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thismeintiel on 23 January 2011
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NotStan said:
thismeintiel said:

I'm going to say no.  My guess is 7-7.5 max with bundling.  Of course, that is still damn good.

@ NotStan

Well, people keep sayin NPD show we are overtracking Reach.  But still, it would probably put it on par with Halo 3.  In the end though, I don't think it will keep the same legs as Halo 3 and sell ~11.5 mil, but it should still definitely cross 10 mil.

I think last time someone bothered to check, Reach was tracking about ~500k above Halo 3, and the main reason for the initial sales dip was the fact that 3 got the holiday boost a bit earlier. Even if it is at about 7m, it still has the whole of 2011 and maybe even half of 2012 to do 3m. I just find it a bit stupid when people expect even games like Halo Reach, an exclusive to cross 10M at the rate that COD does, it's nowhere as mainstream to do so. Just stealth trolling if anything, imo.

Well, COD being a multiplat would actually go against its chances of selling over 10 mil in such a short period of time since it can split the game's audience.  But you are right, COD has become this sales beast lately and I don't think anyone was really expecting it.  I mean the first COD of this gen, COD3, I think sold like 5.5 mil total across 4 consoles.  Now, it's selling twice that on the 360 alone.  And I think you're right, Reach should cross 10 mil by early/mid 2012.  If you look, it took Halo 3 about 2 years to do it, too.