Microsoft raises estimated first-day Halo 2 sales to $125 million-plus
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer quotes Microsoft's Peter Moore as saying the game shipped 2.38 million units in a single day.
Yesterday, Microsoft's corporate vice president of retail sales and marketing Peter Moore made one of the bigger boasts in game-industry history. "I'm calling a $100 million day on Halo [2] today," he said at Harris Nesbitt Playtime 2004 Investor Conference in New York City, according to Reuters.
Today, it seems that Moore actually lowballed Halo 2's opening-day sales. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that Microsoft now claims to have sold 2.38 million units of the game in the US and Canada. If confirmed, that would mean the company's one-day take would exceed $125 million--exceeding even the highest-grossing opening weekend for a holiday film.
However, Microsoft's claims may be hard to independently confirm. David Riley, senior manager of the NPD Group, which currently holds a monopoly on nationwide game-sales data, said "it's difficult for anyone in the industry to provide such data in a timely and accurate fashion."
However, reps for game retailer GameStop told the Post-Intelligencer that they sold over 500,000 of Halo 2 in its 1,726 American stores--a record for the company. If GameStop's main rival, EB Games, saw similar figures--not to mention other game-selling outlets like Best Buy--Microsoft's claims could be well within the realm of plausibility indeed.
Hot Stories
Newsmakers
-
Sony NGP Q&A;: Video out, hardware features, software, and more
NGP details spilled in our talk with Shuhei Yoshida, head of Sony Computer Entertainment's worldwide studios. Full Story
- Posted Jun 2, 2011 11:55 pm PT
- 154 Comments
-
E3 2011: Konami Pre E3 Press Conference Hideo Kojima Presentation
Hideo Kojima gives you the info regarding the super secret coolness that is transfarring and the MGS and Zone of the Enders HD Collections coming to the Xbox 360 and PS3 from Konami's pre-E3 2011 press conference. Full Story
- Posted Jun 2, 2011 6:41 pm PT
Featured Stories
-
Metal Gear Solid, Zone of the Enders HD remakes coming to PS3, 360
E3 2011: Konami releasing Sons of Liberty, Snake Eater, Peace Walker in one console package in November; updated ZOE duo coming in 2012; Transfarring announced. Full Story
- Posted Jun 2, 2011 5:28 pm PT
- 552 Comments
-
Sony 'looking into' new hacker attack
Japanese company says it is investigating group's claims to have made off with personal information for more than 1 million Sony Pictures accounts; Sony says "not related to PlayStation." Full Story
- Posted Jun 2, 2011 5:41 pm PT
- 317 Comments
-
PlayStation Store back online
Six weeks after the infamous data breach brought it down, the PlayStation 3 and PSP's commerce service returns; free Welcome Back games not yet live. Full Story
- Posted Jun 1, 2011 10:28 pm PT
- 397 Comments
-
The Witcher 2 sells 400K, coming to Xbox 360
CD Projekt Red's action role-playing game makes a strong debut in first week; port to Microsoft's system on the way by end of 2011. Full Story
- Posted Jun 2, 2011 2:00 pm PT
- 196 Comments
-
NGP 'PS Vita' speculation reaching critical mass
E3 2011: Numerous rumors and clues point to new moniker for Sony's portable; E3 reveal likely in the cards. Full Story
- Posted Jun 1, 2011 5:12 pm PT
Related Game
Halo 2
Follow for the latest news, videos, & tips from experts & insiders
- Microsoft Game Studios
- Bungie Software
- Sci-Fi First-Person...
- Release: Nov 9, 2004 »
- ESRB: Mature
4 Comments
Sign in / Sign up