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Scott
10-04-2007, 02:53 PM
Interactive entertainment will never be the same, with the launch of one title that has changed the way the world thinks about video games. "Halo(R) 3" has captured the attention of consumers worldwide and has made history as one of the biggest entertainment launches of all time.

Microsoft Corp. today announced that "Halo 3" has officially become a global phenomenon, garnering more than $300 million in sales in the first week alone. The critically acclaimed Xbox 360(R) exclusive, which was released worldwide on Tuesday, Sept. 25, is the fastest-selling video game ever and already one of the most successful entertainment properties in history.

Initial reports from retailers worldwide show console sales have more than doubled compared with the weekly average before the launch of "Halo 3." With games such as "Halo 3," "Madden 08" (EA Sports), "Mass Effect" (Microsoft Game Studios) and "Rock Band" (Harmonix), Xbox 360 has the greatest lineup in the history of video games and is the only console where consumers can play all the year's biggest blockbusters.

"'Halo' is truly a cultural phenomenon, and the launch of 'Halo 3' is an important milestone for Xbox 360 and for video games as entertainment and as an art form," said Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft. "'Halo 3' embodies our vision for the future of entertainment, where some of the world's greatest creative minds will deliver a new generation of interactive storytelling."

"Halo 3" is quickly staking its place as the most popular Xbox LIVE(R) game in history with members gathering in record numbers to play on the world's largest online gaming and entertainment network on TV. More than 2.7 million gamers have played "Halo 3" on Xbox LIVE in the first week, representing nearly one-third of the 7 million Xbox LIVE members worldwide. Within the first day of its launch, "Halo 3" players worldwide racked up more than 3.6 million hours of online gameplay, which increased more than elevenfold to 40 million hours by the end of the first week, representing more than 4,500 years of continuous gameplay. Since "Halo 3 launched," gamers have unlocked nearly 30 million achievements. In its first week alone, "Halo 3" drove a record number of Xbox LIVE Gold Memberships as hundreds of thousands of new members gathered online with friends, family members and other gamers around the world to collectively compete and complete the game.

"Halo 3" is the conclusion to the epic trilogy and picks up where "Halo 2" left off, answering questions about the fates of the beloved protagonist Master Chief(TM) and his artificial intelligence sidekick Cortana as they struggle to save humankind from destruction at the hands of the alien coalition known as the Covenant. In addition to the rich storyline, "Halo 3" continues the franchise's grand tradition of delivering innovative online multiplayer experiences via Xbox LIVE. The game's online multiplayer and innovative four-player cooperative gameplay for Xbox LIVE Gold users, the much-talked-about Saved Films feature that enables players to capture and save their favorite moments on their hard drives, and Forge, an innovative map editor that enables myriad customization options, are just some of the new features gamers are experiencing.

Developed by Bungie Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios, the "Halo" franchise is exclusive to the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and optimized for the Xbox LIVE online entertainment network. "Halo 3" was released in 37 countries and 17 languages. To date, more than 20 million copies of the games in the "Halo" trilogy have been sold worldwide.

Record week-one sales come on the heels of the previously announced $170 million in sales in the U.S. within the first 24 hours of the game's release, which marked not just the biggest video game launch, but the biggest entertainment launch in history. The Xbox 360 title beat previous U.S. sales records set by blockbuster openings for entertainment events such as the release of "Spider-Man 3" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." In addition, more than 1.7 million copies of "Halo 3" were pre-ordered in the United States, making it the fastest pre-selling game in history, surpassing the previous record-setting pre-sales of "Halo 2."


And People ARE Still Thinking Master Chief will not return, with such money making title MS and Bungie will be crazy not to continue, that's why one of the reasons we have an open ending in Halo 3.

GF Eric
10-04-2007, 03:42 PM
Awesome. I think its time to buy my stock in Microsoft. I am in economics so my teacher will help me. But that is awesome $300 Million in one week.

