Halo 3 approaches 10 million sold copies

Somewhere, someone has got to make a lot of money on this game, and are now probably laughing all the way to the bank.
The previously best selling Halo game, Halo 2, has now been overtaken by Halo 3.

[farhsa2008]

wow, for a decent game this sure has sold a lot, i know for damn sure that halo 2 was much better.

[4Sh0w]

I like Halo3 much better, its got alot of great features 4 player co-op is awesome with some friends, great gameplay plus online is run & gun fun, add Bungies constant support just keeps making a already very deep game even better.

[N4Sony]

Deserves the good sales!!!

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

Wow. amazing sales. Never thought it would be inching towards 10 million copies sold. That means every 3rd Xbox 360 owner owns a copy of Halo 3. Amazing!

[CaseyRyback_CPO]

Halo3.

[Bnet343]

I'll consider Killzone 2 a Halo killer when it puts up numbers like that. I don't care what anyone says.

[Ryo-Hazuki]

As a ps3 only owner....xbox owners sure buy there games, unlike ps3 owners. We have a fantastic game in Killzone 2 and the damn game will only hit 3.5 million lifetime probably....i dont understand ps3 owners.

[theKiller]

and real next gen games which MS dont provide!

[PotNoodle]

infamous, it isn't the PS3 owners fault - it is sonys fault for not advertising their games. I knew so many people the week before the release of killzone 2 that didn't even know what killzone 2 was!

[pain777pas]

Halo3 was fun, graphics were pretty good, tuned gameplay and great online. Nothing not to like about the game really but I don't like the Green suit anymore it looks so basic and kinda lame sometimes I'm like Halo was pure luck that it was so successful however the gameplay holds up even today on combat evolved save the vehicle controls for the warthog.

[Sircolby45]

"As a ps3 only owner....xbox owners sure buy there games, unlike ps3 owners. We have a fantastic game in Killzone 2 and the damn game will only hit 3.5 million lifetime probably....i dont understand ps3 owners."

That is because Killzone 2 is another beautiful disaster like Haze. I am sure I will get disagrees like mad for saying this, but what the hell where they thinking when they designed the control scheme for this game? The PS3 controller is already awkward enough on a FPS without adding a delay!!! If they would have had a normal control scheme this game would have been truly epic. I am sorry though I simply can not stand the controls. IMO Resistance is leaps and bounds ahead of Killzone 2.

Anyway back on topic. Halo 3 is truly an amazing game. The number of people playing it and the number of sales it has speaks for itself. Halo is more tailored to the run and gun audience and it is the more tactical people that bash it. Personally I love both tactical and run and gun, but r&g is still my favorite.

[rubarb23]

Dudes, I agree with you both

the way i see it, most people bought a ps3 as a blu ray player. that's why you hardly see ps3 games (exclusive or not) on the npd top 10.
i mean come on, i bought killzone 2 and i frigg'n love it man. sony fanboys here keep hyping their exclusives and what happens? they don't sell as expected. they're too busy hyping ps3's exclusives they forget to go out and buy them - nice!
oh and those comments about killzone 2's npd sales were only for 2 days.....yeah, well compare that to gears 1, gears 2, halo 3's first day sale - notice the difference?
sony is also at fault. one would think by now, they'd know how to advertise their big triple a titles.
who knows, maybe sony thinks that by using their own loyal fanbase, word will get around at little to no cost to them and their exclusives will sell like hot cakes. thing is, that strategy doesn't work. least not for them thus far.
if killzone 2 came out on the 360, you better believe ms would have hyped the living sh!t out of it and it would have sold like crazy.
much crap is said about ms buying exclusives here and there, or that the 360 can't do this or that, in the end the xbox 360 does something ps3 has been struggling to do this gen....sell their games in the millions. it's not to say that selling 300 - 600k is bad, not by any means, but you would rather have your title sell in the hundred thousands? or millions? that's the difference between ps3 and xbox 360 owners. 360 owners actually SUPPORT and BUY games.
oh before i forget, i love sony fanboys who trash halo 3....is there a ps3 exclusive that has sold that much? me thinks not.

One more thing to all those who hate on halo (don't care if you're a 360 owner or not), you personal opinion is just that - i respect. But no one can deny that halo is in a league of it's own. that's the power of that franchise, sure better looking games come out, but halo multiplayer will always be at the top or at least in the top 3 on live. soon you'll see COD MW and COD WAW fall off the charts as the newer games come out and you'll still be seeing halo in there in the 1st 3 spots. I don't think there's ever been a console game with that lasting appeal to gamers.

@ DNAgent's comment below

lol, let me guess, you tried to play halo 3 online, got your ass kicked, put on your best dress and went back to flower - super!

[GUNS N SWORDS]

the day of reckoning has come.

sony and it's gamers don't know how to market a game worth sh1t, you don't smother the game in hype and at the same time diss every game out there that opposes it.

every fvcking insult that N4G's ps3 members deliberately said about 360 and it's selection of games....not one person out of n4g heard it, out of the millions of gamers there are in this world.

(this should be a turning point for those who wasted time hyping killzone, rather than making childish remarks about how bad halo3 is in comparison, those people should have made a more friendly and welcoming approach to hyping killzone2.)

[soxfan2005]

This just proves that quality gameplay will prevail every time. Sure, Halo 3 may not look as good as other Xbox 360 or PS3 games, but it is gameplay quality that matters most, and Halo 3 delivers top notch next-gen gameplay. Just like PS3 supporters say that sales don't matter, it's all about quality - Halo 3 proves that gameplay quality trumps graphical prowess.

