"I think the key phrase here is :"and the remarkably robust manner in which they are implemented".
Yes, I think Portal comes closest in terms of "innovation", but (now please don't flame me; hear me out first) Portal's innovation came primarily from an "idea", whereas Halo 3's "innovation" came from completely thorough polish unlike any game in the market today."
"Just want to provide some additional angles from an analytical PoV (I'm assuming that the graph was mislabelled BTW; giving Nintendo the benefit of the doubt):
1) All these are UNIT sales."
"Simply means they overstocked on MGS.
The fact that it even sold this much already at $500 is amazing, and don't forget that the PS3 has been doing much better over there."
"I only beat the first map, and kept on dying on the second map because I was trying to be too ambitious and wanted to lead a crowd of 1,000 on the west side of the river...
But you're telling me there's only one more after that??"
"The ones that are hurt the most are the employees of the smaller studios.
On the other hand, presidents/owners of those smaller studios were paid with HUGE checks (relatively speaking, that is) when they were acquired."
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