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Current Halo 3 Sales Figures : 1.8 Million sold in 8 Hours

In even more Halo 3 related news, initial sales for Master Chief's latest incarnation are coming in, and the Xbox 360 exclusive title has sold through 1.8 million copies during the first 8 hours of release. The break down is 1.5 million sold through pre-orders, with an additional 300,000 copies sold without pre-order

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Arkham6049d ago (Edited 6049d ago )

Great job! Even accounting for a post-release rebound, I suspect sales will break the 5M unit barrier before Xmas.

MADGameR6049d ago

1.6M to 1.8M is not a huge leap but its a start

Jones Miller6049d ago

...how many Xbox 360 units are gonna ship by the end of the year. Actually how many units were moved because of Halo 3. I bet it´s gonna be more than a lot.

MrFurious6049d ago

That just shows how a ridiculous puppet and marketing efforts can make a simple game turn into million selling game!! Ridiculous... that's it!
This game is a simple old fashioned game.

barom6049d ago

Wonder if it's gonna sell more than WoW:TBC. Was it 2.7 mill in 24 hours?

clownfacemcgee6048d ago

Those are some great numbers. I'm impressed. But at Barom above me, I think WoW:TBC had more of a direct audience. The 360 has been out for a relatively short time, as has all the others, so the market penetration is minimal. The 360 has sold 11.10 million according to VGChartz, whereas WoW:TBC sold 8 million when TBC launched, and almost 100% of those people had the intent to buy the expansion (I bought it a month later). So WoW:TBC had an advantage, because it was an expansion for a game with a hardcore audience (aka addicted). Halo 3 isn't an expansion, so I think it's not fair to compare it to one. You ought to compare those figures to other games, and you'll see that those are some highly impressive numbers.

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CAPS LOCK6049d ago

how many of those did sell x-box 360s?

not trying to flame just asking...

fjtorres6049d ago

When NPD numbers come out.
The answer should be anywhere between 50K and 600K. ;-)

predator6049d ago (Edited 6049d ago )

very impressive, not even hit Europe yet, should get to 2.5 million by end of week
7 hours till i get my hands on it

P4KY B6049d ago

I'll be one proud owner in 7 hours time.

tehcellownu6049d ago (Edited 6049d ago )

lets hope so there already some angry halo fans ...There is a lot of people reporting about disk scratches and halo 3 having some major framerate problems..

castdreams6049d ago (Edited 6049d ago )

Gears of What?

Motojass6049d ago

Everything else aside....this game IS huge

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Ranking Every Halo Game From Worst To Best

Not every Halo game has been a banger, but the franchise still has a raft of the greatest games of all time.

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HellspawnPR198199d ago

Infinite is a dumpster fire and as much as I like ODST, in no universe it ranks above Halo 2. This list is trash.

Kaii99d ago

Just exclude Infinite>5>4

ChasterMies99d ago

Best to worst: Halo 3, Halo 2, Halo Reach, Halo CE, Halo 4, Halo ODST, Halo Infinite, Halo 5.

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The 7 Best Xbox 360 Games - Console Exclusives Win the Day

The Xbox 360 was a fantastic console in its day with some truly classic titles, but what are the seven best games for the console?

DrDoomer136d ago

I'm pretty used to these lists being bad, but this one is particularly s#ite.

raWfodog136d ago

I think Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon should have been added to the list.

BrainSyphoned136d ago

I'll go with,
Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Culdcept Saga, Shadow Complex, Ace Combat 6 with the flight stick,A Kingdom for Keflings, A World of Keflings.
Bonus Kinect Games: Happy Action Theater and Sesame Street.
*Skyrim was so bad on PS3 that it almost deserves to be #1*

Husker42c136d ago

I really loved Shadow Complex.

P_Bomb136d ago

Ah yes, Shadow Complex! Good indies back in the day. Summer of Arcade. I enjoyed Trials Evolution as well.

ChasterMies136d ago (Edited 136d ago )

Was this made by a.i.? No human being would put Shadowrun, Fable III, and Splinter Cell: Conviction into a list of the 7 best Xbox 360 games.

Abnor_Mal136d ago (Edited 136d ago )

Would love to play Ace Combat6 on PlayStation, but Xbox decided to buy exclusivity and keep it off a competing platform.

The only mainline game I never played except for one level at a friends place. Game sold less than any other in the series if I remember correctly.

darthv72136d ago

360 had Namco hitters AC6 and RR6... both quality titles. You should at least bust out the 360 for AC6 if you can score the flight stick. Its great.

Hofstaderman136d ago

When the current gen XBOX offering is so lacking people need to refer to games released two generations back....

Profchaos135d ago (Edited 135d ago )

It's a nostalgia peice same reason we get thousands of YouTube videos on sega genisis. Something people have fond memories for but the era is long gone.

It's xboxs golden year imo it was their genisis years the time where they stuck it to the market leaders Sony.

BehindTheRows135d ago

They stuck nothing. Sony screwed themselves giving Xbox an opening. They would have gotten the usual smack down if the PS3 had launched at $399 and was easier to develop for.

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Xbox 360 Turns 18: Three Cheers to Live, Halo, and Red Rings

The Xbox 360 launched in North America 18 years ago, and is now officially old enough to buy you a drink in Europe.

darthv72147d ago

Great platform, and many of its games (not bc) still hold up well to this day. Like the PS3, I keep a 360 hooked up for those games you can't play any other way.

isarai147d ago

The last gasp of greatness from XBox, you are missed, except the RROD that was lame, but amazing exclusives until the Kinect dropped.

TheBrainZ147d ago

So many brilliant games. I still have one stored somewhere.

LG_Fox_Brazil147d ago

I really enjoyed my X360, some great exclusives on it. Used to play the shit out ot Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, two masterpieces