[Bnet343]

GUNS N Swords speaks truth. A lot of PS3 fanboys here hyped KZ2 to hell and bashed Halo 3. And for what? KZ2 didn't come close sold a million at launch, while Halo 3 is a a chicken laying golden eggs for Bungie. Now I understand why Microsoft never saw KZ2 as a threat, it barely even touched Halo. And for the record, please shut don;t speak to me if you don't know who I am. Calling me a fanboy is not going t help the situation at hand for you fanboys. I love it when people talk sh*t and it gets shoved right back in their mouth. Honestly, it doesn't matter what side your on. 360 PS3 Wii w/e.

[pwnsause]

"hat is because Killzone 2 is another beautiful disaster like Haze. I am sure I will get disagrees like mad for saying this, but what the hell where they thinking when they designed the control scheme for this game? The PS3 controller is already awkward enough on a FPS without adding a delay!!! If they would have had a normal control scheme this game would have been truly epic. I am sorry though I simply can not stand the controls. IMO Resistance is leaps and bounds ahead of Killzone 2."

Haze wasnt a beautiful disaster, it was in fact, the opposite. and the control scheme is great for this game. it was designed well for that controller, it is not a 360 controller, which is suitable for FPS and no, Resistance 2 does not leap ahead of KZ2, especially in the graphics department. Killzone 2 was never a beautiful disaster, it did lots of things right. as I said before, I love this "double standard" that people put to this game.

People have been trying to make this game fail for a long time because they hate the dev team that does it, not to mention the company that supports this dev team, and you know what? they cant. so they nitpicked this game to death. Im not going to talk any farther than this, because this is a Halo topic.

[RememberThe357]

This is about Halo 3, not Killzone 2. Can we please leave the fanboyism at the door.

[All-3]

That being said... answer this question please --> WHY haven't MORE PS3 owners bought Killzone 2 then?

Do more than 2/3rds of PS3 owners actually --> BELIEVE <-- in the negative things so-called detractors of the game --> AND the detractors of the developers AND the detractors of Sony - say?

Orrrrrrrrrrrr --> MAYBE <-- just maybe - there ARE NOT as many shooter fans in the current PS3 install base as many might have thought... Hmmm?

[skottey]

@farsha2008-

Just curious as to why you liked Halo 2 better than Halo 3?

Was it the horrible ending of the Halo 2 campaign you adored? Which made the top ten of worst endings for a video game of all time. Halo 3 on the other hand had an excellent ending.

Or was it the Halo 2 multiplayer you liked better. While I liked the game a lot at the time, it was spoiled and tainted with online cheating and network manipulation that ruined night after night of play. You'd just come down from an anger burst about some a-hole cheating and you'd run into another cheatin' fool. Halo 3 mulitplayer may not be perfect. I mean, I miss some of the maps from Halo 2 and all that, but they have done a better job preventing most of the cheats and network manipulations.

Now, if they could just fix the grenade system, because that stinks up all three games. If I throw a grenade at you in real life and you shoot me dead before my grenade goes off, my grenade still goes off. This will happen every time unless a grenade is faulty. But in the Halo games, it is hit or miss, and usually not, that a grenade will still blow up after the thrower is killed.

[7thNightvolley]

halo3 is a really fun game.. my all time fav mode, Griftball .. well the one like NFL ... mega fun.. 10 million sales.. comparing any game as a halo killer is a very big mistake many should not make coz 10million is a monstrous number to beat. and the only thing that can ever top that no is a Wii fit which i dont consider a game... or another halo FPShooter. no other game would reach that number well i dont see any maybe gears2 might try. but that game would have to be on the 360 since 360 gamers buy a shyt load of games.

[Saigon]

isnt this the second article that did this...first it was hhg claiming kz2 was a failure because it had vgchartz.com numbers and everyone beleived him...now qg.com does the same thing with h3...and again everyone beleives this website...

Look if the information is not released by its Publisher...speculation means nothing...This thread should be locked or closed or even removed because the source is giving guestimated numbers...

[CoxMulder]

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

;)

[George Sears]

Props for Bungie on the creation and success of this franchise and redefining the genre along with it.

[DNAgent]

And I guess props to Wii Fit for redefining the meaning of excercise too, right?

[George Sears]

If you like Wii fit, then yeah I guess. Don't know why you are comparing the two. Sure, Wii fit has sold a lot, but you know that that game is aimed for casuals.

[DNAgent]

Halo is also aimed at casuals. It's a run & gun shooter and it's a casual shooter. It doesn't take any skill so it's easy for casual gamers to pick up and play while still managing to get a lot of kills.

[OOG]

to be good at halo u cant just be a run and gunner... and if its team deathmatch it is one of the most team oriented deathmatches... you cant win without a good team in Halo...

[Bnet343]

look at his avatar, he's obviously mad about the good halo news. don;t take it so serious DNAgent.

[Firstkn1ghT]

LMAO! A run and gun shooter? You clearly have no idea.

[Shepherd 214]

halo 3 is not a run and gun game. True, it is easy to be an average skilled player in Halo 3, but to be truly better than the average player requires much practice and skill. Since ive played Halo for about 8 years now, i think i would know.

[RememberThe357]

You can do just fine in Halo if you just run and gun. If you deny that, your just not being honest. If you want to get good however, you have to approach it a little differently.

I think this is a testament to Halo's playability/accessibility. If you want to play it casually you can and you'll do fine, but if you really want to get into it, you can get really good.

Halo 3 is not the best shooter out there (IMO), but it is one of the most accessible. That is why we will see this game sell well throughout this generation.

[KruLLit]

I'm getting tired of these PS3 fanboys. Out of all the consoles, I hate xbox 360 the most and I can't really understand why people play halo 3, because I think it's garbage. But hey that's only my opinion.

Why not congratulate Bungie for making a successful game and stop whining about your "Killzone 2 is the best game evaah, OMAGAAWD". It won't do as well as Halo 3, so why even bother.

[SonySoldierEternaL]

congratZ

[Deadman64]

Yeah, really. Congrats to Bungie, especially since they are still supporting it full strength.

