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Halo 3 Rakes in More Than $300 Million

Microsoft is an industrial heavyweight and when they decided to go into gaming, not many thought that they would do that well and to a certain extent MS did bleed initially. However, it seems that Halo 3 has finally managed to change all that as it has raked in more than $300 million in sales in the first week alone.

Halo 3 Rakes in More Than $300 Million

Even Bill Gates had to say a few words about it. The Microsoft chairman said, “Halo is truly a cultural phenomenon, and the launch of ‘Halo 3’ is an important milestone for Xbox 360 and for video games as entertainment and as an art form. ‘Halo 3’ embodies our vision for the future of entertainment, where some of the world’s greatest creative minds will deliver a new generation of interactive storytelling.”

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Many analysts had backed Halo 3 to increase the sales of the Xbox 360. And it seems that is happening as various sources on the web indicate that the sales of Microsoft’s next generation console have increased.

Anyway, here are some statistics that Microsoft sent over about Halo 3:

“Halo 3” is quickly staking its place as the most popular Xbox LIVE game in history with members gathering in record numbers to play on the world’s largest online gaming and entertainment network on TV.

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More than 2.7 million gamers have played “Halo 3” on Xbox LIVE in the first week, representing nearly one-third of the 7 million Xbox LIVE members worldwide. Within the first day of its launch, “Halo 3” players worldwide racked up more than 3.6 million hours of online gameplay, which increased more than elevenfold to 40 million hours by the end of the first week, representing more than 4,500 years of continuous gameplay.

Since “Halo 3 launched,” gamers have unlocked nearly 30 million achievements. In its first week alone, “Halo 3” drove a record number of Xbox LIVE Gold Memberships as hundreds of thousands of new members gathered online with friends, family members and other gamers around the world to collectively compete and complete the game.

Well, it is true, Halo 3 has become a global phenomenon and the game indeed was one of the biggest entertainment launches of all time. However, the only thing that remains to be is, whether Bungie and Microsoft will remain together as there were reports that they were splitting up.

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