Halo 3 will sell no less than 7m units. The pre-orders by consumers is absolutely staggering.
Consider this: Halo 3 has been the #1 purchased game from EB.com (their 360 section) for nearly the ENTIRE YEAR. More than ANY other game that's come out. Its just ungodly, the number of preorders.
Anihawk over at NeoGAF works at an EB/GS. He stated they already have 344 pre-orders as of last week. Only H2 had more pre-orders (at near 400). So it's pre-order status at his place is very close to H2, and still has 2 months to go before launch.
I asked my local EB/GS the same question: it's a small EB/GS (in a mall), and they already have 200+ H3 preorders. Thats 600 PREORDERS between TWO stores. Those are copies with down payments. H3 is bound to do great numbers. Where it goes from there, though, depends.
Also, btw, Halo 2 is still selling on Xbox at 6k units a week. Not much considering it's total gross, but it shows that it's still selling after 3 years.
And FYI, I dislike Halo, and agree with others - it's not the best FPS out there. I never had much desire to play it, and probably wont (4p campaign co-op would make me change my mind quick, though). Nevertheless, it won't stop the game from doing gangbusters, because it still has one of the best pedigrees when it comes to co-op online, and will continue to have that title till H4, or another game can best it.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