[NNNW]

this just shows xbox has no games lol!

[II Necroplasm II]

I own 87 Xbox 360 games and halo 3 is one of them.

So my point is you fail.

[TreborRversed]

Despite what anyone may think about the game, you got to give Bungie credit for that sale figure.

I can only hope in time we will see a PS3 game sell that many.

[Sanzee]

Congratulations Microsoft and Bungie, and Xbox fans everywhere!

And I think it's safe to say the Xbox 360 will take 2nd place this generation, and 1st in the battle of hardcore... not just because of this game, but because the 360 is 1/3 ahead of the PS3 in total sales, and the console's top 4 selling games have outsold the PS3's number one selling game this generation. Unfortunately, PS3 fans hate discussing numbers, and opinion overrides any and all proven facts. In other words: emotion > logic.

I don't even see the point in fighting with PS3 fans now. We're going to win. Game over.

[Shane Kim]

360 will never win sh!t. They will always be last. It's frightening to see how you back up a corporation that has delivered 4 good games in 4 years. Then you rant about sales like you actually have shares in MS. 10 million copies is a great achievment for Bungie and even though this game isn't for me, It's probably fun for alot of people. But come on, Halo 3, Gears 1&2 and ME? That's 1 good game/year for the 360. And mark my words, since everything is going downwards for the 360, it won't last past this year. MS will drop support and bring out the 720.

[Eiffel]

Not to be a fanboy but...what PS3 game has sold anywhere close to 10 million?

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I rest my case.

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

360's causes disc scratching, hence why many Halo 3 players bought more than one copy.

[BLaZiN PRopHeT]

MS replaces games they published when the disk is scratched for free.

Now try again

[Shepherd 214]

yea they replace all scratched disks for free. Also try not knock your console over when your playing, and you wont have that problem. Moving your 360 while its playing scratches disks, so it not that hard to leave it alone while your playing. For the past three years of constant 360 gaming, i have not had that problem.

[Deadman64]

Me either. I don't move my console whiles its reading a disc, nor do I have it sitting vertical. Pretty much common sense.

[AngryTypingGuy]

Quit making excuses. There aren't that many 360's scratching discs that it would affect a number like 10 million.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Nice ownage BLaZiN PRopHeT

[Spike47]

Last gen my favorite FPS was Halo 2, this gen so far it's COD4 followed by Killzone 2.

Oh and what did Halo 3 redefine? It was just a good shooter, like COD4, and Killzone 2.

[Deadman64]

Well, it further built on the party system on Halo 2, which I personally have not seen any party system as good as bungie to this date. COD's is fairly good now as well tho, I still prefer bungie's tho. Also Halo 3's video capture and forge are pretty dam amazing for a console game.

[OrganicMachine]

those are just there for players' convenience not really a redefining of the First Person Shooter genre, the just made the game convenient for the players to hop in and play with friends..

and on topic.. I played halo 1, it was great, moved to Halo 2, it was meh.. played halo 3 on a friend's 360, it felt like Halo 2 and since I didn't enjoy Halo 2 that made me feel like Halo 3 wasn't new.. so yea.. not hating on teh game, it's just didn't appeal to me.. I like games that feels like Cod4 and Counter-strike...

[DHAV0K]

i think the whole matchmaking system brought over from halo 2 has redefined the experience of online multiplayer

[dustgavin]

I am not a big fan of the 360, but I think this is an awesome achievement. Congrats!

[DNAgent]

1. Vgchartz
2. It got outsold by Wii Fit
3. Since xbots care so much about sales this obviously means Wii Fit is a much better game than Halo (I guess it is the real Halo killer)

[BLaZiN PRopHeT]

So wiifit is also better than anything ever released on the ps3, and going by wiifit sales itll be better than any games released on the ps3 for the rest of the generation.

[Deadman64]

"rest of the generation."

Nope forever. Halo 3 will also outsell anything on PS3....forever.

[Shepherd 214]

someones a bit sour that their game doesnt sell as well as Halo 3.

If your bitter against sales data, your welcome to take a look at all the most reliable gaming sites and magazines to check out the very high review scores they gave Halo 3.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

More ownage

[NegativeCreep427]

This is good, if only for the fact that it gives Xbot Butt-Buddies a reason to get up out of bed today.

"Yay!!!!! We recieve absolutely no monetary or gratuitous benefits from these sales numbers for Microsoft's games, but we still celebrate like fake F'n sheep all the same. Yay!!!!!"

@Blazin

I don't NEED a reason to get myself out of bed, because my daily life doesn't revolve around b*tching and moaning that a game for that videogame console in my living room sold more than another game for a different console that I don't own.

The sales numbers for PS3 hardware/software do not dictate my life, unlike idiot internet fanboys like you and your a$$ buddy down there right below you.

[BLaZiN PRopHeT]

So what was your reason for getting out of bed it couldn't be the sales of ps3 video games. Cuz that would make you wanna stay in bed.

@NegativeCreep427

LOL your posting on a game site. Your no better than anyone else. And let me break it to you, your a fanboy stop dying it. We can all see it.

[Deadman64]

His reason is trolling

lol. I'll be cool and edit my post too.

"Yay!!!!! We recieve absolutely no monetary or gratuitous benefits from these sales numbers for Microsoft's games, but we still celebrate like fake F'n sheep all the same. Yay!!!!!"

Actually, you indirectly do. Why do you think Bungie/Microsoft made Halo 2? Halo 3? Because they sold well and there was a high demand. Surely your 'daily life' had you learning at least the basic fundamentals of Economics.

[NegativeCreep427]

Because Blazin unlike what your 12-year old equivalent mind will tell you, there are more than two extremes when it comes to videogame enthusiasts. I lay somewhere in the middle of these two extremes.

