Posted Aug 13, 2007 at 09:47PM by Isaac C. Listed in: News, Halo 3, Games Tags: Microsoft, Bungie Studios, Halo 2
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Master Chief - Image 1Bungie and Microsoft are going all out with Halo 3 as they push a very media-driven promotional event in preparation for Halo 3. The event is such that it will equal the promotional values of a blockbuster movie.

Microsoft is aiming for Halo 3 to surpass the US$ 125 million that Halo 2 got on it's first day of release. The projected sales for Halo 3's first day out? US$ 155 million, with insiders thinking it might even reach US$ 170 million. That figure is even more than the US$ 151 million that "Spiderman 3" got on its first weekend.

The release of the game is expected to boost Xbox 360 sales as well. Aside from the push into already recognizable brands like 7-Eleven and Burger King, Microsoft will also be pushing for programming on cable networks featuring the making of Halo and its soundtrack.

The cable events will be pulling in celebrities and music artists alike, like Linkin Park and My Chemical Romance. Halo 3 is also the official sponsor of Projekt Revolution music tour. The media promotions are estimated to exceed "tens of millions of dollars."


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   by damn it (Unregistered) - 2007-08-13
 » dang

looks like ms is goin ALL out. Hopefully halo 3 lives up to the hype.


   Re: Punjay (Unregistered) - 2007-08-14
 » PSP GPS finally on sale!!!

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   Re: ME (Unregistered) - 2007-08-15
 » ha hahah

It's going to be a big disappointment folks.

They will barely make $5 million.

Surely, there can't be THAT many STUPID people in the US of A.

   Re: ryryry (Unregistered) - 2007-08-15
 » The next couple of weeks will see the 360 sales rocket even with the $50 just coming in the PS3 is again in last place

You think so well its funny how just with the $50 price cut the 360 is way outselling the PS3 in the USA again and when Halo and bioshock plus more stock of the Elite hit the stores in the net few weeks expect HUGE sales of consoles and software for the 360 range.

   Re: andrewsqual (Unregistered) - 2007-08-15
 » Dude

anyone who wants Halo3 has there 360 already. And after Halo what else is there??? Hmm I can't think of another game worth mentioning.
   by Stealth! - 2007-08-13
 » Hmm

Well i don't think it will hit that much on its first day, maybe 4 days or more. No doubt it will be huge im hoping this will be better than Halo2 it was a bummer compared to the first.


   Re: Quixand - 2007-08-13
 » actually Stealth

they might actually hit the mark my friend!!! i mean they got $125mil for Halo2 and i don't remember how much a game costs back then but i know it was cheaper and the gaming industry in getting more hype and attention right now especially with the brewing console wars, the entire industry is doing considerably better...

everybody here knows i'm a PS3 fan and admittedly i don't like Microsoft, Xbox, and Halo but i want Halo3 to hit that mark cause as a gamer this will bring bragging rights to the industry, people would see that these products are more than just "games" but an enterprise on its own and that the gaming industry has power at par with all the rest.

sadly no matter how well it does i would never appreciate it cause FPS is my least liked genre (although i do play it even winning a couple of counterstrike tourneys back in the day).

   Re: Stealth! - 2007-08-14
 » Buddy

You make a valid point, however i believe games was around $49.99 back then. But you honestly think 125 million sales will come for halo which one costs 59.99 or 69.99 and the Legendary package $125.95 Seems unlikely, too me.

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   Re: hjk (Unregistered) - 2007-08-14
 » Quixand and your PS3

If you dont like FPS games you cant play much on your PS3 then

   Re: Syde (Unregistered) - 2007-08-14
 » Wrong!

@hjk, FPS is not the only game that PS3 has to offer, so you really cant say he cant play anything GOOD on his PS3

   Re: roflmao (Unregistered) - 2007-08-14
 » ROFL, this guy has no clue

Halo 3 will EASILY hit $155 million. If you can't see that you're blind. It will probably exceed that, maybe by a lot.

