Wow Halo 3 is going to make Microsoft alot of $$$$$

think about it guys, lets say they sell around 12 million games in its first year thats like 720 million dollars right there

lets say they sell like 2 million xbox360's cause of halo3 thats like 70 million right there

add up all of the extra live accounts that will go up and the sales of halo products youre looking at over a billion dollars in revenue, wow halo is a freakin mad money maker and that is just in its first year alone!

A lot of money that will have to be spent fixing faultyXbox 360 that get sent everyday.Willy105

yes but not from the halo3 revenues, they already set aside the 3 billion dollars loss

A lot of money that will have to be spent fixing faultyXbox 360 that get sent everyday.Willy105

A lot of money that will have to be spent fixing faultyXbox 360 that get sent everyday.Willy105

Heh! Pretty much.

12 Million in the first year is farfetched ... very farfetched.Meu2k7

why there are already 11 million 360 users im sure the will pick up the most anticapated game of the year

Well, they are marketing the hell out of it...that costs quite a bit.

" lets say they sell around 12 million games in its first year "

I'd like to have whatever it is you're smoking. Seems really strong.

think about it guys, lets say they sell around 12 million games in its first year thats like 720 million dollars right there

lets say they sell like 2 million xbox360's cause of halo3 thats like 70 million right there

add up all of the extra live accounts that will go up and the sales of halo products youre looking at over a billion dollars in revenue, wow halo is a freakin mad money maker and that is just in its first year alone!

ParadiddleFill

You can't just magicaly pick a number like 12 Million ( Which is Too high to begin with ) and X's it by $60 and so that's how much $$$ MS will make.

And M$ doesn't MAKE any money when someone buys a 360. Infact they LOSE money every time someone buys a 360.

" lets say they sell around 12 million games in its first year "

I'd like to have whatever it is you're smoking. Seems really strong.

inertk

why is that unreal, if they have a 10 million install base and everyone picks up halo 3 from now till september 08 plus all the other new 360 users if you think about it its actually more then 12 million games being sold

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"]12 Million in the first year is farfetched ... very farfetched.ParadiddleFill

why there are already 11 million 360 users im sure the will pick up the most anticapated game of the year

Not even half the owners will want Halo 3.... or do you seem to forget that the game has a love-hate connection everywhere?

[QUOTE="ParadiddleFill"]

think about it guys, lets say they sell around 12 million games in its first year thats like 720 million dollars right there

lets say they sell like 2 million xbox360's cause of halo3 thats like 70 million right there

add up all of the extra live accounts that will go up and the sales of halo products youre looking at over a billion dollars in revenue, wow halo is a freakin mad money maker and that is just in its first year alone!

UpSwing

You can't just magicaly pick a number like 12 Million ( Which is Too high to begin with ) and X's it by $60 and so that's how much $$$ MS will make.

And M$ doesn't MAKE any money when someone buys a 360. Infact they LOSE money every time someone buys a 360.

They don't loose money. There were making money on each console sold a while back. I think still do even with the price cut. Cause last I heard they were making 75 or so profit which is more than the $50 price drop

[QUOTE="inertk"]

" lets say they sell around 12 million games in its first year "

I'd like to have whatever it is you're smoking. Seems really strong.

ParadiddleFill

why is that unreal, if they have a 10 million install base and everyone picks up halo 3 from now till september 08 plus all the other new 360 users if you think about it its actually more then 12 million games being sold

Because for some reason you're assuming everyone with a 360;

1) Likes Halo
2) Is going to buy it.
3) During the first year of release.

That's why.

[QUOTE="ParadiddleFill"]

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"]12 Million in the first year is farfetched ... very farfetched.Meu2k7

why there are already 11 million 360 users im sure the will pick up the most anticapated game of the year

Not even half the owners will want Halo 3.... or do you seem to forget that the game has a love-hate connection everywhere?

i think youre wrong about that

[QUOTE="inertk"]

" lets say they sell around 12 million games in its first year "

I'd like to have whatever it is you're smoking. Seems really strong.

