Sony’s PS3 feels the burn: Halo 3 reaches Gold sales numbers
Halo 3 just reached a sell-through of one million in North America and is expected to shatter day-one entertainment sales records on its release, September 25.
The game just barely entered the manufacturing stage and it already has a higher rate of sale than every game ever in existence. Halo 2 also broke records with its release when it generated a record setting $125 million (U.S.) in sales within the first 24 hours. The game still retains its status, three years after its release, as the most played game on Xbox Live.
Feel the burn Sony.
The official press release:
The Most Anticipated Title of 2007 Released to Manufacturing, Begins Final March to Xbox 360
LONDON– 29th August, 2007 – The wait is almost over.“Halo 3,” the final chapter in the groundbreaking“Halo” trilogy and the most anticipated game release of 2007, has been released to manufacturing.
Three years in the making by renowned developer Bungie Studios,“Halo 3” is now finished and will begin its journey to store shelves around the world in less than four weeks.“Halo 3,” which has already set new records as the fastest preordered game in history, has exceeded one million presales in North America alone. The title is set to shatter day-one entertainment sales records when it is released worldwide beginning Tuesday, Sept. 25.
“This is a huge milestone for us and a big cause for celebration at Bungie and Microsoft Game Studios,” said Harold Ryan, Studio Head at Bungie Studios.“This is the game we’ve always wanted to make and certainly the best game our studio has developed. We can’t wait for gamers to get their hands on it on Sept. 25.”
Created by legendary developer Bungie Studios and exclusive to the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system,“Halo 3” will set a new standard for interactive storytelling and social gaming by engaging consumers worldwide in Master Chief’s epic battle to save humankind. In November 2004, the world’s view of video games changed forever with the release of“Halo 2,” which generated a record-setting $125 million (U.S.) in sales within the first 24 hours and changed the way people think about interactive entertainment. Three years later, it remains the most-played game on Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE® online gaming and entertainment network, with nearly 1 billion hours of online gaming logged to date.
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August 29th, 2007
well i was planning to play halo 3 but warhawk will keep me busy for at least next year.well multiplayer rocks more than halo .its crazy world in warhawk ,lot of action.halo is simple small mutiplayer with lot of hype.
September 1st, 2007
Warhawk…
…is your comeback to…
…HALO3!?!
Bwahahahaaha!
September 3rd, 2007
give me a break buddy….im concerned with your mental state if your gonna try and compare Warhawk to Halo 3!!!!
September 5th, 2007
Agreed. sorry mr seriously, I dislike microsoft but unfortunately they have exclusive rights to (in my opinion) perhaps the most enjoyable multiplayer series ever made. I have enormous respect for Bungie, the flawless Halo mechanics make it pretty much impossible to come up with a legitimate excuse when you are bested in a game of multiplayer other than “crap you just played better than me”. Halo=rock solid
September 23rd, 2007
It is funny to me that the only people knocking Halo 3 are PS3 lovin platform gamers. The main reason is PS fans hate FPS games the funny part is they hate them because of Sony. PS FPS games suck because of the wack ass controller designed for little girly man hands so they never quite felt right or hand any kind of accuracy. Xbox on the other hand has the single best console controller for FPS period and that is why Halo was such a phenom. It was the game that proved FPS can be done on home consoles just fine. If last generation all you had was a PS2 then I understand why you are a Halo hater. Seriously though warhawk versus Halo that is funny. Halo 3 has sold more copies in preorders than warhawk a cheap knock off multiplayer game will in its lifetime. Hell you could take Warhawk, Heavonly Sword, and Lair’s total sales so far and Halo 3 has sold more than them combined and it hasn’t even come out. Face it Halo 3 is going to be a great game with awesome multiplayer just acept it because all of your friends will be telling you about it real soon anyway. To the idiots in this room that think Forge and the save films innovations aren’t going to be huge wake up and watch the developer released info on them and tell yourself that they still suck I dare you.
September 30th, 2007
Halo is crap.
October 2nd, 2007
I am currently playing Warhawk and I agree that the action level is much higher than Halo. There are alot of people on both online games at all times which makes both fun. Halo I would say is more cartoonish than Warhawk, thats why it appeals to an older crowd. there are also many ways you can play it. You could stay back and defend your base or be on the offensive. Halo should change their FPS to 3rd person, cover is a great way to get alot of kills. I always know whats happening around me…
October 7th, 2007
Uhm…to Pill, seriously and Jangalla…..WTH!? You all know that Warhawk is complete crap compared to Halo 3. It is almost proven that ps3 is pretty much gone down the drain. As said in the paragraphs above, halo has already set new records as the fastest preordered game in history, and has exceeded one million presales in North America alone. If you think Halo is crap, you are surely over exaggerating because in a 8/10 chances you havnt even played it yet. The “Virtual World” can get your mind caught up in a game that’s “Well made”. You probably blew out all your money buying a overpriced, not much better, game console. And that’s why you couldnt afford an Xbox 360 or a copy of Halo 3 for that matter. You are so hyped up about WarHawk that in the “1st” game you play you think “Yeah, uhuh, this game it great. Im glad i didnt get Halo 3.” Only sony fans hate Halo because Mcrosoft made it. Admit it Sony will blow up soon in the battle against Microsoft. Especially if those rumors about the next “Halo 4″ are true.
October 7th, 2007
If you hate halo… why even bother visiting a webpage based on Halo? You should’ve gone to a webpage based on WarHawk instead.
October 7th, 2007
Sony is basically dead rite now.
October 9th, 2007
Blah Blah PS3 VS XBox. Get over it guys. Both consoles will be around for some time. Just enjoy them and stop turning every forum into a Microsoft vs Sony war…..
October 12th, 2007
Game Informer said about warhawk, and i quote ” One of the most intricatelcly balanced action games in years, the full scale battles have to be seen to be believed. But they gave it a 8.5 because of no single player, and the graphics didnt live up to their expectations of a PS3 game. Game informer gave Halo 3 a 9.75, and it didnt get the full 10 because they played the single player too safe. I dont have the issue where they rated Halo 3, so i dont have any quotes.
December 3rd, 2007
dude i hope u know halo is coming out 4 ps3….
December 16th, 2007
I have both halo 3 and warhawk. Halo 3 is a great game, but it is somewhat overhyped, kinda like the ipod. Warhawk has a more realistic multiplayer feel. In warhawk, when playing ZNS and CTF games, you are forced to work with your team instead of playing rogue, and rogue players is what halo3 is plagued with. I was surprised that in a CTF game in halo3, you only get points for returning the other team’s flag to your base, but you get no points any other type of team effort. The graphics in Halo3 and Warhawk are about the same quality in my opinion, but I will agree with Game Informer that warhawk could definitely be a better game if it had a campaign mode/single player mode. I would also like to add that warhawk could be better if it had more multiplayer objective options, such as a king-of-the-hill mode or VIP mode like in Halo3.