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By: Microsoft Can Commence Rolling Around In Money for Halo 3 « Xbox 360 News

Microsoft Can Commence Rolling Around In Money for Halo 3 « Xbox 360 News — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:28:49 +0000

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By: jonahfalcon

jonahfalcon — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:22:03 +0000

industry analysts Goldman-Sachs are estimating that with this epic conclusion will come epic sales — grossing well near $170 million in the first available quarter.

First quarter?

FIRST DAY.

By: Microsoft Money Rolling Begins | Game Stooge

Microsoft Money Rolling Begins | Game Stooge — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:09:37 +0000

[...] seen the potential of what the beast that is Halo 3 could have done for Microsoft’s Xbox business, [...]

By: Microsoft Can Commence Rolling Around in Money, Part III | Game Stooge

Microsoft Can Commence Rolling Around in Money, Part III | Game Stooge — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:13:19 +0000

[...] when we told you back in May analysts conservatively predicted $172M bonanza for Halo 3 in the first fiscal quarter? In August, GameStop alone had 1 million preorders? Well, according to [...]

By: Microsoft Can Commence Rolling Around In Money for Halo 3, Part II | Game Stooge

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:08:45 +0000

[...] on May 24th, we told you how Microsoft was printing its own money with Halo 3, about how industry analysts Goldman-Sachs were conservatively estimating that would gross well [...]

By: Smashed Puppy

Smashed Puppy — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:07:52 +0000

What amazes me is all the people that sit here and flame Halo. Its like when I started working were I am now. All the PS and pc fans I work with talked all this trash about it! After digging in I found out none of them had actually played the game, or even heard about the story line. Now they are all die hard fans of the game. For all you that say there is no improvment in the graphics your blind. Buy an HDtv and actually play the game before you comment on it. The beta was amazing. The graphics even rival Gears of War. The only diffence is the atmosphere, people are saying gears looks better but halo just doesnt take place in such a destroyed atmosphere, but garentee bungie put all the same efforts into every detail of the game and you can see it when you look close every single object is textured not just colored and shaded blades of grass and the most realistic water effects to date in any game!!!! Halo 2 shattered entertainment records at launch look at the facts it outsold even the bigest blockbuster movie. Halo 3 will shatter world sales proving that bungie will hit their goal for world domination and like this guy stated anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional. Cry all you want blog about how it bad it looks and look like an idiot when it launches and turns your favorite ps or pc title to dust! For those talking about its 400 million dollar loss its called an investment and in order to expand a business you have to make an investmet. With famous games like Halo 3 and Fable 2 and Halo wars in development without selling a major title of like cost and time with payroll of hundreds of talented people of coarse its loosing money becuase they are still paying to make the blockbusters that are not yet on store shelves!

By: J0RALEX

J0RALEX — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:50:33 +0000

I’ve been playing Halo2 since its launch and it still keeps my adrenaline pumping, “cause of Hype?” I doubt it, I played the Beta and it rulz, there’s so much more you can do and if you go to the Bungie.net site oftenly, you can read that they have A LOT MORE to offer when the game ships out than what the Beta had. Some people judge unfairly the game because… “it sucks”, but reality is that 99% of people who judge it’s cause THEY SUCK PLAYING IT, period.

By: Game Stooge » Halo Movie Finally Underway: The most up to date gaming and tech news blog on the planet.

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:32:18 +0000

[...] words, Halo is one huge cash-cow of a franchise and Fox doesn’t want to miss out, especially when conservative estimates of the Halo 3 launch are at $172M on the first day. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...]

By: jonahfalcon

jonahfalcon — Sun, 27 May 2007 16:37:36 +0000

“look gordon it doesn’t have photo-realistic graphics ”

Don’t know much about graphics and programming, huh?

1. Gears of War is slow, and has tiny levels. That allows for the increased graphics.

2. Halo 3 has far more detailed textures. Maybe if you actually looked closely. Plus, the water effects are better than something like Gears of War.

3. Multiplayer versions ALWAYS, repeat, ALWAYS turn down the graphics. Single player versions always look far better. Why? Because they don’t have to account for 15 other players.

Please, think before you speak. Or at least grasp some basic PC knowledge.

Oh, and saying Halo 3 isn’t too much different than Halo 2? Starcraft and Pokemon: Diamond/Pearl are miles different than their predecessors? (laughing)

By: otherZinc

otherZinc — Sat, 26 May 2007 21:02:59 +0000

Halo isnt hype, people dont play a game for 3 years on hype.

By: otherZinc

otherZinc — Sat, 26 May 2007 21:01:20 +0000

Halo isnt just hype, people dont play a game for 2 years on hype!? I must be a great game for people to play something soo long.

By: william

william — Sat, 26 May 2007 20:32:02 +0000

look gordon it doesn’t have photo-realistic graphics and it never was supposed to and the gameplay is still by far the best of any game out there period i’ve played a lot of the beta and i can promise you that it will beat the expectations by a long ways probably sell 10 million the first weekend worldwide easily

By: Devin Grimes

Devin Grimes — Sat, 26 May 2007 15:54:35 +0000

The differences between Halo 3 and Halo 2 aren’t that different? Sure, that’s debatable, but do they need to be all that different?

Just from playing the Beta, I know the game will deliver exactly what fans of the series want: enhanced graphics, and more of the same. If you weren’t a fan of the originals, it’s not going to change your mind.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sat, 26 May 2007 15:16:37 +0000

The funny thing is, Halo 3 is reportedly not all that much better than Halo 2. Its graphics aren’t great for a next-gen system, and its play mechanics haven’t changed one bit since Halo 2’s release. Even though you can get a similar play experience from the previous entry in the series, everyone will still buy this game because of the amazing amount of hype and marketing this game has received.

By: Derrick Schommer

Derrick Schommer — Sat, 26 May 2007 14:39:02 +0000

I guess it should read, there is no other game *in america* that will rival the sales of Halo 3.

Starcraft II is good, Pokemon for whatever reason sells great as a franchise, but dollar for dollar?

Halo 3 has the potential to sell a $399.99 console along with a $59.99 (oh wait, $129.99 collectors edition). Since Microsoft is publishing the game and manufacturing the console its a double whammy.

I don’t know how many gamers will buy a new PC to play Starcraft 2 but even for those that do… no one person can claim benefit from the PC purchase (maybe and nvidia for the most costly parts).

However, in Korea the situation will be reversed. Starcraft 2 will sell more than Halo 3 in my opinion.

In the end, we have no release date for Starcraft 2 thus it’s not a rival until we know when it comes out.