There are more than just two extremes: The people who have a fading interest for videogames, and the people who treat videogames or a particular console or manufacturer (like Xbots with Microsoft) like it is a F'n theology. Fanboys like you belong more to the second group.

I swear if delusional, dense fanboys like you and deadman64 put all that passion and zeal you have for trying to make an opposing game console look bad and redirect it into something that involves your educational/professional prospects, you guys could seriously become high-regarded multi-millionaires one day. But alas, keeping up the Fanboy bullsh*t is what idiots like you two will continue doing.

[Deadman64]

lol, you should not make such an ignorant comment. I'm sorry what is your major/career? And let's please not forget you started with the original comment - "5 - Halo 3 approaches 10 million sold copies?
This is good, if only for the fact that it gives Xbot Butt-Buddies a reason to get up out of bed today."

Please don't forget that, because it seems you need to take your own advice.

[Spike47]

okay just shut up now.

[Deadman64]

Your right. Thats my fault. I should have said PS3. Edited.

[Th3FiN3St]

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 12 million
Gran Turismo 11 million
Final Fantasy VII 10 million
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec 10 million
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 9.5 million
Gran Turismo 2 9.5 million

[BLaZiN PRopHeT]

Um half of those games werent made or published by sony

[siyrobbo]

10 million+ sold on ps2 doesnt really compare to 10 million 360, as the install bases are vastly different

nearly 50% of all 360 owners have bought halo 3, thats just nuts.

[pain777pas]

That is what is saddening about the #s. The install base is relatively the same as it was last gen so whats really to cheer about. If xbox sells 50million wake me up until then just know that early adopters pro Sony got a 360. After RROD and more games to play got a PS3 and now I'm done with 360. Played the whole halo series back to back on the 360 loved the first one. 2nd one was ok sound annoying and no assault rifle. 3rd more like the 1st weapons wise with add ons. Love the brutes hammer and shot and motorcycle thing and mongoose. Game not all that and a bag but good enough to finish the fight. Nothing like the mystery of Commander keys and the flood. The robot you follow with the flood trying to kill you and the graphics were repetitive but blasting the smart elites and hunters was fresh and cool. halo2 was not so fresh arbitor sword for the win. Halo 3 was.....why the brutes?

[DHAV0K]

to count the multiplats as selling 10 mill? like ppl (mostly ps3 players) would say oh but COD is better than halo 3 multiplayer. u gotta gimme a ps3 exclusive FPS that can outshine halo 3 not a multiplatform game! honestly, ps3 fanboys make it seem like COD is exclusive becuz its the only FPS they play on their ps3!

[Fragking28]

HOly Siht!!!! Thats alot in only 1 year and like four months and just like deadman said unfortunately no ps3 game besides grand turismo would be able to accomplis this.

Its funny how this game sold more on day 1 than killzone2 will sell its entire lifespan.

[DHAV0K]

grand turismo? what happend to MGS 4??? that shoulda hit 10 mill!! i figure the majority of ps3 owners would support a franchise that put them on the map!

[Fragking28]

mgs 4 will never hit 10 million heck 2 and 3 combines didnt hit 10 million

[anaviel]

Sony fanboys need to take a chill pill. Everytime something good comes out about a xbox 360 game or the console itself they always try and downplay the positives by throwing out the red ring of death thing. It's getting old guys....apparently enough people see those damage numbers and don't care because the system is still outselling PS3. I don't care about how close or how far behind PS3 is or how far behind it was released after the 360. It is still outselling the PS3 and sony chose to release theirs later. Remember the PS2 and all the defects that had and the different models they had to keep coming out with to correct a flawed system but it sold amazenly!!!! And honestly I don't have a fanboy love for either system but I play my 360 more because of the library of games it has. All may not be Killzone or Medal gear solid graphics but 360 has alot of fun games. Just except that people love the Halo series regardless if you don't or not. That's why I'm glad we have more than one system so we can choose what we like and not be subjected to fanboys desires of one console dominance. Sony is behind on releasing a substantial library of games. I'm sure they will but right now they are behind by sheer numbers of titles good or bad. People go to stores and see 3 walls covered in 360 games and one wall filled with PS3 games....hmmmmmm who would I choose. Halo was not my cup of tea but it sold 10 million copies so that says alot. Good for Bungie and microsoft. Game on!!

[Firstkn1ghT]

Halo 3 is easily one of the best fps's ever. Their are a lot of fps's on the market that have the same dark look with zero personality. Everything about halo 3 screams originality. The enemy, the weapons, the map design. All made with a lil thing called creativity. Something that other fps's clearly lack.

A lot of people complain about the grapics in Halo 3. Well you have to realize that we're dealing with huge open battlegrounds and not just small battlegrounds. Halo 3 still has some of the best realistic lighting ever in gaming.

The story is clearly one of the best sci fi stories ever in gaming. Everything from the Spartan Program, the war with the Covenant, the discovery of Halo, the release of the Flood, the Elites and Brutes civil war, the Forerunners, the Arbiter and Master Chief team up.... just superb sci fi story telling.

And of course the multiplayer is plain and simple second to none. I understand that a lot of people prefer war shooters than "fake" sci fi weaponry and that is fine. But in my opinion, nothing comes close to the balance and competition level of Halo 3. The weapon selection is out of this world. The Spartan Laser is the best weapon in a fps EVER! The vehicles are so much fun to use. The map design is uniquely different from each other. Than their is Forge that gives you the ability to create fun games like Rocket Race which is like Mario Kart on steroids. And of course, the perfect control. Halo 3 nails the control perfectly which is the most important part in a FPS.

Nothing is better than a high rank 4vs4 game of Team Slayer or MLG. I wish people would realize that more doesn't mean better. Here's a question for you....

