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Forums - Sales Discussion - Americas 360 hardware sales in Halo 3 launch week: How high will they get?

sinha on 16 September 2007
TheSource said:

The game will probably sell 1.8 to 2.25 million units in week one


That's it?  I find it hard to imagine it being under 2 million.



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thibje on 16 September 2007

week 16/09/'07

3 k japan (halo HP + Musou orochi )
38 k Others
84 k NA (2 Weeks untill H3 + higher NPD numbers correction of ioi? + Halo 3 pack)
=> 117k

week 23/09/'07

3 k Japan (Madden 08 lol :p)
37 k Others
89 k NA (1 Week until H3 + Halo 3 pack)
=> 129k

week 30/09/'07

8,4 k Japan (Halo 3 + Halo 3 pack) => www.famitsu.com + www.amazon.jp
55 k Others (Halo 3 + Fifa '08 + Halo 3 pack + legendary already sold out in UK)
185 k (Halo 3)
=> 248k



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thibje on 16 September 2007
Fonzerelli said:
67K others ?? whats regions are covered by others.
Is Halo 3 getting the Jap. treatment @ launch ??

I don't know if there will be a big event like BD last year.

www.famitsu.com



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TWRoO on 16 September 2007

i'll go with;
120k wk1 USA
65k wk1 Others
not sure about Japan so i'll follow everyone else: 8k



TheSource on 16 September 2007

Actually, I did mean 360 sales minimum (for the rest of 2007) would stabilize at 75,000 per week in the Americas.

I have the 360 doing like 550k-600k in November (4 weeks), and 1350k to 1400k in December (5 weeks).



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HappySqurriel on 16 September 2007

Since the price reduction we have seen the XBox 360's sales increase dramatically and stay high largely because of the release of popular software like Madden, Bioshock, Stranglehold, Medal of Honor, Blue Dragon and Tiger Woods. I can't help but believe that after the price reduction many of the people who have been waiting for Halo 3 have been buying the system alongside the release of other games that interest them. As a result I would expect that Hardware sales will spike alongside Halo 3, and potentially double their current level (which would put it at 125,000) but I wouldn't expect much beyond that and I would expect sales to drop down to their current (elevated level) a week or two following the release of Halo 3.