Halo 2 sells $100 million in a day

Dirt · Post by **Dirt** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:40 pm

Holy moley.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... ft_halo_dc

PR_GMR · Post by **PR_GMR** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:45 pm

How do I get the feeling I won't be able to find a copy tonight when I swing by any Gamespot or EB?

(PR smacks himself--'should've preordered)

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:51 pm

Our EB at the mall said they had over 4,000 pre-orders.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:55 pm

YellowKing wrote:Our EB at the mall said they had over 4,000 pre-orders.

HOLY CRAP! a mall EB isn't exactly a Best Buy or Circuit City, so that number shocks me.

DiscoJason · Post by **DiscoJason** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:58 pm

Is this a console forum all of a sudden or is there a simultaneous PC/XBox release I didn't know about?

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:00 pm

Tell me about it. They're filling pre-orders with a lottery system since they can't possibly accomodate everyone.

msduncan · Post by **msduncan** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:13 pm

Holy CRAP.

If they keep making sales like this -- it can only be good for gaming in general.

Dirt · Post by **Dirt** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:24 pm

Oops. Sorry, can this thread be moved?

RunningMn9 · Post by **RunningMn9** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:29 pm

Holy crap.

And that's just X-Box sales?!?

Mr. Sparkle · Post by **Mr. Sparkle** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:22 pm

This has an effect on PC Gaming though...

I mean, a $100 million in one day is probably a record for any type of entertainment. Movie tickets, sporting events, music concerts...

I don't know how much Halo 2 cost to develop, but it's very likely that it was an order of magnitude smaller than your typical hollywood blockbustster...

People who don't notice when PS2 games move 10 million units, are going to notice $100 million in a day.

It will also be interesting to see if they move a lot of actual X-boxes the next couple months.

Charlatan · Post by **Charlatan** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:31 pm

PR_GMR wrote:How do I get the feeling I won't be able to find a copy tonight when I swing by any Gamespot or EB?

(PR smacks himself--'should've preordered)

strange, I was at EB today picking up my EQ2 preorder, and the guy said they had 100 preorders and 50 random dudes show up last night for the Midnight Madness. Today they appeared to have plenty of copies for sale (not the collector's ed, just the normal one though) - I saw a guy walk in and buy one.

4000 Preorders? Wow, either that's a college town or a place where physical fitness is nonexistent

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:37 pm

Charlatan wrote: 4000 Preorders? Wow, either that's a college town or a place where physical fitness is nonexistent

okay, THAT was funny...

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:37 pm

To the console forum!

~Neal

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:41 pm

4000 Preorders? Wow, either that's a college town or a place where physical fitness is nonexistent

It's both!

PR_GMR · Post by **PR_GMR** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:57 pm

strange, I was at EB today picking up my EQ2 preorder, and the guy said they had 100 preorders and 50 random dudes show up last night for the Midnight Madness. Today they appeared to have plenty of copies for sale (not the collector's ed, just the normal one though) - I saw a guy walk in and buy one.

Good news! If that's the case, I'll be able to pick up a copy tonight.

4000 Preorders? Wow, either that's a college town or a place where physical fitness is nonexistent

Sponge · Post by **Sponge** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:57 pm

I'm sorta intrigued by Halo 2 but I don't have an Xbox. How does it compare it to shooters on the PC? It sounds like the Second Coming but it doesn't sound like it could hold a candle to PC games like UT2004, PLanetside, Joint ops, etc.

And how the hell do you play without a keyboard and mouse? Do you have to use a gamepad?

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 4:35 pm

Charlatan wrote:
4000 Preorders? Wow, either that's a college town or a place where physical fitness is nonexistent

I'm pretty sure that statement applies to all of America.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 4:50 pm

Sponge wrote:I'm sorta intrigued by Halo 2 but I don't have an Xbox. How does it compare it to shooters on the PC? It sounds like the Second Coming but it doesn't sound like it could hold a candle to PC games like UT2004, PLanetside, Joint ops, etc.