As has already been mentioned, Halo 2 hit $125 million during it's first day. The hype and advertising for Halo 3 are much greater than for Halo 2, and it's sales will easily exceed Halo 2's. Combine that with the fact that the game is at least $10 more than the regular edition of Halo 2 and up to $80 more than the regular edition, and you've got at least $155 million.
   by CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS - 2007-08-14
 » I Never Really Cared For These Games

The Halo games seem kind of quirky to me. Sure they have tons of fans but the quality and entertainment value suck. There are plenty of other shooters out there that are a lot more fun. Another thing is the story blows. The genre rips off other games ideas before it and to me, if I had a 360, I would not buy this game. I do have the original XBOX and have played Halo on rental and my friend has Halo 2, so I played that one too but I don't think they are worth buying. Sure they are good for a rental but they get old real fast.


   Re: pwner (Unregistered) - 2007-08-14
 » UHHHH?

Are you serious? If you would not buy Halo 3 then...... you are retarted. Even if you don't like the storyline, the actual multiplayer is an amazing experience on its own.

   Re: CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS - 2007-08-14
 » Nope

Seen it. Looks boring.

   Re: trytrytr (Unregistered) - 2007-08-14
 » PS3 owners go post on the Wii section or something

Will you PS3 Idiots get off the 360 posts, God the Wii is destroying the PS3 go post on their site or something.

Bioshock

Halo 3

Moto GP 07

Huge games for MS next month, console sales will soar and hopefully I will finally get hold of an Elite..

   Re: andrewsqual (Unregistered) - 2007-08-15
 » Eh

Moto GP 07??????? Thats not exactly a console seller. Have you seen the footage of it? It looks like an Xbox1 game. All microsoft have to do now is try and convince people with broken 360s not to trade it in for a PS3. Oh wait thats what the 3 year warranty was for.
   by Learntospell (Unregistered) - 2007-08-14
 » Retarded

Learn to spell idiot.. If anyone is retarded its these idiot ass fanboys.

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   by *****a B aka Legendaryben (Unregistered) - 2007-08-14
 » omg ur a dumb *****

CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS you honestly believe that Halo is a *****ty game series and the quality and entertainment value suck?! You are a *****ing moron. Not only does Halo have a fan base of millions of people Halo 3 is also the most anticipated game of the year. The game features more than 60,000 sound clips, tons of vehicles, tons of new weapons, enemies, maps, forge, and a video recording feature. You obviously don't appreciate the hard work Bungie does, they deserve every penny they get. I would luv to see you make a game even remotely close to Halo. You *****ing *****roach go suck a fat one and stop hating on Halo. You *****ing disgust me!


   Re: CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS - 2007-08-14
 » Your The Dumb One

I am just stating my opinion. I don't care if you like it but I don't. I'm glad you like it but it's not for me. Resistance is way better.

   Re: rtyrt (Unregistered) - 2007-08-14
 » CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS , Your opinion means NOTHING to 360 owners

Yer but your biased opinion means nothing to 360 owners so why do you bother posting on the 360 section?. Do you think you are going to convince them that Halo or the 360 is no good LMAO you really waste your time here, these people OWN 360s they know how good the games and XBL are they dont give a ***** about your biased opinions.

   Re: CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS - 2007-08-14
 » rtyrt (Unregistered)

I know that. I didn't think you would convert. I am just stating my opinion as an XBOX and PS3 owner, thats all.

