Halo 2 expected to pull in $100 million in first day sales
November 9, 2004 5:40 PM
The estimates are at $100 million for the first day of sales of Microsoft's new XBOX game.
By comparison, Star Wars: Episode 1 made $64 million in the first weekend. The first Lord of the Rings movie made $66 million the first weekend. The Incredibles made $70 million over the weekend. No other video game has come close to Halo 2's sales numbers.
In addition to 1.5 million pre-sold units, Moore said one retailer sold 8,500 units in the first 11 minutes of sales, while another sold 200,000 units by daybreak Tuesday.
Analysts expect "Halo 2" to sell a total of about 10 million units, with some projecting up to half of those sales coming in November. The original "Halo" sold 5 million units and remains the best seller on the Xbox to date.
At the EBX at the Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax Virginia near my office, the manager told me they had 200 people in line last night at midnight to get their copies as soon as possible. I opted to stay at home and get some sleep, but now that I have my copy I'm going home to play some Halo 2.
- A non-reviewer's point of view: foO's Halo 2 experience
- Online Stats: http://www.bungie.net/Stats/ (49,000 players on Live right now!)
- My Stats: http://www.bungie.net/Stats/PlayerStats.aspx?player=dylan
One other thing... Halo 2 will not be coming to the Playstation 2 or Gamecube any time soon. Halo was made by Bungie. Bungie happens to be owned by Microsoft. And Microsoft owns the XBOX. It's for that reason you won't find Mario or Metroid games for the XBOX or PS2. It's video game economics.
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Posted November 10, 2004 6:08 PM
i'm still in shock over the sales figures... well, sorta. after all the excitement, and not a small measure of hype, and 3 years of waiting, i can honestly say that i'm totally stoked to be playing a new Halo once again... continue'n the saga, frag'n Covenant punks, and try'n to follow the damn storyline in-between it all.... heh.
/surprised at the linkage.... ;)
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Posted November 10, 2004 6:23 PM
"Halo 2 reports record $125 million in sales on first day of launch"
"Microsoft estimates Halo 2 was the biggest launch of any entertainment product in retail history. "
http://www.lostremote.com/archives/002991.html