kowenicki said:
Previous MS release:
"'Halo: Reach' is the biggest game Microsoft has ever released, and its launch has already surpassed every game, movie, and entertainment launch this year," said Phil Spencer, corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios, in a press statement. "Every major installment has grown in scope and popularity, firmly cementing the 'Halo' franchise as one of the most popular entertainment properties in the world over the past decade."
Spencer's claims aren't entirely accurate. Halo 3: ODST, the last installment prior to Reach, took a full two weeks to reach $125 million in sales. While its overall sales--somewhere in the neighborhood of 3 million copies worldwide--were impressive, they never came anywhere near Halo 3's 8 million copies. I guess Spencer considers ODST a 'non-installment', a position fans disappointed by its brief six-hour solo campaign could probably endorse.
So we know Halo 3 > Halo 2 > Halo
Are we really suggesting Reach is 3m overtracked? Are we really to believe Halo 3 only sold 8m? when it sold 3m first weekend? Truth is... nobody knows.
I doubt this includes CE remake and possibly not ODST.
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You know the Reach launch PR is unfair.
Reach Day 1 (US + Europe) = $200 million
Halo 3 Day 1 (US only) = $170 million
So Microsoft said the Reach is the biggest launch at the time but the real Halo 3 sold better than Reach day one.