   Re: andrewsqual (Unregistered) - 2007-08-15
 » Thats because

there isn't any other console out there with just the one franchise going with its name. PS3 fans are all split up between games like Gran Turismo and Ratchet and Clank and stuff. For anybody that does have an xbox especially the first one you better have Halo and like it because there isn't any other over hyped game for the system. Notice too how in order for them to sell alot they had to not show that much footage of the game because if people see how similar looking it is to Halo2 then they won't buy it.
   by ivr56 (Unregistered) - 2007-08-14
 » Halo Kicks A$$

It has one of the best storylines in any game.
Its gameplay is kinda basic but it still fun
4 player online co-op,
Kick a$$ online play
Large online community, with machinima and all.
Huge player/fan base
And its gonna be hella fun making your own game modes and messing around with the game engine.

Tell me one PS3 game that has all these elements.

To CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS, play Halo 2 online with friends playing tremors, zombies, and the the game modes made made by the community and tell me its not fun.

Halo 2 single player was fun but to short, online was fun because theres so many possibilities and ways to play it.






   Re: andrewsqual (Unregistered) - 2007-08-15
 » Eh

Little Big Planet??? Apart from the story thing you mentioned, although if there was a story in LBP about Sackboy and his homies sitting around a house and then throwing the furniture around the place it would still be a better story than Halo.
   by Xbot (Unregistered) - 2007-08-14
 » good game

i think halo 3 and super smash bros. brawl are gonna be the top selling games for a long time.

   by gfhgfh (Unregistered) - 2007-08-14
 » Bioshock and moto gp 07 to

And I would think Bioshock will have a say in it and maybe even Moto GP 07 the graphics in extreme mode are far more impressive than PS3 GT or Forza 2 take a look at the demo..

   by Xbot (Unregistered) - 2007-08-14
 » no

Bioshock does look like a good game but super smash bros. looks way better Moto Gp 07 i doubt it will be a big seller

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   by Xbox360 FanBOT! (Unregistered) - 2007-08-14
 » OMGs, I R TEH LOVE 360, but PS3 is BETTER!

Halo is one of the most awful FPS's to ever touch a console. Sure halo would be cool, if you were about 10-12 years old. Let's just all be happy that Halo is only trashing the 360 and not the PS3. At least one PS3 we have games that actually make sense like SOCOM.

Lol, poor xbots, enjoy playing a watered down version of Goldeneye with *****ty controls.

-The Truth Speaker

   by Spectre (Unregistered) - 2007-08-14
 » HAHAHAHA

All of the other FPS and PCRPGs on the XBlowx711 are just spam when u compare it to Halo 3. Then the system will fail and M$ will focus on trying to lose its war against Apple's iPod. M$ should start making cars... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH just think of all the possible lawsuits, deaths, warranty extensions, patches, etc. that would come up. PWNT

   by Not as dumb as Spectre (Unregistered) - 2007-08-14
 » The two comments above are sad

Honestly, I am sometimes ashamed to be a gamer because of people like Xbox360 FanBOT! and Spectre. You two need to get lives.

Spectre, I see you post a comment in just about every article, each one as worthless and stupid as the last. Find something better to do with your time. Get a girlfriend and work on convincer her that the "Xblowx711" (wtf is that supposed to even mean?) sucks, because nobody at QJ cares.


   Re: Not as dumb as Spectre (Unregistered) - 2007-08-14
 » Correction

Convincing, not convincer

   Re: Spectre (Unregistered) - 2007-08-15
 » LMAO

Who needs a girlfriend when you have partners? LMAO, I feel bad for society...they think they have to conform to rules that have been brought down through generations. Why be Pus$ywhipped when you can get it whenever you want to? I'm making $77,000 annually, so I don't worry about having a life...ripping people off in the mortgage industry is bliss. ROFL NOOB.
   by Moviefan (Unregistered) - 2007-08-14
 » LOL Dam fanboys!!!

Im not biased i have played both the 360, PS3, and Wii. Hell i own an Xbox360, Wii, PSP, and am planning on buying a ps3 if its survives this year and MGS4 doesnt suck. I have played much Resistance and Halo1,2,and 3. Resistance ithought was better then halo 1 and 2, at first, once i had played it for 50 or so hours online and beat the multiplayer, i was bored. Halo 2 yeah the 1 player blew balls but the multiplayer kicked enought ass that it didnt matter i still play it on my 360 from time to time. Buy the the way never play tournements there not fun just to dam hard.

