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The release of Halo 3 was wildly anticipated, as the game was the third in the original trilogy of the Halo games. As a result, the Halo 3 trial download was one of the most downloaded video game demos in the history of the Xbox 360. What many people don’t remember is that the Halo 3 trial download helped make another game – Crackdown.

But what does the Halo 3 demo download have to do with any other video game? Well, it has a great deal to do with the sale and marketing effort for a video that was originally meant for release on the Xbox system. Microsoft had become worried that Crackdown would not sell a lot.

Therefore, they used a marketing tactic, the one of bundling Crackdown with an access code to the Halo 3 trial download. And it worked a treat in that Crackdown sold 1.5 million copies within the first six months of its release. Those aren’t Halo 3 numbers, which sold 8.1 million copies in just over a year, but for a lesser well-known game that’s absolutely terrific.

Microsoft had turned to the Halo 3 trial download tactic because of poor opinions about the game from the play testers. They thought the nonlinear nature of the game off-putting, often leaving them asking themselves what they were supposed to be doing next.

As a result of this, the powers that be thought that something had to be done or the game would be a loser. It may appear shady practice at first to attempt to force sales of a game that’s expected to be unpopular, but in hindsight people like the game and it was a good thing that they were able to get the chance to play it.

In Crackdown, and that includes the version associated with the Halo 3 trial download, people play as an agent who is assigned to beat the kingpins, or leaders, of various gangs. To do this they utilize some superhuman powers such as super strength and super agility. In order to obtain these powers, players have to accumulate experience by defeating enemies who then release experience orbs. The clever part of the system was that the kind of orbs released depended on the manner in which the agent killed the enemy. For instance, a firearms orb appears if the enemy was killed with a gun.

So, while at first sight this game bundled with the Halo 3 free download appears to be nothing but a veiled marketing gimmick, in reality it exposed gamers to a fascinating gameplay world.

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Shoppers in this new millennium are much more knowledgeable about electronic goods than people were at any time before. The older generation of today grew up in the 1960′s and 1970′s when everyone in the West had a television set and a stereo. Previous generations were not so lucky for financial and technological reasons. Therefore, most shoppers nowadays have no compunctions about going shopping for complicated electronic equipment like a home theater.

It is in the shoppers’ best interest to research and understand about the components that go into making up a good home theater. It is not particularly exacting and many if not all of the elements involved have been around for at least a few years now. Consider what goes into a home theater:

a screen – can be a television screen, a canvas screen for a projector or a modern plasma or LCD screen. Forget about the modern varieties of screen, they are still fundamentally TV screens and they have been around for 80 years or so. Same with a projector.

a player – a DVD player is just an improved CD player and they have been out for 20-30 years. You have probably had one for most of that time. (You can add another dimension to your home theater here by swapping an Xbox for the DVD player, but games machines are not new).

speakers – they are nothing new either. Speakers have been about as long as the television set.

So you see, there is nothing in that kit which you should feel awkward about buying. Fair enough, you will be buying state of the art examples of what I listed above, but they are fundamentally the same. You connect them all together with their special plugs and wires and then plug them into the mains. Switch on and it will work.

So the next issue is: do you buy a package or do you buy the elements and build your own home theater? The answer to that question really depends on your level of competency. A package is easy and may work out less expensive too, but will it have the flexibility that you want? If you have a standard sized and standard shaped room, then I am convinced that you will be able to buy a package that will suit you. If you think that the speakers are sub-requirement, you could always sell them on and upgrade after a while.

if you want to be sure of getting exactly what you want, I think that most people will have to buy the elements separately: that is screen, player and speakers.

The size of the screen depends on the size of the room and how close you are sitting to it: a distance of between three times and five times the diagonal of the screen is approximately right. However, some people like to be dominated by the screen and others do not want to wear their glasses, so it is up to individual choice.

The DVD player is a matter of personal preference too. They are all much of a muchness, but some people prefer Sanyo while others prefer Philips. If you want gaming functionality too, use an Xbox instead of an regular DVD player.

Most rooms will require at least a 5.1 surround sound speaker set. These should be acquired as one package to make certain that they are all compatible. That is five normal speakers and a sub-woofer.

Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on many subjects, but is currently involved with Home Theater Screens. If you are interested in a Home Movie Theatre, please click through to our site.