@Just_Ben,Might i add that this is the last halo as of bungie softwares spliting with microsoft and like the last one this will continue good sales for about a year.I never thought id have to say that halo 3 is a good buy!
Oh, sorry. My source is VGC so maybe its only 5.5 Million, but the ballpark should be right. The 360 is popular in the UK, and still the sold way more units than the PS3 in total in Europe (thanks to a year head start).
@Just_Ben,You have a source for those 6 millions? Neither Halo nor Xbox is anywhere near as popular in Europe as they are in America, you know. I agree that this stock is too low though.
Halo 3 sold already about 6 Million WW and is a system defining game, it will have legs, I would guess. Anyone else thinking that 7.7 Million is to low? Given it will take time, but I would figure it will sell about 33% of what the 360 sells the next 2-4 month.
@justcrim, is there a Halo 3 in-box bundle in the works? If the game is just provided free as like a Black Friday Walmart promotion, it still counts as a sale, that's just a retail offer to get people in the store.
@ixaarii, That is a very good question. Halo is not like most other games. Most game sell a ton at first, then just lessen in sales weekly. But with both Halo 1 and halo 2 it took about a year to drop in price due to high sales. Also, after every price drop the sales increase more and more.
The only question I have is about whether the NPD considers giving free copies out with the purchase of the system a sale. That will push more and more units of the game for sure.
I'm very curious as to what lead to such a big drop recently. At one point I did short but then decided to get out because it's just too hot, after searching for halo 2 sales big numbers seemed possible considering the huge campaign. So, again, wondering if somebody playing this might explain to me what could have lead to such a big drop considering that the the big holidays haven't even started yet and MS is advertising Halo as their prime holiday title. (don't have any stocks/short, just curious)
@Just_Ben,I won't make a predictiction on the STOCK of Halo3 because it's too volatile to hazard a guess on where the numbers will stand. But yes December and possibly November will be better months for Halo3 as the Holiday sales kick in. But Halo's stock is now tied directly to the 360 sales. Halo3's numbers will depend entirely on how many 360s wind up in living rooms around the globe.
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