9/25/07 – The Biggest Day in Entertainment History

Wednesday, Sep. 26 2007 | Author: Drew

Is there anyone surprised that Halo 3 broke a few records? I haven’t gotten nearly as much time as I’d like with it, but there is zero doubt that it is a phenomenal game.

Xbox 360 Exclusive “Halo 3” Registers Biggest Day in US Entertainment History with $170 Million in Sales

Microsoft today announced that the Xbox 360 exclusive game “Halo 3” has officially become the biggest entertainment launch in history, garnering an estimated $170 million in sales in the United States alone in the first 24 hours. The Xbox 360 title beat previous records set by blockbuster theatrical releases like “Spider-man 3” and novels such as “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”

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More than 1.7 million copies of “Halo 3” were preordered in the United States before a single store opened its doors at midnight, Sept. 25, making this the fasting pre-selling game in history, surpassing the previous record-setting pre-sales of “Halo 2.” Well beyond just a U.S. phenomenon, the launch of “Halo 3” was a worldwide celebration that released in 37 countries and available in 17 languages.

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6 Responses for "9/25/07 – The Biggest Day in Entertainment History"

Aaron

September 26th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
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Bigger than Harry Potter! well I guess we’ll see a backtrack from the studio who let go of the movie… Halo movie woohoo!!!
Jeff

September 26th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
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Hey Drew I never bothered playing the first two Halo games, should I rent this to give it a try? Know full well that I dont have Live Gold so it’d be just for singleplayer.
iorkara

September 26th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
3

Killzone 2 will own
Drew

September 26th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
4

I’ve literally played the single player campaign for around 45 minutes, so I can’t speak to its quality yet. I will say this, though…the original Halo pretty much defined the genre on the (then) next-gen platform, and it was the standard that all other FPS’s were measured by. From what I’ve seen and read, Halo 3 doesn’t necessarily go to the same lengths that the first one did in terms of originality, but it definitely hasn’t taken any steps back.

Wow, that’s a lot of words. Yes, you should rent it and check it out. And if you ever do get Live, it’ll become a whole new world. My gamertag’s drewc1138, so look me up.
Drew

September 26th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
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iorkara:

Do you mean in quality or sales-wise? Even though KZ and H3 are apples and oranges, I think that KZ could give Halo a run for its money in terms of quality. But if you think Killzone will outsell Halo 3, you are sadly mistaken, methinks.
Paolo

September 27th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
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Speaking of apples and oranges, don’t you find it odd to see Halo’s opening sales being compared to movie tickets and hard cover book prices? Biggest opening on a price point is hard sell for me (pun intended).