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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: Black_Smoke on September 26, 2007, 07:59:06 PM
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Halo 3 shatters retail record; sells $170M in 24 hrs
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that Halo 3 has overtaken Sony's Spiderman 3 as the biggest entertainment launch in history.
In just 24 hours, Halo 3 took in $170 million in total receipts. As a result, Microsoft surpassed its original expectation of $155 million by 10 percent.
The previous record-holder was Sony's Spiderman 3 released in theaters earlier this year. The movie brought in $151 million in single day ticket sales.
"Halo 3 has become a pop-culture phenomenon," said Microsoft's Shane Kim in a statement. "Not only is "Halo 3" setting sales records, it's also redefining entertainment. Within the first 20 hours alone, we've seen more than a million Xbox Live members come online to play Halo 3 -- the most active day in Xbox Live history."
In 2004, Halo 2 set the same record with $125 million in a 24 hour period. Halo 3 retails for $60, $70, or $130 depending on special edition features.
-Gamepro.com
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i bet that shit is hella fun
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i bet that shit is hella fun
lol yea dude, its pretty sweet so far, havent even tried it online yet,just the single player, fucking addicting too , awesome game to play high btw 8)
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i bet that shit is hella fun
lol yea dude, its pretty sweet so far, havent even tried it online yet,just the single player, fucking addicting too , awesome game to play high btw 8)
yea
i was hooked to halo2 for a while
im not even gona buy halo3 because im not trying to get hooked and fail out of college
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i bet that shit is hella fun
lol yea dude, its pretty sweet so far, havent even tried it online yet,just the single player, fucking addicting too , awesome game to play high btw 8)
yea
i was hooked to halo2 for a while
im not even gona buy halo3 because im not trying to get hooked and fail out of college
yea props on that, im not even gonna lie ,i missed my first class tuesday just to play it
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i bet that shit is hella fun
lol yea dude, its pretty sweet so far, havent even tried it online yet,just the single player, fucking addicting too , awesome game to play high btw 8)
yea
i was hooked to halo2 for a while
im not even gona buy halo3 because im not trying to get hooked and fail out of college
yea props on that, im not even gonna lie ,i missed my first class tuesday just to play it
lol
i use to miss football weight training in summer so i could play like 13-14 hours straight
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The price is disgusting. 60, 70, or 130? What in the world, man. Why juice people so much? 60 bucks is too fucking high, and they've pitched it so that 60 dollars is the bullshit version nobody wants.
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The price is disgusting. 60, 70, or 130? What in the world, man. Why juice people so much? 60 bucks is too fucking high, and they've pitched it so that 60 dollars is the bullshit version nobody wants.
aint that how much all new games is?
or did they make halo3 expensiver then the rest new ones?
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All new 360 games are $60. If you don't want th extra stuff that comes with the $70 or $130 versions, don't get it, its that simple.
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All new 360 games are $60. If you don't want th extra stuff that comes with the $70 or $130 versions, don't get it, its that simple.
wtf is the extra stuff?
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170 Mill in one day. WOW.
I never understood whatīs so special about HALO (maybe cause I never played it lol), I mean itīs a fucking shooter on a console. Shooters on consoles suck.
Mouse/keyboard > any gamepad.
170 Mill is insane though so it has to have something that makes it special.
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The price is disgusting. 60, 70, or 130? What in the world, man. Why juice people so much? 60 bucks is too fucking high, and they've pitched it so that 60 dollars is the bullshit version nobody wants.
Bullshit version? The fuck are you talking about? I didn't need a fucking helmet or some DVD showing some dorks going "hey i never get laid look at how i made this map har har har". I just wanted Halo 3 and that's all I got.
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The price is disgusting. 60, 70, or 130? What in the world, man. Why juice people so much? 60 bucks is too fucking high, and they've pitched it so that 60 dollars is the bullshit version nobody wants.
Bullshit version? The fuck are you talking about? I didn't need a fucking helmet or some DVD showing some dorks going "hey i never get laid look at how i made this map har har har". I just wanted Halo 3 and that's all I got.
helmet? wtf ?
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I don't understand this. The first 2 games weren't special at all. There have been way better shooters out for PC than those 2. WAY better.
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I don't understand this. The first 2 games weren't special at all. There have been way better shooters out for PC than those 2. WAY better.
totally agree...
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halo is alright. for me, tribes 2 has not been topped yet. that game was so sick, i would play it like 10 hours straight when i was younger.
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I don't understand this. The first 2 games weren't special at all. There have been way better shooters out for PC than those 2. WAY better.
totally agree...
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The price is disgusting. 60, 70, or 130? What in the world, man. Why juice people so much? 60 bucks is too fucking high, and they've pitched it so that 60 dollars is the bullshit version nobody wants.
I think it's def a fair price. I paid $50 for Halo 2 in November 04 and was still playing it as recently as last Monday. Three years and countless hours is well worth $50.
