Halo 3 Preorders Top 1 Million, Marketing Begins

Posted by Zonk on Friday August 10, 2007 @05:14AM from the flash-flood-of-master-chiefery dept.

Gamespot reports that Halo 3 has broken the all-time record for videogame preorders in North America. There are now more than 1 million copies of the title reserved across the continent. "The figure means that the Halo 3 launch could potentially be bigger than that of Halo 2. The then-Xbox-exclusive sold 2.38 million units in the US and Canada in the 24 hours after went on sale on November 16, 2004, generating an estimated $125 million. Halo 3 preorder customers' passion for the game is such that cost is apparently no object. As part of today's announcement, Microsoft warned that, despite its premium price point, the collectible Halo 3: Legendary Edition is on track to sell out before the game launches. The bundle, which includes a miniaturized version of the Master Chief's helmet, retails for $129.99 in the US, but is already sold out at several online retailers in the UK."

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Re:Halo 3 by the+eric+conspiracy · 2007-08-10 07:21 · Score: 0, Redundant

And it will be a crappy implementation besides. Just like the crap that is Halo and Halo 2 for the PC.

I am royally pissed off at Microsoft. The original Halo was being demoed as a Mac game long before the existence of any MS game console. Bungie was primarily a Mac development house releasing great titles like Marathon and Myth. When Bungie was bought there were all sorts of promises made about Bungie being independent, continuing to release Mac and PC games yadda yadda. All broken.

I still like Bungie games. I may eventually buy an XBox 360 for Halo 3, depending on the reviews. But I will still hate Microsoft for ruining a great, creative gaming developer.

MS - you are teh suck.