Today, Microsoft released global sales numbers for Halo 3's first week on the market and let's just say the Halo 3 money machine continues to churn away. $300 million is the magic number and is the total sales Halo 3 made in the first seven days at retail, adding an additional $130 million to its 24 hour US sales record. Not only did the game make a massive amount of cash, but Microsoft is also reporting that Xbox 360 hardware sales have nearly doubled compared with the weekly average. We think we can safely say that Halo 3 is a financial success ... a really big financial success.
Halo 3 pulls in $300 million in its first week
Today, Microsoft released global sales numbers for Halo 3's first week on the market and let's just say the Halo 3 money machine continues to churn away. $300 million is the magic number and is the total sales Halo 3 made in the first seven days at retail, adding an additional $130 million to its 24 hour US sales record. Not only did the game make a massive amount of cash, but Microsoft is also reporting that Xbox 360 hardware sales have nearly doubled compared with the weekly average. We think we can safely say that Halo 3 is a financial success ... a really big financial success.
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10-04-2007 @ 11:18AM
DeadPlasmaCell said...
But..But.. 640p! *twitch*
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10-04-2007 @ 11:22AM
DemonGSides said...
Get the fuck out Plasma. Your idiocy has no grounds on the internet.
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10-04-2007 @ 11:24AM
THA1icarus said...
Well now there is no doubt in my mined that halo 4 ore halo prequel will be coming why don't they make it a launch title for the 720???
well props to Bungie and MS they puled it off.
Hope GTA will get the same love....
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10-04-2007 @ 11:41AM
Chris said...
i agree with Demon
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10-04-2007 @ 11:43AM
GuiltyDragon said...
For the love of Christ, If I see one more stupid ass complaint about the resolution that Halo 3 runs at, I’ll cry. Hey fuckface, YOU WOULDN’T HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT IF SOME NERD WITH A CAMERA DIDN’T WASTE AN AFTERNOON COUNTING FRIKKIN PIXELS!
Seriously, move on.
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10-04-2007 @ 11:47AM
Disc said...
Xbox fanboys make me laugh.
Denial isn't just a river in Egypt.
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10-04-2007 @ 11:49AM
donald manalla said...
Wow, do you guys recognize sarcasm when you see it. "Idiocy" - LOL
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10-04-2007 @ 11:53AM
TORO said...
Well I'm I contributed $130 for Bungie's mission to take over the world.
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10-04-2007 @ 11:55AM
ryan said...
not to humor the deadplasmacell dude, but i noticed the resolution first day i got it. it was on "The Storm" mission and i could see some mad aliasing issues with the factory edges in the distance.
With a "real" 1080p game like Elder Scrolls 4 i had no such problems. a 1080p game should be crisp and clear throughout. so i think its pretty stupid of Bungie to false advertise the gamebox like that.
Halo 3 i love you and will continue to love you, but you are so way overhyped. way to reel in the people Bungie!
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10-04-2007 @ 11:56AM
track2 said...
I paid $59.99 for 720p resolution, which means I PAID $0.08 per horizontal line of resolution. Since I'm only getting 640p, I want a $6.66 refund.
Start forming a line for that $6.66 refund, hehe.
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10-04-2007 @ 12:00PM
renatox said...
FIFA is gona do 2 times that in only ONE DAY!!!!! 5 MORE DAYS!!!!!!!
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10-04-2007 @ 12:03PM
dunnypop said...
Even with the hype, I still enjoyed playing this game. The game needs to be advertised that online play is the only way to play this game!
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10-04-2007 @ 12:06PM
TORO said...
dunypop anyway you play this game is really fun. Campaign, multiplayer, saved films, forge, everything!
http://gameroom.mlgpro.com/view/rhojIAED55g.html?comment_page=3
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10-04-2007 @ 12:08PM
Tony said...
Elder Scrolls 4 isn't a "real 1080p" game either. 1080p wasn't even an option on the 360 at the time. It's being upscaled.
I think there's a lot of confusion surrounding this and people equating anti-aliasing issues with other things that don't always correspond to each other. I can run a computer game at 1280x1024 and still see jaggies if I don't have anti-aliasing enabled.
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10-04-2007 @ 12:10PM
edhe said...
Ryan - Oblivion is a 720p game, if that. Not 1080p.
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10-04-2007 @ 12:11PM
edhe said...
Oh yeah - nice one bungie and there's still plenty of us yet to buy the game.
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10-04-2007 @ 12:15PM
Michael C. Sherrin said...
So...much...money. I just want to know how many Xbox 360s were sold this month. That'll be what matters. Cause who knows when Halo 4 will come out (at launch with the Xbox 720?). So it matters more that Halo 3 really spread the 360 brand into more households. Think it can break half a million? Any takers?
*******
Michael C. Sherrin
http://www.prodigeek.com/
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10-04-2007 @ 12:16PM
Guy4 said...
The game runs at 640p so that they could get all the HDR lighting right...
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10-04-2007 @ 12:19PM
Bravo6 said...
Halo: The Future of Gaming
http://www.loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/228
enjoy
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10-04-2007 @ 12:21PM
Token White Guy said...
DeadPlasmaCell, Disc, renatox, and donald get the fuck out!
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