ParadiddleFill

why is that unreal, if they have a 10 million install base and everyone picks up halo 3 from now till september 08 plus all the other new 360 users if you think about it its actually more then 12 million games being sold

To say that every single 360 user will buy Halo 3 is waaay too farfetched. It will sell very well, but not like that. If so not that fast. Maybe in like 4 years.

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="ParadiddleFill"]

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"]12 Million in the first year is farfetched ... very farfetched.ParadiddleFill

why there are already 11 million 360 users im sure the will pick up the most anticapated game of the year

Not even half the owners will want Halo 3.... or do you seem to forget that the game has a love-hate connection everywhere?

i think youre wrong about that

We KNOW you are wrong about 12 million, let alone 6 million iwth only 12 million consoles sold.

[QUOTE="ParadiddleFill"][QUOTE="inertk"]

" lets say they sell around 12 million games in its first year "

I'd like to have whatever it is you're smoking. Seems really strong.

inertk

why is that unreal, if they have a 10 million install base and everyone picks up halo 3 from now till september 08 plus all the other new 360 users if you think about it its actually more then 12 million games being sold

Because for some reason you're assuming everyone with a 360;

1) Likes Halo
2) Is going to buy it.
3) During the first year of release.

That's why.

lets see halo 2 came out in nov 2004 and sold around 10 million in its first 2 years alone so i dont see why halo 3 cant achieve that with a bigger install base then the xbox had

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"]12 Million in the first year is farfetched ... very farfetched.ParadiddleFill

why there are already 11 million 360 users im sure the will pick up the most anticapated game of the year

If you expect every single 360 owner to buy it you're quite wrong. Halo 1 and Halo 2 combined sold 15 million copies.

[QUOTE="inertk"][QUOTE="ParadiddleFill"][QUOTE="inertk"]

" lets say they sell around 12 million games in its first year "

I'd like to have whatever it is you're smoking. Seems really strong.

ParadiddleFill

why is that unreal, if they have a 10 million install base and everyone picks up halo 3 from now till september 08 plus all the other new 360 users if you think about it its actually more then 12 million games being sold

Because for some reason you're assuming everyone with a 360;

1) Likes Halo
2) Is going to buy it.
3) During the first year of release.

That's why.

lets see halo 2 came out in nov 2004 and sold around 10 million in its first year alone so i dont see why halo 3 cant achieve that

Halo 2, for reference, sold over 8 million copies. This was on a platform (original Xbox) that had an install base of about 24M.

The 360, in comparison, only has an install base of about 11M. Of course, it is reasonable to assume that a larger proportion of this number are fans of Microsoft's franchise properties, so I'd estimate that at least half will want to get Halo 3 right away.

W/ preorders at about 1.5M for Halo 3, I think it's quite reasonable to expect that there will be 4M in sales done w/in the first month or two of release, and by the end of the holiday season that could very well go up to 6M.

Over its lifetime, the game has a very good chance of breaking Halo 2's sales records.

But 12M is a pretty crazy number.

[QUOTE="inertk"][QUOTE="ParadiddleFill"][QUOTE="inertk"]

" lets say they sell around 12 million games in its first year "

I'd like to have whatever it is you're smoking. Seems really strong.

ParadiddleFill

why is that unreal, if they have a 10 million install base and everyone picks up halo 3 from now till september 08 plus all the other new 360 users if you think about it its actually more then 12 million games being sold

Because for some reason you're assuming everyone with a 360;

1) Likes Halo
2) Is going to buy it.
3) During the first year of release.

That's why.

lets see halo 2 came out in nov 2004 and sold around 10 million in its first year alone so i dont see why halo 3 cant achieve that

First off its at 7-8 Million to this day not 10 million in the first year, second of all there was 20 Million Xbox's on the isntall base ... not 12 million like there is now.