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I don't understand this. The first 2 games weren't special at all. There have been way better shooters out for PC than those 2. WAY better.
Halo was an innovator on many levels. Game makers jock their style left and right.
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I don't understand this. The first 2 games weren't special at all. There have been way better shooters out for PC than those 2. WAY better.
Halo was an innovator on many levels. Game makers jock their style left and right.
if anyone was an innovator in consols it was RARE with Golden Eye on Nintendo 64 ... now that was the shit... funny thing tho that RARE is now MICROSOFT lol.. anyway.. Golden Eye is the real GOAT consol first person shooter.
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innovator...hmmm? ID SOFTWARE!!! ;D
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I don't understand this. The first 2 games weren't special at all. There have been way better shooters out for PC than those 2. WAY better.
totally agree...
maybe. but for a console system, this was the first game to actually bring together the hardcore shooter fans, and the more commercial fans who just want something to play. its like Ghost recon mixed with rainbow six, mixed with splinter cell...if that makes sense.
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OMG, whatīs so good about "Halo".Itīs not a bad game but itīs nothing special. A simply 08/15 FPS. Totally overrated in my opinion
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I contributed to that 170 mill. Iv got a girlfriend whos grandfather died the day i bought it, so havent even looked at it yet. lol Damnit.
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Americans just love to blow stuff up :P
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Americans just love to blow stuff up :P
Its not just the Americans!
Halo 3 Smashes AU Sales Records
Bungie is laughing all the way to the bank.
Australia, September 27, 2007 - You have to give Microsoft and Bungie some credit. They rolled out the hype thick and fast with Halo 3; the end result clearly outweighing the initial expenditure. In short, Bungie is laughing all the way to the bank.
According to Microsoft PR, more than 50,000 copies of Halo 3 had been sold and Australian consumers spent more than AU$6 million in just 24 hours. That makes Halo 3's debut the biggest first-day digital entertainment release ever in Australia.
As the release points out, the US sales outsold the last Harry Potter novel, as well as a better opening than Spider-Man in the same period of time, with AU$195 million being the touted figure.
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yall smokin crack
halo 3 aint over rated
that shit has to be a sick ass game from the past halos
and why do yall care?
the people that bought the game are obviously satisfied.
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i'm satisfied (no homo)
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Halo 3 Makes $300 Million Dollars
Worldwide numbers sky rocket and Xbox 360 sales double in just one week.
UK, October 4, 2007 - As Xbox 360 owners across the world finish the fight, Microsoft has announced that after just one week on shop shelves, Halo 3 has already made $300 million worldwide and has helped to double sales of 360 consoles.
Dubbing Halo 3 "the title that has changed the way the world thinks about videogames", Microsoft went on to say the game has become a global phenomenon, with more than 2.7 million people - one-third of the 7 million Xbox Live members worldwide - logging on to play online, while calling each other noobs.
On launch day, players racked up more than 3.6 million hours of online play, which increased to 40 million hours by the end of the first week - representing more than 4,500 years of continuous gameplay. What's more, since release Halo players have unlocked nearly 30 million Achievements and it drove a record number of Xbox Live Gold Membership sales as "hundreds of thousands of new members gathered online", according to Microsoft.
"Halo is truly a cultural phenomenon, and the launch of Halo 3 is an important milestone for Xbox 360 and for videogames 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."
-IGN.com
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I don't understand this. The first 2 games weren't special at all. There have been way better shooters out for PC than those 2. WAY better.
totally agree...
Have any of you ever played it online?
I don't think so...
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170 Mill in one day. WOW.
I never understood whatīs so special about HALO (maybe cause I never played it lol), I mean itīs a fucking shooter on a console. Shooters on consoles suck.
Mouse/keyboard > any gamepad.
170 Mill is insane though so it has to have something that makes it special.
I know 170 mil in 24 hrs is ALOTT lol, but i have no clue what is so special about Halo, i played the first 1 or second 1 but it was nothing special, pretty shitty if u ask me, graphics were brutal, it was ok, ive played way deadlier shooting games on xbox then Halo. Havnt played Halo 3 on the 360 yet, i might just go grab a burnt copy for mine, see how it is lol, rarely play games now!!!
I don't understand this. The first 2 games weren't special at all. There have been way better shooters out for PC than those 2. WAY better.
Halo was an innovator on many levels. Game makers jock their style left and right.
if anyone was an innovator in consols it was RARE with Golden Eye on Nintendo 64 ... now that was the shit... funny thing tho that RARE is now MICROSOFT lol.. anyway.. Golden Eye is the real GOAT consol first person shooter.
HELL YAH, i play that fuckin game to this day all the fuckin time with my cousins, its like a fuckin get 2gether LMFAO, sick ass fuckin game, its the originator, the grey one and the blue one lol!!!