Do you think s 5 vs. 5 game of basketball would be better if it was 50 vs. 50? It would turn into a sloppy mess of a game. 4 vs 4 is perfect for intense teamwork action. You won't get that with 50 vs. 50. That would turn into a simple fragfest.

I played almost every FPS ever in PC and consoles since I'm a huge fan of the genre. My personal favorites for fps online competition were Counterstrike, Black Hawk Down, Soldier of Fortune, Turok on the N64, Perfect Dark, Unreal 2004, and Halo 1,2. And to me nothing comes close to the fun and competition level of Halo 3.

[Spike47]

IMO, I think COD4 is the best fps I've played this gen hands down.

[Firstkn1ghT]

And COD4 is a great game but it's to easy. I like competition and that's why I play Halo 3. Any noob can rank up in COD4. When you see a level 50 in Halo 3 you know your going to get some tough competition. Plus in COD4, it's to easy to get kills. A simple half a second spray in the leg would do the trick. So it really comes down to who was the first to see the other to get the kill. That's not the case in Halo 3, I can actually turn around and fight back and if he's lacking any skills than I have a good chance of winning that battle. Love the shield system in Halo 3. Gives you chances to fight back.

[Jaces]

All a matter of opinion. But w/e, congrats Bungie.

[lowcarb]

I'm sorry but Cod4 is just way to overrated.I think a lot of it's because Sony fanboys wanted to subliminally destroy Halo3 when COD4 was released but failed as we can see.

[ud]

"Halo 3 still has some of the best realistic lighting ever in gaming."

...Dude... no... just no.

It's a great game but come on... the lighting? give me a break....

[DHAV0K]

now ps fanboys are complaining that the graphics of (insert 360 game here) arent anything special. yet, all i ever heard was that when it comes down to a successful game "its all about gameplay and "replay value"....and that was every ps2 fans argument.

[Spike47]

Most of the PS3's exclusives have the potential to sell very close to what Halo 3 has sold, THE QUALITY IS THERE, BUT THE MARKETING IS LACKING.

[Fragking28]

Im tired of people saying that it is what it is, i dont want to hear about potential just the facts maam just the facts. That like when people say the 360 is almost as powerful as the ps3 but the dvd is holding it back. Your only as powerful as your weakest link.

[Firstkn1ghT]

Well their is ZERO commercials for Halo 3 now and it still is selling well. In fact it's outselling games like Resistance 2 with zero marketing. so what's the excuse now?

[DHAV0K]

yea ok it is a prob when theres no promotion and ppl miss out on something spectacular but what happened to word of mouth?? tell a friend to tell a friend and so on and so forth. doesnt this make sense? or like my cuz has, expose a friend or family member who doesnt like that genre of games to it and maybe their mindset changes. halo 1 didnt have much promotion other than being a launch title right?

[Covenant]

Congrats to Bungie for their amazing franchise.

Now bring on Halo 4!

[BURNDOWNTHEHOUSE]

What do I need a 360 for besides Halo 3 and Gears 2?
Race Pro? Too Human? Bomberman Act Zero? What about RROD? Is that a game? ROTFLMAO!

Only on the RRODbox folks!

[BLaZiN PRopHeT]

Here's another one. Hey do me a favor name a ps3 game that has sold as well as halo 3? The day you do that is the day you will no longer be a fanboy.

Damn its gonna be a long wait.

[Sez]

looks like someone is upset that halo 3 sold to more than 6% of it's fanbase. too bad we can't say the same for KZ2

[SonySoldierEternaL]

Burn, you're really a dumbass

if you're at least going to troll the 360, come up with something original

DURRRRR

[Ldubbz]

Wow...that's a lot of copies of Halo. An amazing game that deserves its sales and accolades. Cheers.

[anaviel]

at 6.2

alot of those games you are listing were on PS2
We are talking about this generation of gaming not last.
I've never understood fanboy-ism (LOL!) I mean you can love your system and choose to only delve into what they have to offer...ok but to bash the other systems even when it doesn't concern your preferred system makes no sense to me. I mean why are sony fanboys even commenting on a xbox 360 article? If you dislike the system so much then why waste your time with commenting on that systems articles? It's almost like gaming racism!! LOL!!! Crazy to me really! I will get a PS3 once the price drops but until then I'm not spending close to 500.00 (adding accessories) on a gaming system. Again just either congratulate but don't hate on success it makes you look small.

[Myze]

$500 including accessories. Please explain. If you are referring to an extra controller, I'm sorry, but that's silly to include in the price (which would still be $50 too much). The ps3 is not the 360, you aren't required to spend $100-200 on extra stuff to be able to get the full experience. This isn't a knock on the 360's gaming library, as I've enjoyed much of it.

[N4Flamers]

well what could he mean by 500 hundred for a system that is 400, sales tax here is 10% thats 40 bucks, he could want a controller, thats 50, a blue tooth headset what are those going for like 45, an hdmi cable a cheap one is 26 where im at thats for a 6 foot one from walmart, he might want a bestbuy service plan. The point is for him the system will cost 500 who are you to argue with his needs like you know him. gamerhater.

[Tainted Gene]

my thoughts

[Firstkn1ghT]

Eat your heart out Sony. Your killzone 2 is a sales bust! :)

[Sez]

maybe sony should put KZ2 on PC's to boost sales. it may help. LOL

@below.
hey it's not my fault people don't want to buy KZ2. i already sold my copy back to gamestop after i finished it for RE5.

[TOM]

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[DelbertGrady]

Overhyping and underdelivering, the Sony way. And when all else fails they bring up silly numbers that don't mean anything, like how many players can play MAG online. In order for that to turn out good they need to fix PSN's broken feature set first.

"Only possible on PS3" is another classic. The failure of Killzone 2, LittleBigPlanet and Resistance 2 is indeed only possible on the PS3. Baboons would make better decisions than Sonys executives.