Theres no doubt that it will be the fastest selling game, but overall? No, Half-Life 2 sold 13 million, Sims 20 million.

Halo 2, for reference, sold over 8 million copies. This was on a platform (original Xbox) that had an install base of about 24M.

The 360, in comparison, only has an install base of about 11M. Of course, it is reasonable to assume that a larger proportion of this number are fans of Microsoft's franchise properties, so I'd estimate that at least half will want to get Halo 3 right away.

W/ preorders at about 1.5M for Halo 3, I think it's quite reasonable to expect that there will be 4M in sales done w/in the first month or two of release, and by the end of the holiday season that could very well go up to 6M.

Over its lifetime, the game has a very good chance of breaking Halo 2's sales records.

But 12M is a pretty crazy number.

masterpinky2000

actually it sold around 9 million from nov 2004-nov2006

[QUOTE="ParadiddleFill"]

think about it guys, lets say they sell around 12 million games in its first year thats like 720 million dollars right there

lets say they sell like 2 million xbox360's cause of halo3 thats like 70 million right there

add up all of the extra live accounts that will go up and the sales of halo products youre looking at over a billion dollars in revenue, wow halo is a freakin mad money maker and that is just in its first year alone!

UpSwing

You can't just magicaly pick a number like 12 Million ( Which is Too high to begin with ) and X's it by $60 and so that's how much $$$ MS will make.

And M$ doesn't MAKE any money when someone buys a 360. Infact they LOSE money every time someone buys a 360.

Yep, there not making any money on the console itself, but making money on the games. I don't think it will be 12 million in a year but it will be very high. Halo 2 sold 2.4 million on the first day, I'm guessing halo 3 will sell a little over 3 million in 24 hour.

well? how much lemmings where they last gen? cause halo only sold 7-8 mill.ff7isnumbaone

wrong it sold over 9 million from nov2004-nov2006

[QUOTE="ff7isnumbaone"]well? how much lemmings where they last gen? cause halo only sold 7-8 mill.ParadiddleFill

wrong it sold over 9 million from nov2004-nov2006

HAHA :lol: LMAO at "only" 7-8 million

12 Million in the first year is farfetched ... very farfetched.Meu2k7

I predict 5 million in the first few months.

A lot of money that will have to be spent fixing faultyXbox 360 that get sent everyday.Willy105

think about it guys, lets say they sell around 12 million games in its first year thats like 720 million dollars right there

lets say they sell like 2 million xbox360's cause of halo3 thats like 70 million right there

add up all of the extra live accounts that will go up and the sales of halo products youre looking at over a billion dollars in revenue, wow halo is a freakin mad money maker and that is just in its first year alone!

ParadiddleFill

12 million copies of Halo3 is more than there are 360s out in the market right now. Even if 360 reaches 17-18 million by this time next year, the attach rate would have to be amazing for the game to sell that much. Logically speaking of course, it would be very hard for Halo3 to sell 12 mill in its first year.

[QUOTE="inertk"][QUOTE="ParadiddleFill"][QUOTE="inertk"]

" lets say they sell around 12 million games in its first year "

I'd like to have whatever it is you're smoking. Seems really strong.

ParadiddleFill

why is that unreal, if they have a 10 million install base and everyone picks up halo 3 from now till september 08 plus all the other new 360 users if you think about it its actually more then 12 million games being sold

Because for some reason you're assuming everyone with a 360;

1) Likes Halo
2) Is going to buy it.
3) During the first year of release.

That's why.

lets see halo 2 came out in nov 2004 and sold around 10 million in its first 2 years alone so i dont see why halo 3 cant achieve that with a bigger install base then the xbox had

Halo 2 still hasn't sold 10 mill!!!! Geez! facts! facts!!

think about it guys, lets say they sell around 12 million games in its first year thats like 720 million dollars right thereParadiddleFill

Are you getting any of that money? :shock:

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Windows and Office.