there is no one in the world who can  tell me  that  the  xbox's  success isn't because of the HALO franchise. what other game would have made such an impact to help sell xbox's. not the DOA series ya kiddin me. I'm not sayin that the xbox would'nt habve stayed afloat during the PS2 boom. but honestly if it were'nt for the HALO series xbox owners would be using there xboxs as porta- potty right now.