Ballmer's Halo comments at CES

[Staude]

Slimebeast said:

Staude said:
Diablo, Starcraft, Warcraft, GTA, Call of Duty -

All names of bigger franchises than halo.


I think that hes going a little in over his head here. There are more too.

Starcraft and Diablo are not bigger than Halo.

oh yes they are. Is halo 1 still sold as new in well practically all stores that deal with video games ? and even many stores that don't ? for a 4th of its original retail price ? Diablo 1 and 2 are both. So is diablo 2s expansion. Sure halo games may have more total sales than diablo but diablo 2 alone has sold more than 10 million copies.

 

Same thing with starcraft.