[BURNDOWNTHEHOUSE]

Now all Microsoft needs is a dozen more 10 million+ sellers and they can compete with Sony's titles.

[REALgamer]

So far this generation Sony hasn't had a game sell 10 million, so what are you talking about?

Please leave fanboyism in the open zone and just appreciate the achievement of an amazing development studio.

[anaviel]

Now all sony needs is to sell 5 games at those numbers!!! PS3 having a dozen 10 million plus selling games is a joke and I'm gasping for air from laughter!!! LMAO!!! Again I'm not a fanboy but facts are facts even cross platform games usually sells more copies on 360 than PS3. Hey I understand it's hard to except but I'm sure sony will catch up soon enough. Honestly no sarcasm. But until then sony fanboys need to eat crow right now. You should be used to putting your foot in your mouth it's been happening since this current generation started.

[PtRoLLFacE]

lol

[siyrobbo]

superb!

[azmanmanz]

due to lack of exclusive games on xbox360, bots have no any other choices to buy halo 3 games for multiple time... hahaha

[anubis12]

besides COD....halo is the only game with #s

i mean come one it what 2-3 years old

and today 800,000 people have played halo 3 and 180000 are playing it right now....

i have been on the K2 website and its as if they are scared to show the # of players online......not once have i seen a # of people online in K2

HALO RULES ALL....have already seen more used killzone 2's than halo 3.....BECAUSE HALO 3 STILL SELLS

[pain777pas]

good gameplay made halo standout plain and simple. There are better games out there but for xbox owners this was there big exclusive and M$ is milking it with halo wars.

[stonecold3]

is the most powerful console on the market and games like metalgearsolid 4 and killzone2 and uncharted 2 heavy rain would not come to 360 as its not powerful enough to handle those games and especially developers have stated dvd9 was pushed to the max and blu ray is well ahead if grand theft auto 5 comes to the ps3 dont expect to see a 360 version of it but like i will be honest i didnt like grand theft auto4 but you guys can have the 4 dlc version and the other one later this year if 5 comes to ps3 then you would want to get a ps3 for that reason as rockstar will take advantage of the cell and the bluray 50 gigs on ps3 oh yeah my mate is getting rid of his 360 and is traded it in for the ps3 cause of the rrod why support a faulty product if i had got one i would have thrown it in the bin ages ago

[00]

"Most powerful" console is getting its @$$ beat by a console that will most likely die after a year and also by one that's inferior to both.

[caffman]

zero punctuation

[anubis12]

nice....at work today i have a guy trade in his ps3 for a 360 ,because he played cod on the 360 and LOVED how the friend setup was....and he said the ps3 didnt have any games.....and i said thats not true there is uncharted and killzone....and soon gow 3 and uncharted 2.....thats about it.

and for the most powerful console out there "the ps3"

1. wii
2. 360
3. ps3 - SHOW ME THAT POWER

[PotNoodle]

Halo 3.. i never got the hype with the series. I thought the campaign was very average - however, i can see the greatness in the multiplayer, i can see how it impacted and changed the industry, you can see all these games that come out now that have a little bit of halo in them.

[Says you]

That crappy ass console doesn't matter to XBox 360 fans and plus it just proves a point that the XBox 360 is a shooters console nothing else matters to the XBox 360 fans not even JRPG's or any other games they only care for Halo other developers should just make PS3 games only considering they waste there money making games on the XBox 360 since they only buy Halo and plus this game isn't great its just an upgrade there's nothing new in this game barely that stands out from the second one!

[Sez]

you know something. your right. why should dev's make games for the 360 since we only buy halo games. yet only 6% of ps3 fanboys brought KZ2 for the ps3. lets forget games like fable,gears 1/2,oblivion,fallout3,fonza 2,madden,CoD,L4D,GTA4,dead rising,bioshock,Mass Effect,ect. because we all know sonyfanboys buy more games than 360 fanboys. yeah right

P.S. by the way. you do know that most of the games that sold well on the ps3 are what? you guessed it. shooters. so wouldn't that make the ps3 a shooter console also.

[n4gno]

Mééééé ;éééé i'm a sheep, i buy all you tell me to buy, even if it's unreal tournament (bad) clone.

[pippoppow]

Now maybe they can try and come out with a whole new IP. These guys made enough money off of Halo and now can afford to take some chances on a new IP or 2. Would like to see what new stuff these talented guys can come up with.

[mt]

passed the 10 million copy sold . wow

[Thoreau]

i wonder does the copy i traded in count? i guess halo's got them long legs. good games

[Thoreau]

somethings tells me that you are lying. but it is ok, i cannot prove it. you have the punishment of living with yourself.

[caffman]

"if you say anything bad about PS3, you don't own one". Well wake up. You don't have to like all your purchases. I bought heavenly sword. Can't bloody stand it
PSN- thecaffman
XBL- caffman

[OneShotThrill]

Halo 3 is a good game and with a really good multiplayer that set some standards for other FPS that came soon after. I had loads of fun with it. But im Haloed out..i think the reason why its still so heavily played online is becuz many of us 360 owners dont have much new innovative games to play. i did not buy a 360 to play Halo and COD every day. The game is good and deep with alotof feature but its still a sequel none the less. Ive been playing Halo since the original Xbox and now so far MS only has more Halo spinoffs this year to offer...PLZ STOP!!

[kewlkat007]

Some hate on the halo franchise but how does a franchise sell so well? 3 times..

[panasonic23]

damn why do ps3 fanboys hate halo so much.

[silverchode]

maybe because no ps3 title has sold as much as halo 3, and every ps3 fps falls short in longevity when compared to halo 3.

[DelbertGrady]

Because they will never have anything like it.

[Silly gameAr]

to both sides. All I see here are fanboys arguing over whose d!ck is bigger.