StrikeHard
10-04-2007, 04:00 PM
That's good news its a amazing game

Jasperking
10-04-2007, 05:03 PM
lol i wish i could buy stocks too but ive never tried doing it :p. Id be rich lol

wifi
10-05-2007, 09:30 AM
lol haha it made more than spiderman 3 on its opening weekend, but they did it in a week lol, but still, 300million is a lot, give me half a percent of that and i'll be happy lol, thats still over a million :-P

giga_girl
10-05-2007, 10:37 AM
yah that is very awesome..even before they predicted that this will be the fastest selling videogame...hmmm wow!!a blockbuster videogame..:-)

Jasperking
10-05-2007, 01:00 PM
Mind i notice that most of us think its awesome that they made that much but.. arnt any of you thinking.. "i wish that was me" :( lol

LiNuX
10-05-2007, 01:01 PM
i know im thinking it lol, i wish it was me then spend like $50m advertising this forum :D

Jasperking
10-05-2007, 01:02 PM
$50m? on a forum lol i dont think thats even needed to get the whole population of the world that has computers and internet to join the forum XD

snipeshootergal
10-07-2007, 04:46 PM
Wow lol its the biggest game of the year anyway.

Jasperking
10-07-2007, 05:08 PM
Although halo 3 has probably sold the most copies i doubt it will be game of the year though

snipeshootergal
10-07-2007, 05:14 PM
it already is the game of year. pretty much

Jasperking
10-07-2007, 05:15 PM
I wouldnt count it as game of the year. Halo 2 wasnt game of the year and had a better single player

Scott
10-07-2007, 05:29 PM
For sales H3 is so far the game of the year. But since more people own wii's Mario Galaxy could beat that

snipeshootergal
10-07-2007, 05:30 PM
Yea i agree the campaign mode on halo 3 isn't that great actualy.

Scott
10-07-2007, 05:32 PM
Yea i agree the campaign mode on halo 3 isn't that great actualy.

At least it has 2 diffrent endings which are better than 2's. And you can Destroy Scarabs in it

Jasperking
10-07-2007, 05:32 PM
The only bad thing about halo 2 was the ending. The only bad thin about halo was the single player. So that sums up that halo 2's single player was better :p

snipeshootergal
10-07-2007, 05:33 PM
yea well. yea lol but yea true about the wii thing. i have to say the 360 is cooler than the wii. (Sorry off topic)

Scott
10-07-2007, 05:38 PM
yea well. yea lol but yea true about the wii thing. i have to say the 360 is cooler than the wii. (Sorry off topic)

It does have good games, if you don't mind Mario. But I don't know if I will like it.
Halo 2 was a good game but mainly for the multi-player. The single player wasn't too good and the Chronicles of Riddic (which was released about the same time) made it look mad.

snipeshootergal
10-07-2007, 05:39 PM
It does have good games, if you don't mind Mario. But I don't know if I will like it.
Halo 2 was a good game but mainly for the multi-player. The single player wasn't too good and the Chronicles of Riddic (which was released about the same time) made it look mad.

i was really mad about the halo 3 single player. It was horrible. But online on all halo's was cool.

Jasperking
10-07-2007, 05:46 PM
Halo 3 should be tested on the wii :p ofcourse worst graphics. I dunno y i thought that it just randomly came to me

Scott
10-07-2007, 05:47 PM
i was really mad about the halo 3 single player. It was horrible. But online on all halo's was cool.

The Darkness has a better single-player (because of that brilliant opening). If it wasn't for the online H3 would be just another shooter

snipeshootergal
10-07-2007, 05:58 PM
yea online rocks. its awesome

Scott
10-07-2007, 06:04 PM
Halo 3 should be tested on the wii :p ofcourse worst graphics. I dunno y i thought that it just randomly came to me

Halo might not be a mess on Wii. Metroid 3 looks really good.

Jasperking
10-07-2007, 06:06 PM
yeah but metroid always looked good on nintendo platforms lol. Its made for it

Scott
10-07-2007, 06:10 PM
yeah but metroid always looked good on nintendo platforms lol. Its made for it

And H3 is made for the Xboxes and Bioshock and Gears make it look bad graphically

Ghost
10-07-2007, 10:26 PM
halo 3s graphics are right for that type of game. i just got stranglehold and it has great graphics you can destroy everything in the game

Scott
10-07-2007, 10:49 PM
halo 3s graphics are right for that type of game. i just got stranglehold and it has great graphics you can destroy everything in the game

It might have good graphics but it doesn't take long to complete. It's a game you should only rent. It and PGR4 have been released at the wrong time because all you hear about right now is Halo 3

Jasperking
10-08-2007, 12:19 PM
The good thing about stranglehold was the fact you could destroy everything. The game itself wasnt very good.

snipeshootergal
10-08-2007, 04:56 PM
lol stranghold is kindof a weird game. I played the demo

Scott
10-08-2007, 06:29 PM
Stranglehold is fun. Because it's so crazy.... I know because I tried it in local Gamestore

Ghost
10-08-2007, 06:52 PM
yer it short but you can just replay levels

Scott
10-08-2007, 07:07 PM
yer it short but you can just replay levels

In the review they said that it was only so re playable then you'd get bored. I mean how re playable is killing people?