One thing that bugged me on resistance was the online unlockable if you beat the game on the hardest setting you became harder to kill which made the online game a lot harder, and cheap at times.

   by 360 (Unregistered) - 2007-08-15
 » 360

hey is game lagging in xbox 360 normal ? wanted to know cause i just bought a xbox 360


   Re: AoxomamoxoA - 2007-08-15
 » take it back because...

I think you bought a ps3 by mistake

   Re: ... (Unregistered) - 2007-08-15
 » ...

Did you even take your own PS3 back "Frank the Tank"? www.myspace.com/sublime1985

   Re: Spectre (Unregistered) - 2007-08-15
 » LOL

Yes, your Lagbox 360 *or better known as XBlox711 or suXBox 360* is going through a phase known as ROFLitis. You might want to return it before it's too late and you won't be compinsated in full for it. There are better alternatives, such as the PS3 or a PC.

   Re: A guy (Unregistered) - 2007-08-21
 » You're all retarded, every single one of you

None of this matters, honestly. You're argueing about a video game, with a lot of people saying ***** just to piss you off. PS3 fanboys, go play your bug-filled games. Xbox fanboys, go ***** and moan at customer support for 5 hours because your 360 broke again. Wii fanboys, go bowling alone cus you have no friends to do it with in real life. I'll go outside.

Cya
   by Kool Kid (Unregistered) - 2007-08-15
 » Xbox live is great and all, but it worst as old and next gen console

Hell yea...... Halo is the most laggy game out there.It not beacause the game its the crappy 360, 360 have the most laggy online sever, it just as worst as dreamcast. Ps3 dont lagg so far. Wii lagg to, Because i got the wii and i got Mario Strikers and the dev said that it dont lagg but that S*** lagg a lot.


   Re: 360 USA sales rocket past the PS3 back to buisness (Unregistered) - 2007-08-15
 » 360 and Kool Kid talks crapper

I think you will find that what you actually have is a PS3 not a 360 as when games released on both machines are compared its the PS3 that drops frames so checkout the makers name on the console again.

And to the idiot above, what are you talking about your post makes no sense ?. oh and if you want to see lag in a game watch out for the next review of LAIR now that game lags and drops more frames than anything I have seen so far on next gen consoles maybe tht is why it is scoring around 5 out of 10 compared to Bioshocks 10 out of 10 reviews.

   Re: andrewsqual (Unregistered) - 2007-08-15
 » Please

link to Lair reviews of the finished copy because I haven't seen any yet. There is a new achievement for Halo3 though. 50 points if you can get through the single player game without having to send your 360 back to HQ at least twice. 360 sales didn't rocket past PS3 you idiot. PS3 sales are still up this week compared to last week. And who the hell in there right mind would go out and buy a 360 at the moment when they still haven't fixed the RROD problem. Oh and a 3 year warranty doesn't fix the problem.
   by Spectre (Unregistered) - 2007-08-15
 » WTF

XBlowx711 ftl biatches. PWNT


   Re: Jobo50 - 2007-08-26
 » lol

go ***** urself
   by . (Unregistered) - 2007-08-15
 » Seriously...

There Is Nothing To Argue About Here... The Xbox 360 Is Better Than The PS3 So Suck On It People!
Halo Is More Than Likely The Best Game Series There Is Now!
People Like "andrewsqual" think There Is Nothing After Halo? Wow You Must Live Under A Rock Kid.... Have You Not Heard Of BioShock? MassEffect? StramgleHold? Kane And Lynch: Dead Man? Left For Dead? Those Games Are Bound To Be Great! And Even Gears Of War Is Gonna Have A Trilogy! Come On! There Are More Games Out There That Will Come After Halo!



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