MCV: Halo Reach sells 300k in UK on day one

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slowmo said:

GreyianStorm said:

Goddbless said:

Well you can't compare the total of MW2 on multiple platforms to Reach on 360 only.

MCV still says that sales of MW2 on 360 were probably around double Halo Reach's sales (first 24 hours for both). That should show that although Halo: Reach has performed very well, it is nowhere near the same size as the COD franchise right now in Europe.

The game is still going to outsell anything else this year on one platform so what's the problem.  It's not like these sales are bad.

I realize that it probably came across that I was trying to downplay the sales. That wasn't my intention. 300,000 sales in 24 hours is amazing. There are some games that don't ever get that many sales. It's a testament to the love that fans around the world (or in this case the UK, but it's similar elsewhere) have for Halo. It's one of the most beloved franchises of all time and is clearly loved by millions of people.

I was just trying to say that Halo isn't as big as Modern Warfare (or Black Ops is looking to be), in Europe. I just don't think that it's right to say "you can't compare the total of MW2 on multiple platforms to Reach", when the article says that MW2 probably sold approximately double what Reach has in the opening 24 hours. It's nothing to be ashamed of, as Call of Duty has just become such a massive brand. And I'm not saying Reach is inferior in terms of quality because it has lower sales. I'm not a Halo fan (the only I owned was the first and that wasn't anything special to me), but I still recognize that it is an excellently made game. I'm just trying to say that if people are going to acknowledge Reach's (truly amazing opening day) sales in the UK, they shouldn't try to hide from the fact that MW2 is still bigger (this is only for the UK/Europe, in the US they are quite comparable).