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It's official: 'Halo 3' Registers Biggest Day in US Entertainment History
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Microsoft today announced that the Xbox 360 exclusive game “Halo 3” has officially become the biggest entertainment launch in history, garnering an estimated $170 million in sales in the United States alone in the first 24 hours. The Xbox 360 title beat previous records set by blockbuster theatrical releases like “Spider-man 3” and novels such as “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”
“Halo 3” is the conclusion to the epic trilogy and picks up where “Halo 2” left off, answering questions around the fates of the beloved protagonist Master Chief and his artificial intelligence sidekick Cortana as they struggle to save humankind from destruction at the hands of the alien coalition known as the Covenant. In addition to the rich storyline, “Halo 3” continues the franchise’s grand tradition of delivering innovative online multiplayer experiences via Xbox LIVE, the world’s largest social network on TV.
“Halo 3 has become a pop-culture phenomenon,” said Shane Kim, corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios. “Not only is “Halo 3” setting sales records, it’s also redefining entertainment.
Within the first 20 hours alone, we’ve seen more than a million Xbox LIVE members come online to play Halo 3 – that makes September 25 the most active Xbox LIVE gaming day in history.”
Retailers have also expressed their excitement about the launch of “Halo 3.”
Bob McKenzie, Senior Vice President of Merchandising for GameStop Corp commented that, “With consumer demand for Halo 3 and related products, we expect it to be the biggest video game title generator in GameStop's history."
“The initial demand we’ve seen for ‘Halo 3’ has been astounding, and the game is on track to become the number one gaming title of all time. ‘Halo 3’ is a genuine entertainment phenomenon and our customers have responded very enthusiastically to the release,” said Jill Hamburger, vice president of movies and games at Best Buy.
Developed by Bungie Studios, the “Halo” franchise is exclusive to the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and optimized for the Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network. The more than 7 million Xbox LIVE users will get a continually evolving gaming experience with “Halo 3.” Its online multiplayer and cooperative gameplay for Xbox LIVE Gold users, the much-talked-about Saved Films feature that enables players to capture and save their favorite moments on their hard drives, and Forge, an innovative map editor that enables infinite customization options are just some of the new features to experience.
More than 10,000 retailers hosted Midnight Madness events to celebrate the launch of this third installment in the billion-dollar franchise. In New York, Seattle, Miami and Los Angeles, Microsoft and retail partners hosted marquee launch events that featured contests and appearances by local celebrities and professional athletes who are fanatical about the “Halo” franchise, including Ludacris and Zac Efron and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates.
More than 1.7 million copies of “Halo 3” were preordered in the United States before a single store opened its doors at midnight, Sept. 25, making this the fasting pre-selling game in history, surpassing the previous record-setting pre-sales of “Halo 2.” Well beyond just a U.S. phenomenon, the launch of “Halo 3” was a worldwide celebration that released in 37 countries and available in 17 languages.
About Xbox 360
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About Xbox LIVE
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About Bungie Studios
Bungie Studios was founded in 1991 with two goals: to develop games that combine brilliant technology, beautiful art, intelligent stories and deep gameplay, and then sell enough of those games to achieve its real goal of total world domination. Over the past 10 years, it has produced games such as the “Marathon” trilogy and the first two “Myth” games, hailed as classics by critics and gamers around the world. Bungie’s “Halo” franchise is an international award-winning action title that has grown into a global entertainment phenomenon, selling more than 14.8 million units worldwide, logging nearly one billion hours of multiplayer action on Xbox LIVE, and spawning action figures, books, a graphic novel, apparel and more. “Halo 3,” the final installment in Bungie’s epic “Halo” trilogy, released on Sept. 25 to critical acclaim and record setting sales. More information on Bungie can be found at http://www.bungie.net.
if it twas like a 10/10 game i could understand but. . .
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Honestly I love this game, never thought I would... But I don't think it deserves it's hype still... Not best game in history for sure, not even close.
It, like I said, is currently 5th all time. Which would make it "close" but sense I'm not a huge Halo fan I'm not going to get overly excited.
I'm not a big fan either but I donno what it is about this game.. I have been playing it all day. Some levels are just awesome on it... It's kinda nice cause I've been waiting so long for my Wii games to be released now I have something to keep me occupied. Microsoft bugs me though, almost enough to make me not wanna ever put money into them again. They are self proclaimed geniuses with everything. They even had the balls to tell my bro that the Wii wasn't a next-gen system when he was asking why his 360 broke so fast. He said he didn't have any problems with his Wii...
Halo 3's ending coudl've been a whole lot better then it was.... Something just isn't right about the ending though.
Spoiler Alert!
I mean come on Master Chief & Cortana just disappear at the end it doesn't even show them dying... It just says they did. Weird. Hopefully Legendary mode has an extra ending.
I dont think this is the last "HALO" they'll either be another game after this one (not including Halo Wars) or A movie about what happens after Halo 3. Or even better yet downloadable new missions for campaign mode.
After the credits there was another ending to the game which included both the Master Chief and Cortana. You could watch it on youtube if you wanted. Also there's another short clip of an ending on Legendary
Holy Sh!t this game sold! A lot of gaming companies must be looking at Microsoft very seriously now, if they haven't already. Microsoft is the first next gen company to have a blockbuster game launch. They will probably make 1/4 total of what WoW pulls in yearly. Which is an insane amount for a FPS game. Utterly insane amount. Congrats Bungie.
