not counting sucks microsoft A@@

[York]

I know I'll probably stop playing Gears after Halo 3's release, mostly because I find Gears... well... repetitive. There's not a whole lot of freedom in the game.

[Black Asgard]

When the beta comes out, all Gears action stops for me. Ill play the beta for hours on end until it ends, then Ill begin playing Halo 2 anew so that I can kick ass early on in the third game.

[|kiwi|]

Announce GOW2 and build massive hype.

right. the destiny of every game which isnt called halo. there will be never a all time burner lik cs, quake or ut. and as soon the games have more or less beta status it wont change. and of course as long crappy p2p connection are used.

ps: dont forget the dlc which divides the small community with every single release more and more.

edit: y should ms/epic/whoever change it? it works. release a game, charge for it, let it be alive for a few months (til the next overhyped title comes out) and get rid of it. if it was a success, anounce am sequel.

[Shadow Dancer]

Whether or not people keep playing is up to their own personal dedication. The floodlings will leave, and they'll leave H3 once the next new thing comes out FFsomething, maybe? UT3? But the core userbase will remain if it chooses to.
I know I will continue to make time for Gears, and maybe once it's reduced to its true fans, we'll be able to play without people whining and cheating and being the typical unpleaseantries one encounters on popular Live games.
Sometimes smaller communities are better, check out the Burnout Live group, there's some real competition going on over there because it's not oversaturated with floodlings.

[llvllike]

I don't think there's anything they can do. Once H3 comes out the online community will dwindle. People will find it harder to get games going and then quit. Sure there will alway be a small following but once Halo3 is out I know I'll probably put Gears away.

IF EPIC doesn't get this "velcro run" fixed, Gears will dwindle much sooner than the release of Halo 3.

[Hsoolien]

I'll still be playing GOW myself, that is unless Halo 3 is the end of the seriies sucking for me

[j-wrell]

tell ya what... ill be playing more halo 3 because it actually has a party system and dosnt make it so i cant play ranked matches with my friends cough *gears* cough

[Stasis]

After Gears, I don't care for Halo. I certainly won't be buying Halo 3 for $60. Probably rent it, beat it, and not care anymore. I'll continue playing Gears.

[Jfab]

you know what Epic can do to make Gears not die out? not listen to every little complaint that everyone has about the game

[DimiLoco]

Not everyone likes Halo you know. I bought both Halo games because all my friends kept saying that it was great. I never understood why. I know i wont be playing gears of war forever but it wont be coz of Halo 3. Assasins Creed , Bioshock , Huxley and later UT3 are the games i am looking forward to.

[Bob Saget]

Bob Saget has returned!!!

[AdZ]

Bob Saget has returned!!!

Spammer alert.

Anyway.. what will epic do next? obviously unreal tournament 3, followed by gow2 i imagine. For the record i didnt like the halo games at all, and i dont much like gears of war, but unreal touranment has always been one of my fav pc titles so im kinda looking forward to ut3.

[jnc360]

Epic should make the new maps available around halo3 beta may 16th right ?That way they dont loose the true fans who are kind of tired of the same maps.

[RHG]

I would never buy Halo 3, I owned Halo1 and I didn't buy Halo2. GOW ROCKS and it will be an earthquake if EPIC fix or do some compensation for the Host advantage and bullet lag.

[marcus]

Meh ill only buy Halo 3 for it's single player, in my opinion, Gow's multiplayer is way ahead off halo multiplayer, halo online just isn't fun in my opinion, and Gears is.

[Storey]

I only used Halo2 for Multiplayer, that was it. I might by Halo3 but I'm sure I'd go and play a little of both. Sure I've put away plenty of games, Saints Row, Crackdown...hell I've played Dead Rising once...its the games live. Once GOW2 is announced more fully, whenever that may be, then everyone will be hyped again, just like any WWE game.

[Wedgie]

Once Halo 3 comes out there will be several groups of people.

When the beta comes out, all Gears action stops for me. Ill play the beta for hours on end until it ends, then Ill begin playing Halo 2 anew so that I can kick ass early on in the third game.

tell ya what... ill be playing more halo 3 because it actually has a party system and dosnt make it so i cant play ranked matches with my friends cough *gears* cough

These are the two groups who make up the majority of the online community. MOST of the people playing Gears WILL leave to play Halo once it comes out. Either because of their love for Halo's gameplay and/or the awesome party system they've got. You can't beat their online play, it's just not happening.

After Gears, I don't care for Halo. I certainly won't be buying Halo 3 for $60. Probably rent it, beat it, and not care anymore. I'll continue playing Gears.

Not everyone likes Halo you know. I bought both Halo games because all my friends kept saying that it was great. I never understood why. I know i wont be playing gears of war forever but it wont be coz of Halo 3. Assasins Creed , Bioshock , Huxley and later UT3 are the games i am looking forward to.

And these are the groups of people who will stay. They're obviously a waaaay smaller group but it will just be people who loved Gears and won't play anything else until the sequal and/or people who never really liked Halo to begin with.

I'm sure Epic, as well as other developers in the shooter genre, are expecting their games to have a nice coating of dust on their covers once Halo 3 comes out.