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Halo 3 scores $300 million in first-week sales

By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UKPosted Oct 4, 2007 7:07 am PT

Bungie's latest not doing too badly at the end of Halo 3's first week on sale.

Xbox 360-exclusive Halo 3 made $170 million on its first day on sale in the US alone, and also broke Australian sales records according to figures released down under. Now Bungie has one more reason to celebrate, as week-one sales have clocked in at a rather reasonable $300 million worldwide.

Halo 3, which is the fastest-selling game ever, is being billed by Microsoft as "one of the most successful entertainment properties in history." The company released a statement saying that initial figures from retailers are also showing the Halo effect having an influence on console purchasing--Xbox 360 sales have more than doubled since the game's release.

Unsurprisingly, the game is also faring well on Xbox Live, with more than 2.7 million gamers having had a go online--over a third of the 7 million total registered Live users. Forty million hours of online games, which adds up to 4,500 years, have been played in the first week across the globe, with almost 30 million achievements unlocked.

655 Comments

  • ThisNameIsDumb

    Posted Sep 8, 2009 3:33 pm PT

    to his excellency, general washington" by phillis wheatley

  • DrizztDoUrden16

    Posted Sep 6, 2009 11:22 pm PT

    Gaylo can lick my cod

  • night_haunter

    Posted Nov 13, 2008 4:36 pm PT

    HALO ALL THE WAY!!!!

  • vivigo360

    Posted Oct 14, 2008 6:05 pm PT

    HALO FOREVER AND EVER

  • KingChainz31684

    Posted Nov 9, 2007 11:35 am PT

    musashi i think COD should but whether or not it will i don't know the name Halo combined with xbox, automatically merits a 9 and a half no matter how the game is. I mean i like halo but at the same time i can name numerous reason why it doesn't deserve above a 9.0. I just think the lack of big battles that feel important meaning no tough battles and no boss battles then terrible human and flood AI though the covenant AI got better. i mean theres more but i suppose this isn't the place for them since it was a good game

  • babshai

    Posted Oct 9, 2007 5:26 pm PT

    All this talk about Halo 3 makes a brother want to go out and take a loan just to get a Premium 360!

  • sil_musashi

    Posted Oct 9, 2007 12:18 am PT

    I don't know why this game has a big score Compare to Gear of War. The graphic, gameplay and even battle field are worse than Gear of War. That's unfair. I bet Call of Duty 4 will beat Halo 3 for sure.

  • Dragonnmaster

    Posted Oct 8, 2007 1:43 pm PT

    i wish i had been working at Bungie or Microsoft.

  • REGAMER-X

    Posted Oct 8, 2007 9:01 am PT

    Everyone saw this was going to sell big, great job Bungie.

  • MoDollars

    Posted Oct 8, 2007 1:56 am PT

    that's very impressive, this is excellent !

  • sm00thpapa

    Posted Oct 7, 2007 7:46 pm PT

    Great game but the single player mode was over way to quick. I want more HALO. HALO 4?

  • The_Consequence

    Posted Oct 7, 2007 6:59 pm PT

    Not surprising. When Mountain Dew makes a drink for your game it's probably gonna be huge. I guess this will show developers that you don't have to make a good game, you just have to have a really cool main character.

  • d3f1anc3

    Posted Oct 7, 2007 1:03 pm PT

    The sales warrent the quality of the game. The graphics could of been better (character models specifically) but other then that I really can't find any complaints. I wasn't a Halo fan, never have been. I've played it a lot /w friends @ LANs... but after picking this one up (first franchise purchase) I can say I am now.

    The one thing I really would like back is my dual-wield Needlers

  • omrikk87

    Posted Oct 7, 2007 12:51 am PT

    halo 3 is a very good game , even though there are some flause , the MP is addictive as hell , 4 co-op online story is just an amazing idea by bungie\ms , some new weapons , shilds and stuff like that , gave a bit more depth to a game that was awesome overall before that... cant blame the sales

  • Great_Ragnarok

    Posted Oct 6, 2007 9:57 pm PT

    WOW!!

  • kungfuashe

    Posted Oct 6, 2007 8:14 pm PT

    awesome game i've already gone through the campaign three times and i love it except fot that horrible second to last mission...worse than the library on halo one. also the difficukty seems ramped up making heroic like legendary and legendary eben harder, especially if palying alone but co-op is a freaking blast. and i for one think the game looks amazing it does not have that ridiculous amount of detail like gears but just tje design and overall aesthetics of the game are outstanding it sets the same level as atmosphere as bioshock although obviously not the same type of mood. favorite mission is the covenant i love tyhe part where you fly the hornet and are battling the banshees and phantoms and craps blowing up left and right. congrats bungie i wouldn't be surprised to see this game hit one billion...they're even digging it in japan.

  • kickrocks420

    Posted Oct 6, 2007 3:53 pm PT

    If the game is doing this great then hurry up and make the freaking movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i gurantee everyone who bought halo 3 will go see the movie and it will set records across the board again

  • ddashboy242

    Posted Oct 6, 2007 1:49 pm PT

    HOLY S|-|!t ! Bungie ya doin a great job, thats alot of cake in one day. Halo..........if not the best game eva made one of em.

  • jimjam146

    Posted Oct 6, 2007 11:24 am PT

    This proves that the red rings was overblown. Why would all these people by a game for a system that isn't working?

  • Kfoss

    Posted Oct 6, 2007 10:35 am PT

    WOW...if they keep it up...then in a month they could make enough to pay for the extended wuarantee program!..master chief saves the day!...lol

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