Bungie is kicking ass and taking names and all you people can do is see whose stream is longer like you made Halo3. So it's sales that matter to you people and not the game?

I know people who own a 360 that hate Halo. Why do they hate it? It's not just PS3 owners.

[Pootie Tang]

WOW, I'm kinda shocked their wasn't an assault on VG Chartz where these numbers came from lol
That number may be LOW

On January 3, 2008, Microsoft announced that Halo 3 has sold 8.1 million copies -- that's from Wikipedia sourced by Gamespot
http://www.gamespot.com/new...

Seems like they'd have sold more than 1.3 million in the 14 months since that report?? But still awesome sales

[XDF]

"But im Haloed out..i think the reason why its still so heavily played online is becuz many of us 360 owners dont have much new innovative games to play. i did not buy a 360 to play Halo and COD every day."

Fable2, Forza 2, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Lost Odyssey, Fallout 3, L4D, Gears of War, Gears of War 2, SF4, Assassin Creed, Halo Wars, Star OCean 4, The Orange Box and many more games on the x360 library say Hi.

So what new innovation games PS3 has....Resistance and KZ2 are FPS, MGS4 is a movie with slow paced gameplay, LBP is just a 2D platformer that is already forgotten.

[OneShotThrill]

First off...Like half of the games you listed are multiplats whether it be also on PC and PS3. Im lookin for fresh new IP's from MS. I would love to play some. Second why did you even mention the PS3..it was not part of my post nor would it have been. You seem very intent on attacking competition instead of focusing on playing some of these titles youve named. Start being a fan of gaming and stop being a fan of a piece of plastic.

[evrfighter]

"First off...Like half of the games you listed are multiplats whether it be also on PC and PS3. Im lookin for fresh new IP's from MS"

ummmmmm why does it have to be from ms? why does it have to be exclusive?

I personally hate the halo franchise as it's not really innovative in the slightest. I mean cmon really I was fraggin in online dm's and tdm's before the first xbox was released, so Halo doesn't really appeal to me. But seriously I'll give them props for bringing the joy of online fragging to the consoles. Truth be told bungie/MS deserve it.

don't try so hard in acting like your having a real debate in a topic like this. It almost makes it look like you hate good games.

[Obama]

Good numbers but I guess when you don't have anything to anticipate in 09, the only thing keeping you happy is the sales number.

[AngryTypingGuy]

There's still a long way to go in 2009 my friend. Aside from all of the great multiplatform games (which are enough to keep many people occupied) the 360 will have some good exclusives, don't worry.

[II Necroplasm II]

Oh don't worry about him he is still butt hurt about the PS3 in 2007, so he has to say 360 has no games in 09 as if he works for Microsoft and knows the 360 09 lineup.

[Obama]

Talking about 2007? Well you just proved my point.

[II Necroplasm II]

No what I meant was PS3 in 2007 was crap and Xbox fans bashed the PS fans and now PS fans are all like "360 has no games in 2009" PS fans even said that last year. and besides E3 is not even made here yet and we all know Microsoft wants to steal the show.

[Lawliet]

Wa?? People still buying this game? I bought this game like 2yrs ago! I guess the lack of games this year might have boost the sales even further. Halo is taking all the credits duh! Nice!

[hamburgerhill]

Good job Bungie, but more importantly my prayers go out to all the innocent slain victims and there families today.

[Slinger420]

I was one of the poor unfortunate souls that wasted their money on this garbage when COD4 was the true shooter to buy. It's the biggest regret of my game purchasing career. If you have a 360, Do yourself a favor and buy Gears and Left4Dead, those are the REAL 360 games.

[OneShotThrill]

How do I come off as I dislike good games?..I clearly stated that I enjoyed halo and gave it the respect that it deserves and stated that it set some standards for its genre...but what I said I wanted more of is fresh new games from MS. Exclusives in my opinion seem to be the best games from consoles. Not taking anything from multiplats..there are soem great ones too but exclusives are the bread and butter. Theyre my reason for buying each different console. Try actually reading the previous posts before you comment or try to make someone seem biased.

[XDF]

So if a gamer just have a x360 and no oter system, isn't all third party games and whatever few exclusives like you said the x360 has are considered exclusive to that person.

Dude, there are best sellers on X360 than just COD and Halo. Gears, Fable, L4D, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Assassins Creed are all games availble on x360.

[killzone2ownsallfps]

this game is generic and in 640 p,,,,,,,,,,

[silverchode]

but still fun to play with others.

[caffman]

still has more people playing it in a week than people who own killzone 2

[ShabzS]

wow... good for bungie

[AngryTypingGuy]

A great achievement for a great game. I'm more of a Gears of War kind've guy, but I like Halo as well.

[DelbertGrady]

Take a good look PS3 fanboys.

This is quality that you will never experience on your console.

[II Necroplasm II]

But MAG in 2015 and teh power of thy cell.

[DelbertGrady]

2015, just you wait!

[Shane Kim]

GT3 says hi.

[DelbertGrady]

Gran Turismo 3? A great game for Sonys formidable last gen console that no one plays anymore because it's dated. What's your point? You wanted to make us aware that you are living in the past just like Sony?

[Mcrmarcher]

Totally agree with you, it's nice to see a true gamer on this site, also kick @ss name. Bubbles up =P

[bviperz]

whether it sold 10 million or 10. Gratz to Bungie.

[importfighter]

This shows how 360 owners have no other games to play with! Halo Sucks!

[Mr Face Creamer]

Actually it shows that people who bought their 360s are still using them and haven't dumped their PS3s two weeks after they purchased it.

It amuses me how sales of Resistance 2+Metal Gear Solid+LittleBigPlanet+Killzone 2 don't even barely match the sales of Halo 3...

[Sanzee]

Ten Million strong! And on only ONE CONSOLE! Can PS3 owners say ANYTHING to this?

