This Reuters article mainly discusses the bundling of the product and how it impacts the bottom line, but also makes use of the simExchange's data: predicts half million copies will be sold in October.
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The Xbox 360 version of The Orange Box nearly tops Halo 3's weekly sales in its first few days on store shelves, and makes a strong impression as the week's second-best selling title across all platforms in the United States.
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GamesIndustry.biz has learnt that Valve asked Microsoft if it was possible to place its award-winning Orange Box title, Portal, on Xbox Live Arcade for download, but that it was rejected.
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They review each of the 5 games. "There's nothing else available on any console like The Orange Box. Though you could argue that Half-Life 2 is old news by now, there are still four components of the Box brand new to consoles. That so much great content is offered at the standard single-game price is astonishing. Playing through Half-Life 2 again and then continuing on through Episodes One and Two is like batting with the '27 Yankees. These are Hall of Fame titles; it doesn't get much better than this. Throw in Portal, an imaginative puzzle game with a wicked sense of humor, and Team Fortress 2, one of the few multiplayer games to get the class system right, and you have a tremendous package. And all on one disc. While Portal and TF2 may not be strong enough to stand on their own, coupled with the Half-Life titles, The Orange Box really is one of the best games ever released."
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Gamespot Review 'Hands-On'
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"Doug Lombari: We were very happy with both the Xbox 360 and PS3 sales. I think the Xbox 360 version did just over a million, while the PS3 [released later in December] version did a few hundred thousand copies. So I think when all is said and done, The Orange Box will have sold about 1.5 million copies on the console, which is great. But the game's PC sales were much stronger."
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Valve's Half-Life 2: The Orange Box is gaming bliss, the essential collection for gamers the world over and one of 2007's best deals. 2004's Half-Life 2 remains an unrivaled classic that stretches the boundaries of physics to a new level on consoles.
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The upcoming Pyro update bound for Valve's multiplayer shooter Team Fortress 2 is "almost completely wrapped" and will include changes to the core class beyond the addition of unlockable weapons and achievements, the company revealed in a Steam client update today.
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Confirmed during yesterday's EA financial conference call, Team Fortress 2, Portal and Half-Life 2: Episode Two should be available individually before we wave goodbye to March.
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Valve has revealed tweaks in the pipeline for Team Fortress 2 classes in the wake of news that the developer plans "a large scale modification" to the core of the game. These changes include a tweak for Pyro class to recover points each time he burns people, and a tweak for Soldier.
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