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Halo 3: First week sales now total US$ 300 million

Posted Oct 04, 2007 at 01:11PM by Tim Y. Listed in: News, Halo 3, Games Tags: Microsoft
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Halo 3 earnings hit US$ 300 million - Image 1


No wonder Master Chief loves wearing green on his Mjolnir armor - it's the color of money. Microsoft has just sent out word that since Halo 3's launch last September 25, the game has already accumulated a total of US$ 300 million in its first week alone. As you can guess, MS boss Bill Gates was very happy with the earnings, and had this to say in light of this report:

Halo is truly a cultural phenomenon, and the launch of Halo 3 is an important milestone for Xbox 360 and for video games as entertainment and as an art form. Halo 3 embodies our vision for the future of entertainment, where some of the world’s greatest creative minds will deliver a new generation of interactive storytelling.


We imagine that this news bit shouldn't come as big a surprise for the guys who've already picked up their game copy. As was previously reported, the game picked up more than half of the US$ 300 million profits within its first day in retail. But while Bungie Studio's Halo 3 did grab attention on the Xbox Live scene, there were reports of problems with some of the distributed discs. Ailments ranged from scratched Limited Edition discs, to reports of games not running at all.

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   by r3volut1on - 2007-10-04
 » woot
alright! now all they have to do is sell 5x more and they'll recoup their extended warranty expenses! go m$!

   by poeticjedi - 2007-10-04
 » story?!?!?!
"""Halo 3 embodies our vision for the future of entertainment, where some of the world’s greatest creative minds will deliver a new generation of interactive storytelling."""


what a riot, did u even play it Bill??? there was no freaking story really like usual. *****ing PR theyre all a bunch asskisseres and self promoters

(yes i played halo yes i like it as a co-op, no im not a fanboi)


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   Re: Constantinecy - 2007-10-05
 » lol
Common poeticjed are you serious!? This is BILL you are talking about he doesnt have the time playing with a cheap 360!!! In his free time he does whatever super rich people do he plays with his PS3!!!!
lollollollol

   Re: Vecha - 2007-10-08
 » constantinecy
don't you mean bill is WATCHING blu-ray discs on his ps3?....what could he be playing?..lol
   by Kingofdaberbz - 2007-10-05
 » this is good
Halo is like star wars im glad Microsoft is turning profit 17million consoles sold by Q108

   by Stealth! - 2007-10-05
 » Well
$300 million in one week is impressive but Lord of the rings sold Alot more. But for a game to sell that much truly impressive.



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