Jasperking
10-08-2007, 07:10 PM
Yeah i played the game but i got bored after a while... really bored

Ghost
10-08-2007, 07:36 PM
In the review they said that it was only so re playable then you'd get bored. I mean how re playable is killing people?

you can kill them in diffrent ways

Scott
10-08-2007, 07:49 PM
you can kill them in diffrent ways

But they are still the same levels

Jasperking
10-08-2007, 07:51 PM
Holy crap this is another topic that we have gone way off topic lol.. i guess it happens alot. So i mite as well say. I bet stranglehold wont make $300million dollars ever Unlike halo 3 which did it in a week :p

Scott
10-08-2007, 07:59 PM
Microsoft Corp. today announced that "Halo 3" has officially become a global phenomenon, garnering more than $300 million in sales in the first week alone. The critically acclaimed Xbox 360(R) exclusive, which was released worldwide on Tuesday, Sept. 25, is the fastest-selling video game ever and already one of the most successful entertainment properties in history.


I wonder what could possibly beat that?

Jasperking
10-08-2007, 08:00 PM
Wow you just quoted yourself?? lol. But i dont think anything will beat it

Scott
10-08-2007, 08:09 PM
Wow you just quoted yourself?? lol. But i dont think anything will beat it

Not for a while, I wonder if it'll be another 360 game that beats it?.... maybe GOW2

Jasperking
10-08-2007, 08:12 PM
GOW2 may beat it because it has a huge fan base also. But i dont think it is as big as the Halo fan base because of Halo being around longer

Ghost
10-08-2007, 11:05 PM
now all the halo fans might move onto gow sio then if you combine gow fans and halo fans itd be huge

Scott
10-08-2007, 11:56 PM
It might be a Mario wii game that beats it. Since the wii and Mario so popular

Jasperking
10-09-2007, 12:02 PM
I really cant see Mario beating anything anymore. But yeah halo fans will prolly go to GOW

Scott
10-09-2007, 01:23 PM
I really cant see Mario beating anything anymore. But yeah halo fans will prolly go to GOW

Mario has a lot of fans, and a lot of people own the wii, so if galaxy is amazing it could out sell it. Or Super Smash Bros Wii

Jasperking
10-09-2007, 01:23 PM
I know there are alot of mario fans.. but i dont think theres any serious mario fans like that of halo

Ghost
10-09-2007, 03:16 PM
I know there are alot of mario fans.. but i dont think theres any serious mario fans like that of halo

like i said all the halo fans will move onto gow and it will win

snipeshootergal
10-09-2007, 04:12 PM
no they won't not all of em. i won't cus i don't like gow..

Jasperking
10-09-2007, 04:13 PM
wow someone that doesnt like GOW? why not lol

snipeshootergal
10-09-2007, 04:14 PM
it's just kinda of a weird game. i dunno i just don't like it

Jasperking
10-09-2007, 04:14 PM
Have you tried xbox live on it? cause its bloody amazing lol

snipeshootergal
10-09-2007, 04:15 PM
lol no i haven't ive played multi.

Jasperking
10-09-2007, 04:16 PM
kk then i guess there is some people that dont like it for some reason.

snipeshootergal
10-09-2007, 04:17 PM
yea that would be me i like halo better even though everyone ive played on forums is freakin amazin!

Jasperking
10-09-2007, 04:18 PM
I actually prefer GOW to halo and cant wait for it to be released on pc and waiting for GOW 2

snipeshootergal
10-09-2007, 04:19 PM
GOW on pc is gonna realy stink. It will be so hard...

Jasperking
10-09-2007, 04:19 PM
lol i love fps games on pc. I play them better. Also it has longer campaign and new multi player maps

snipeshootergal
10-09-2007, 04:20 PM
Realy it has longer campaign? i though it was the same?

Jasperking
10-09-2007, 04:40 PM
Nope GoW on pc has been totally upgraded XD

but anyway back on topic now cause this is turning into spam

snipeshootergal
10-09-2007, 04:44 PM
yea sorry, but yea 300m is a pretty outrageous number for first week