Halo 3 Launch vs. GT 3 Launch (First of the series on a new console).
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Halo 3 worldwide statistics:
Halo 3 release in Japan:
The week of 09/16/07 to 09/22/07, The 360 Sold 1,796 Units in Japan.
The following week (The week of Halo 3 release), The 360 sold 5,673 (215% increase in sales). The week after, it went on to sell 2,393 units.
Halo 3 release in Americas:
The week of 09/16/07 to 09/22/07, The 360 Sold 121,101 Units in Americas.
The following week (The week of Halo 3 release), The 360 sold 143,681 (18% increase in sales). The week after, it went on to sell 152,047 units. It took 4 weeks for sales to fall back below 140,000
Halo 3 release in Others:
The week of 09/16/07 to 09/22/07, The 360 Sold 41,628 Units in Others.
The following week (The week of Halo 3 release), The 360 sold 80,553 (93% increase in sales). The week after, it went on to sell 58,395 units. It took 1 week for sales to fall back below 50,000.
Overall week sales the week Prior to release: 164,525
Overall week 1 sales the week Halo 3 was released: 229,907
Overall sales % increase from Halo 3 release: 39% increase
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GT3 Release worldwide statistics:
GT3 release in Japan:
The week of 4/15/01 to 4/21/01, The PS2 Sold 36,656 Units in Japan.
The following week (The week of GT3 release), The PS2 sold 65,990 (80% increase in sales). The week after, it went on to sell 55,000 units. It took 3 weeks for sales to fall back below 40,000.
GT3 Release in Americas:
The week of 7/01/01 to 7/08/01, The PS2 sold 84,647 units in Americas.
The following week (The week of GT3 release), The PS2 sold 109,333 (29% increase in sales). The week after it went on to sell 116,135 units. It took 6 weeks for sales to fall back below 90,000.
GT3 Release in Others:
The week of 7/08/01 to 7/14/01, The PS2 sold 78,442 units in Others.
The following week (The week of GT3 release), The PS2 sold 101,337 (29% increase in sales). Sadly, sales feel to normal the following week.
Overall week sales the week Prior to release: 199,745
Overall week 1 sales the week GT3 was released: 276,660
Overall sales % increase from GT3 release: 38.5% increase
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-As you can see, sales % increases between GT3 and Halo 3 were almost identical, down to the percentage.
-What does this show for Halo: Reach and GT5? Both shall show increases in console sales, but theres a problem. Halo: Reach isn't the first Halo title on the console. A majority of the 360 console buyers will be people who lost their 360 to RRoD and are getting another (probably bundled) when Reach releases. Will the increases still be large? Yes, but they probably won't come within 10-15% of what GT5 will push.
-Also, comparing following week sales of Halo 3 vs. GT 3, console sales too much longer to fall back to normal levels following the release of GT3 as compared to Halo 3. GT5 should go on to push a MUCH higher percentage of hardware for the first 4 week after release as compared to Halo: Reach.
-If both Reach and GT5 are equally bundled in all regions, the sales % increase Week on Week for consoles will be almost double on the PS3 thanks to GT5. Sales month over month for PS3 should see a MINIMUM 3 fold increase over what Reach pushes on the 360 as compared to the month before release.
-Sadly, there won't be any accurate way to track this sales % increase since GT5 releases in November, and sales Month over Month for November are already going to be near double what they are for October.
-All-in-all, if GT5 is able to push a near 40% hardware increase this holiday season like GT3 did for the PS2, that should account to more than 50,000 additional PS3s sold the week of GT5 release (and thats assuming that the PS3 only sells HALF of what it did 1st week of November 09 because of the slim release).