And how the hell do you play without a keyboard and mouse? Do you have to use a gamepad?

Playing a shooter with a controller is torture at first. Eventually you get used to it. You don't have the total control that you do with KB/Mouse, but the game is designed around the controller so it works out.

BTW, $100 million, that's what, around 1.9 million copies, depending on the CE vs. the regular edition? Very impressive but with pre-orders, all your hardcore fans have already bought the game.

CeeKay · Post by **CeeKay** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 5:05 pm

LawBeefaroni wrote:BTW, $100 million, that's what, around 1.9 million copies, depending on the CE vs. the regular edition? Very impressive but with pre-orders, all your hardcore fans have already bought the game.

Yah, what's week 3 sales gonna be? $1000 bucks?

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 5:15 pm

CeeKay wrote:
LawBeefaroni wrote:BTW, $100 million, that's what, around 1.9 million copies, depending on the CE vs. the regular edition? Very impressive but with pre-orders, all your hardcore fans have already bought the game.

Yah, what's week 3 sales gonna be? $1000 bucks?

It will be a Platinum Classic by then. So $500 if they're lucky.

Napoleon · Post by **Napoleon** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 4:29 am

And it isn't even a worldwide release as that article claims. Europe has it for november 11th, not november 9th. (which royally sucks, but is better than the month delay we usually get)

ohbalto · Post by **ohbalto** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 11:38 am

LawBeefaroni wrote:
CeeKay wrote:
LawBeefaroni wrote:BTW, $100 million, that's what, around 1.9 million copies, depending on the CE vs. the regular edition? Very impressive but with pre-orders, all your hardcore fans have already bought the game.

Yah, what's week 3 sales gonna be? $1000 bucks?
It will be a Platinum Classic by then. So $500 if they're lucky.

Urm, the first Halo has never left the top ten list for sales on the system since its release.

Digest that for a moment; see if you don't get queasy. They're projecting just under $400,000,000 in Halo2 sales between now and the end of Q1 2005. Because, you know, what Microsoft needs is *more* money!

Dirt · Post by **Dirt** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 12:16 pm

They don't need more money. But they do need a game that will sell their machine.

Eduardo X · Post by **Eduardo X** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 2:45 pm

At the EB at Cherry Creek, the guys said they were there until 4 in the morning selling games two days ago.
I chose yesterday, for some reason, to go to EB and trade old PC games for PS2 games. It took quite a while.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 6:07 pm

ohbalto wrote:
LawBeefaroni wrote:
CeeKay wrote:
LawBeefaroni wrote:BTW, $100 million, that's what, around 1.9 million copies, depending on the CE vs. the regular edition? Very impressive but with pre-orders, all your hardcore fans have already bought the game.

Yah, what's week 3 sales gonna be? $1000 bucks?
It will be a Platinum Classic by then. So $500 if they're lucky.
Urm, the first Halo has never left the top ten list for sales on the system since its release.

Digest that for a moment; see if you don't get queasy. They're projecting just under $400,000,000 in Halo2 sales between now and the end of Q1 2005. Because, you know, what Microsoft needs is *more* money!

Oh, I know all that. I have no doubt Halo2 will be the Xbox all time sales leader in the not-too-distant future. If it has legs, I could see it among the top across all consoles.

I probably should have put a

or something after that last one.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 8:15 pm

Plus, Halo 1 has been in that top 10 spot since it came out at $50; it only came down to $30 about 2-3 months ago.

Chrisoc13 · Post by **Chrisoc13** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 2:52 pm

Wow, I just walked into my bestbuy here and picked it up off the shelf yesterday. There was a huge pile of them still there. I was worried it would be sold out here, but nope, plenty of them there.

Eco-Logic · Post by **Eco-Logic** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 3:11 pm

Halo 2 actually sold $125 million in one day.

gellar · Post by **gellar** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 3:44 pm

Eco-Logic wrote:Halo 2 actually sold $125 million in one day.

Pretty damn good. I think I'm literally the only XBox owner who hasn't bought it.

gellar

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