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Halo 3: 5 Million Served
Halo 3: 5 Million Served
Kotaku - December 12, 2007
Submitted by lstormy10 (294) at 3:29AM PST on December 12, 2007
"Microsoft have announced that the game [Halo 3] has sold more than five million copies since launch, which for a console that can't have more than 15 million units in the wild is as good an attach rate as anyone at MS HQ could be hoping/praying madly for."
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1CriticalHit posted on Halo 3 (Xbox 360) at 11:13PM PST on December 13, 2007. RE: Halo 3: 5 Million Served@Laoldar, are you saying the lifetime stock shouldn't be above 8 million? I was thinking 9 million was low given this news. There will be long-tail sales for the rest of the generation for this title. We are forecasting something like 40 million more Xbox 360s will be sold this generation. Many of these people will be getting Halo 3 eventually.[ Speaker ] [ Level 20 ] [ Rank: 498 ]bids
1Laoldar posted on Halo 3 (Xbox 360) at 4:39PM PST on December 12, 2007. RE: Halo 3: 5 Million Served@Powertrade,
I wouldn't be so quick to think that the sales will go that much higher. This game has been incredibly frontloaded so far.
They've stated 5 million sold to date (worldwide, unless someone finds another source). Halo 3 sold 3.3 million in September in the US alone. That number fell to only 430,000 in October (which had twice as many weeks of sales).
Using those NPD numbers, it looks like over 75% of Halo 3 sales were made in the US. I don't expect Halo 3's November numbers to be anywhere near October's. I think we'll have a better idea of where this stock should sit once we have the November NPD numbers, but I doubt it should be anywhere above 8 million...I think people are overestimating non-US sales.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 182 ]bids
1Powertrade posted on Halo 3 (Xbox 360) at 11:37AM PST on December 12, 2007. RE: Halo 3: 5 Million Served@lstormy10, hmm, changing headlines works for me.
Anyways, this should be pretty bullish for the stock. We are projecting another 40 million+ Xbox 360s will be sold. More than 10% of these people will get Halo 3. Then again, the 58 million Xbox 360 forecast has always seemed high to me.[ Guru ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 219 ]bids
2lstormy10 posted on Halo 3 (Xbox 360) at 3:33AM PST on December 12, 2007. RE: Halo 3: 5 Million Servedbids
29lstormy10 posted on Halo 3 (Xbox 360) at 3:29AM PST on December 12, 2007. Article: Halo 3: 5 Million Served"Microsoft have announced that the game [Halo 3] has sold more than five million copies since launch, which for a console that can't have more than 15 million units in the wild is as good an attach rate as anyone at MS HQ could be hoping/praying madly for."[ Oracle ] [ Level 20 ] [ Rank: 294 ]
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This news shows how incredibly front-loaded this title was...if Halo over the next couple months show strong legs, then I'll change my mind but I see no signs of that right now.
I also disagree with the idea that many 360 owners will eventually buy Halo. I think this game will continue to sell a few million more copies, but not at the level you're suggesting.