10 Video Games You Bought CONSOLES To Play
What were you NOT going to play GTA 3??
Value is a constant talking point in the gaming industry. How much is the system itself? What unique features do the controllers have?
Most importantly: Which exclusives will I get to play?
While some manufacturers like Microsoft are starting to move away from console system sellers, there's no denying the power they have to move units. In other cases, a PC title achieves such high reception, a release on console further down the line is demanded for easier access. This forces developers to remain adaptable and prepared to work with other systems.
Drawing fans to your platform and cultivating major franchises can stamp your presence on the gaming scene. This has been common practice for many of the biggest IPs, with a burgeoning community instantly associating them with a system or company.
You can have the best graphics in the world, but it all comes down to the quality of the game itself.
These are the system sellers that made everybody run out and secure the console, no matter what.
10. Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox)
Bungie's seminal first person shooter starring a super soldier taking on deadly alien forces in the future remains a powerhouse of the shooter genre. Right off the bat, the original Xbox had its first powerhouse title.
It wasn't always meant to turn out that way, however. Halo started off as a title exclusive to Apple Macintosh. Steve Jobs himself would initially announce the game, which demoed at the MacWorld Conference in 1999. However, Bungie's future would take them in a different direction.
The developer was eventually acquired by Microsoft, and Halo would be moved to their debut game console. Given how the Xbox was Microsoft's piece of hardware in the business, the company added the subtitle "Combat Evolved", feeling Halo alone wasn't suitable enough to be competitive.
As the gaming masses know, Halo: Combat Evolved was a smash hit, and arguably the greatest launch title ever bundled. Upon its release in 2001, it helped sell fifty percent of all Xbox consoles.
By making such an incredible game, Microsoft made it known right away that they were a serious competitor, and their console got off to a great start as a result.