Halo sales hit 46 million
Microsoft parses statistics for its sci-fi shooter on eve of Halo 4 launch next week; more than 5 billion hours played on Xbox Live.
The Halo franchise is one of Microsoft's crown jewels, and now the company has revealed just how lucrative the series has been. Since launch in 2001, gamers have purchased more than 46 million Halo games, driving nearly $3 billion in revenue, Microsoft announced today.
Microsoft went on to break down the launches of past entries in the franchise, stating first-day sales of Halo 2 hit $125 million, with Halo 3 notching $170 during its first day, and Halo: Reach besting that game with more than $200 million in sales during its first 24 hours.
Halo 4 is due out next week for Xbox 360. It is the first numbered entry in the series developed outside Bungie Studios, and Microsoft spent more money developing that game than any other title in the company's history.
In all, more than 5 billion hours of Halo have been played while connected to Xbox Live. The last official tally of Halo popularity came from Bungie earlier this year. The developer released an infographic revealing gamers had played 20 billion games and racked up more than 100,000,000,000 total kills across Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo: Reach.
this is another bad news FPS rule on game market sucks :)))
wexorian Why can't you make your comments make sense?
Well come on Tuesday or maybe the midnight release, so I can play this already.
only four shooting franchises are ruling the entire gaming world (Multiplayer mode)
1) HALO
2) COD
3) BATTLEFIELD
4) MASSEFFECT
GamerMani Umm Gears of War
Ferg1213 GamerMani yeah he forgot to mention Gears of War 1,2,3 and I really do not see ME MP being any where near the top of the list. AC: Brotherhood, AC: Revelstions and now AC3, and I don't maybe Rainbow 6: Vegas 2.
kennythomas26 Ferg1213 GamerMani AC, and rainbow six? joke yes? if you want to coount PC too then You forgot also Lol 12 million daily players is not a joke :)
kennythomas26 Ferg1213 GamerMani
Assassin's Creed isn't a shooter.
GamerMani couldn't agree more, someone said gears..I don't think so..those 4 smack the living daylights out of gears...epic is not as powerful as they once were..
GamerMani What about Counter-Strike or Team Fortress? They're pretty big?
Microsoft parses statistics.... Never seen or heard the word parses. I am pretty sure I figured out what it means based on the text, but just to be sure, what is it?
They would sell more if they finished the series on the PC!!
and here comes the hype train
steelmouth
I am not a Halo fan at all, but I will say ACIII was probably the most hyped game I can remember and it's doing all right, while Halo 4 didn't get half the hype of it and it seems the consensus is a lot better, at least for now.
tightwad34 steelmouth That's pretty hard to say when Halo 4 gets its own live-action short series as an introduction.
tightwad34
the discussion is about shooters! ACIII is not a shooter you know that right?
I wonder what the exact cost of production is for Halo 4. People are speculating that it is well above $100 million, not including promotions and advertising. Regardless of how much they've spent, they will definitely make that back in profit and then some.
CivilizedPsycho they have made it all back already with pre-orders every cent from next week is all profit and goes to bill gates wallet
steelmouth Bill Gates isn't CEO of Microsoft anymore, but yes, some of it will.
CivilizedPsycho i don't think people give a damn how much did cost to make halo..all they care is if the game is worth the value of $60.
I'm fairly confident that Halo 4 will live up to Bungie's titles, I have the LE pre-ordered and am expecting it to be better than Reach at least. Won't know for certain until we've played it, though.
The multiplayer is a pretty sure bet, we know a lot about it and have seen tons of footage. The campaign could be great, I wouldn't be surprised if it is, but we just haven't seen very much of it yet.
Spartan_418 I agree with you. I have LE preordered and coming from Amazon on release day. The pro gamers who have played Halo 4 in Dallas say that it is much better than Reach. I think the campaign with be great as well. I guess we just have to wait three days.
Really looking forward to the campaign! The story is getting a lot of notice it seems and I really hope that they put as much into it as they said they did. With any luck it's going to be nice, lengthy campaign with a great story and awesome gameplay. This is a big deal for Microsoft and 343, and its almost time for them to show the world what they've got.
Where did all these numbers come from? I feel like I'm in the Matrix!
CivilizedPsycho Was a bit surprised to see that Reach exceeded Halo 3's launch numbers. Reach's marketing campaign and launch seemed more subdued than Halo 3's, from what I remember.
Spartan_418 CivilizedPsycho
Spartan_418
Yeah that's true. It's probably because of the fact that with each Halo title released, the fanbase increases and as a result so do the sales.
Milk Milk Milk!
DarthLod Every time I see you here you just seem to bitch bitch bitch!
DarthLod "Milk" only applies if the quality of a series is actually declining, and Halo's quality, in my opinion, isn't.Reach haters will say otherwise, of course.
Spartan_418 DarthLod Actually no milk applies regardless. However, if the games are still quality, then milking just means more of a good thing.
I hope this game is done right. Judging from what I've seen it has been. But I will hold my judgement until the game comes out. Reach, for me, was a step back and to the side. Halo 3 I played religiously and Reach's campaign/multiplayer just did not cut it for me. This looks like it will put Halo on the map again; hopefully I will be playing Halo religiously again.
SPAZ. I had no idea this game was so close to release. I hadn't seen "alot" of stuff about it. Maybe I wasn't paying attention. I can't play it anyway, but looking forward to this release.
Xbox 360 + Halo > Everything else.
ArtickF8 No
LOLZ....played so much of this game...
SO DAMN READY FOR THIS! Just ordered a 120gb HDD finally.. primarily so I can install Halo and never leave my house.
Ferg1213 time to get off work for a week, get loads of munchies, get the special edition halo and have one hell of a week...... god i sound like a nerd but i dont give a fuck. its halo after all lol.
P.S my gf isnt going to be happy she's being ignored for a week.......... cool:)
You know that's right. Halo all the way!
Halo FTW
Halo 4 is going to be fun. :)
I hope new developer 343 can deliver what people expect.
Great looking game, great series, great everything. I can't wait to start up Halo 4 with a bunch of buds monday night!
MabrryTechnically, it'll be Tuesday morning... But who gives a fuck :)
The only reason CoD has more sales is cause its multi platform. If halo was then if would out sell CoD, but the sales of halo have always been more the CoD(on xbox alone)
MeatWood89 Thats actually worng. CoD: MW3 sold more on xbox360 alone then Halo 3 or Halo Reach. Its also more played online then Halo on the xbox360. I believe even FIFA is more played then Halo. This series is great but the constant milking is making people loose the interest, me included. I'm tired of Halo just as I'm tired of CoD or every other FPS out there
Vatusus MeatWood89 I'm not necessarily arguing with you, but the sales for both Halo and (unfortunately) CoD are still both going up.
Vatusus MeatWood89
Halo > COD
Vatusus MeatWood89 Constant milking? Halo? Learn your release years before you post lies.
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- Publisher(s): Microsoft Game Studios
- Developer(s): 343 Industries
- Genre: Action
- Release: Nov 6, 2012 (US) »
- ESRB: M