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Halo 2 Pre-Orders Reach 1 Million
pdawerks writes "The Seattle Times is reporting that around a million copies of Halo 2 have been pre-ordered. This pre-sale figure makes the Halo sequel the highest presale in the history of videogames. So far, Microsoft has sold 5 million copies of the original Halo: Combat Evolved."
it doesn't say where it got those numbers. Not to sound like a fanboy but, given the fact that Halo was priced at $50 USD for about 2 years after its release and is still selling fairly strong, I wonder what the number would really look like. And then theres the number of people who will buy it off the shelf...
I can't speak too much about the single player part, but I liked the multiplayer a lot. It has some key differences from the standard FPS, most notably that you move pretty slowly, and that you can only carry two weapons. This makes it less of a twitch skill game, and more about planning strategies to hunt down your enemies. I played the PC version for several months with some friends (before they decided it would be more fun to play pistols only with no radar - thanks for removing the strategy bit, guys!) , but I imagine that these differences would be emphasized even more on the Xbox, where the controller would slow movement down even more.
...that despite the huge number of pre-orders, it still won't be hard to find a copy of Halo 2 come November 9th. Microsoft is obviously aware of how huge this game launch is, and will probably have printed multiple millions of copies of the game, simply to allow anyone who wants one to be able to find it, and completely flood the stores with copies. You bet your ass I'll be picking up my copy on November 8th at midnight...
It really is probably the fact that you played on the PC. I'm not a big FPS fan anyway (Rainbow Six is my exception), but on the Xbox Halo was just fun. The single player was difficult and time-consuming, but not really too hard, but the real beauty lies in the multi-player. You can start playing with 4 people at 11pm...blink...and it's 4am. You're other reply said something about stategy and that's also a real big part, when playing teams (even FFA) strategy comes into play so much more than most other FPSs out there.
What irritates me even more is the fact that hlaf the people touting the Xbox then turn around and yell about microsoft and how everyone should use linux.
Sorry for the rant.
In light of GTA 3's amazing sales and appeal to both hardcore and casual gamers, it was no surprise that the next offering in the series, "Vice City", quickly earned staggering pre-order sales of close to 4 million nationwide; (Source.)
I'm not going to swear 4 million is completely accurate, but even if it's off by 50% it's still 2 million.
Don't get me wrong, it's an impressive feat for Halo 2. But it will be interesting to see the next GTA's pre-sale numbers. On the one hand they may be lower from just more competition in general, but the sheer number of 15-turned-17 year olds that can now buy it without mommy should drive the number up a bit.
R: That voice. Where have I heard that voice before? B: In about 365 other episodes. But I don't know who it is either.
Where does this number come from? I've often wondered what the total number sold of a given game is, and damned if I can't find that sort of info on the web. I mean, what if I wanted to know the total number of copies of Half Life or Diablo or any other game? Is there a web site with this info?