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.
Bigger than Harry Potter! well I guess we’ll see a backtrack from the studio who let go of the movie… Halo movie woohoo!!!
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.
Killzone 2 will own
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.
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.
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).