With age comes pattern recognition. At least it does with me.
However I have only been on the forums during Halo 3 and Halo: Reach's release. I didn't bother to notice the fluctuations in forum activity until now.
So what can the ancients tell me about the forum activity once Destiny is near, and when it arrives? I understand that a considerable amount depends on the success of Destiny.
But from Halo: CE, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach have you noticed any 'maximum forum activity' intervals and the duration of their forum activity until it inevitably dies down?
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New IP's may work slightly different. I've used this mainly for entire game franchises and sequels. Halo 2/3/ODST/Reach/4 all went through this and it's not entirely different from other franchises - Starcraft, Gears, COD, Battlefield, EA sports, etc. There also may be an optional step between 5/6 of the developer releasing a playable beta - but of course there is usually a feedback forum. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] chubbz I think your step 4 is wrong, if it's a new IP and we have nothing to compare it to, we can't really say whether or not it'll ruin the game. [/quote]