[REALgamer]

They really are passionate about their games and it shows.

It's also interesting to see game sales a year after their release. Most games seem to sell about half their lifetime sales in the first week, but Halo 3 keeps reappearing in the charts.

Good luck to Bungie on their next project after Halo 3: ODST. I hope it achieves the same success of the Halo series and shows the same brilliant gameplay design that makes Halo so replayable and still one of the most played online games.

[running rampid]

congrats bungie on making a damn amazing game. The amount of fun to be had in this game with a good group of friends, it's unbelievable.

[click 2 get virus]

overrated

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Congrats

[ps34ever]

KILLZONE 2 IS THE BEST HALO SUCKS

[GreatTeacherOnizuka]

I look forward to playing ODST.

[mastiffchild]

Well yes, personally I was always in the camp that felt slightly let down by Halo3. MS marketing it as the most epic thing ever prolly didn't help though. It raised my expectations through the roof when, in actual fact, there isn't a whole lot of difference from H2 to H3(in fact the SP played better for me in Halo2-annoying ending or not)with alterstions to the party system and Forge being about the only attempts to change anything much.

I hope with ODST Bungie go out with a bang and change it up a gear. The MP is , luckily, stuck on a template you'd be daft to mess with but the campaign could have so much more when you consider the giant moves in gameplay and tech that Gears, Killzone2 and COD4 have made to the genre. I'm not saying a cover system is what needs slapping on just that it's time for the series to grow. Another Halo3 won't sell these impressive numbers as I feel I'm nt alone in feeling I'd like a change to the formula after all these years beyond shinier aliens.

I don't even think it CAN be turned into a grittier game a la KZ2 or Gears but I do think the time has come to shift direction a little and add to the accessible and simple gameplay(like football(or soccer to you US citizens)it's very easy to be good at Halo but near impossible to be outstanding which is both it's stength and it's biggest weakness-while you can play from the get go you also find that you hit your ceiling pretty soon, imo)template they've honed for so long.

So congrats to Bungie on the sales-it's remarkable-but while Halo was once my favourite shooter it's got to change something to feel as fresh as it once did for me. Looking at the RTS gnre for HaloWars is a start for the franchise but I wonder if Bungie will try anything brave with ODST in fear of losing the huge audience they've got. I hope they do chance something as the series and all those who bought the games loyally deserve it to feel as important every time.

Sorry for the ramble but while Halo3 is a fine game and great MP I honestly doubt ODST will sell the same amount unless it moves the franchise on far more than 3 did. I fear the nitpicking will really start if it doesn't.

But, whatever, fabulous numbers. Wonder if Sony will notice what ads can do for a game? Not that R2 or KZ2 would have sold ten mill(they wouldn't the market for FPS on PS3 isn't as big)but they'd certainly have sold far more than they have. It's sad as both those games deserve higher sales for the devs efforts. Taking nothing away from Bungie, mind, as Halo is a phenomenon that you have to have played to form any opinion on modern shooters and though the likes of COD4 are more sophisticated IW certainly learned from Halo for their MP and prolly wouldn't exist in the way they do without Master Chief and co.

[JokesOnYou]

I personally wasn't let down at all by Halo3, I'm a huge graphics whore so I would have love to see Halo3 at 60fps 1080p with amazing graphics but it was apparent from early on with screenshots and then all the gameplay released by Bungie that while Halo3 looked great they weren't going for the super-realistic look or trying be like the Gears clones with the dark gritty look, but then again it wouldn't be Halo without the colorful world. Despite what the naysayers say Halo3 does look great and the lighting is beautiful, does it look better than Gears, COD4, or KZ2= Hell NO, but I think it being micro's flagship game is the reason why many were dissapointed in that aspect because graphicaly it wasn't the best ever.

Like I said I love graphics just as much as anybody, they are important factor for immersion but at the end of the day I respect Bungie for staying true to their vision, they never once tried to fool you or pull some bait switch BS and when you think about it Halo3 was really tailor made for the fans, I dont think I have to tell you that fans WANT it all when it comes to their favorite games and the reason Halo3 is successful because Bungie delivered on almost every popular request from the fans who love Halo the most, and by all means one of the most popular type requests was also "amazing best graphics ever" type stuff, but at the end of the day with so many demands from so many gamers obviously you have to go with what your vision put out a complete package that you believe the majority of your fans will be happy with.

JOY

[MrJack]

Despite my dissapointment with it, which I posted in another story, they have done a great job of making everyone think this is the best game ever. Shows what a huge ad campaign can do, shame sSny didn't copy them.

But still quite a way behind Gran Turismo 3, it may make it though, given another 5-10 years.

[mayberry]

10 million sold is good for gaming! period! Yeah, sony's games are wickedly good, and true the advertising is lackluster. But people have to visualize the consumers of the 360 and ps3! Can anyone argue about the age difference in consumers! I was in the killzone forum yesterday and saw a thread on ages of players, god, everyone was at least 21! tons 0f 40's. hell! i'm 43! The people that are going to buy a launch ps3 are older, and don't get me wrong but 360 gamers are a lot younger.
Also the diversity in p.s. titles dictate that even the best games on the system will never sell higher than 5 mil.!

[sGIBMBR]

lol... KZ2 is the biggest flop this year and will remain so until the end of the year... !

Halo3 > Anything ps3 has to offer!

[CaptainKratos]

liars...lol. thats cool.video games will take over the WORLD!!!!

[PR3DAT0R]

Bungie deserve this great number of sales due to its magnificent game series of HALO, i still love HALO 3 and hope that bungie just could make HALO 4 but seems unlikely.

Anyway congratulations to bungie.

[Silly gameAr]

Halo 2 is still my ish, but good for Bungie and Halo. True success in gaming. Keep it up.

[Slinger420]

to even care about this game anymore

[manwich25]

thats a lot of teabags