Thu, Sep 16, 2010 | 05:04 BST
Microsoft: Reach made $200 million on day-one
Wait, people actually bought Reach? Holy cow. Quick, someone, slow down the world! We can’t keep up with all the unpredictability!
During its TGS presser, Microsoft announced that Halo: Reach climbed all the way to $200 million in sales after only one day.
Apparently, that’s more than any game, movie, or piece of entertainment this year. Hear that, Black Ops? That’s called a challenge.
Get caught up on all that happened at the press conference through the link.
21 comments
#1
xino
16/09/10, 3:10 am
in terms of money, how much unit was sold? 2million copies?
#2
Razor
16/09/10, 3:12 am
IIRC, didn’t Halo 3 take $170 million with around 3 million in sales?
#3
DarkElfa
16/09/10, 3:35 am
They only sold 4 copies, but MS raised the price to 50 million a piece.
#4
Monk
16/09/10, 3:38 am
@1 about 3,2 – 3,5 million copy in a day !
#5
xino
16/09/10, 4:22 am
how can it be 3.5 million:/
$50 x 4000 copies= £2m
basically US sold 4000 copies
broken down $50 normal price+editions makes up the price total with the copies sold.
#6
Monk
16/09/10, 4:31 am
@5 WHAT ??
I`m sorry to say that, but are you drunk ?
first, let assume it`s 60 dollar.
and it`s 200 million dollar, not 2 million
200,000,000 / 60 = 3,300,000 copys
also, in what world that 50×4000= 2 million $
again it`s 200,000 not 2,000,000 !
#7
Mad-elph
16/09/10, 6:38 am
Wasn’t this game leaked two months ago or something and still this many people bought it… wow.
#8
DaMan
16/09/10, 8:58 am
I’ve read it’s the most pre-ordered game in NA ever.
#9
Blerk
16/09/10, 9:56 am
According to MCV Reach sold 330k in the UK in its first 24 hours. “This already puts Halo Reach at number ten in the all-time UK weekly sales league table”, they say.
#10
Gheritt White
16/09/10, 11:51 am
@ 7: I’d like to think that’s because most people aren’t thieving cunts.
#11
LOLshock94
16/09/10, 1:36 pm
what did killzone do 1 million fucking FAILURESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
#12
Psychotext
16/09/10, 2:19 pm
“This will sell like Halo Wars / ODST”
Ahh, I remember such comments.
#13
MushroomStamp
16/09/10, 7:38 pm
I hated ODST but I bought Reach and LOVING it. To me ODST is like the Vista version of Halo. REACH ROCKS!
#14
DaMan
16/09/10, 7:45 pm
I loved ODST, should I play Reach now?
#15
Psychotext
17/09/10, 11:49 am
Yes.
#16
The Hindle
17/09/10, 12:23 pm
Found something out on this, the 200m is worldwide not just NA, i think Halo 3 did close to 200m in NA alone. Its on Kotaku is the story.
http://kotaku.com/5639670/halo-reachs-first-day-of-sales-hits-200-million
#17
Psychotext
17/09/10, 12:46 pm
There’s some updated news on that: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-09-17-halo-reach-biggest-ms-game-ever
#18
The Hindle
17/09/10, 3:16 pm
Do we believe them though? Either way Halo 3 had sold close to 6m in a month we will see if Reach can do the same. Im suprised we have no solid sales data yet either.
#19
Psychotext
17/09/10, 3:19 pm
Well, we’ll know how the first months compare in the US fairly soon. More days on sale vs bigger userbase.
We’ll have a comparison on the first week in the UK as of Monday.
You’re expecting “solid sales data” a little too quickly. Most sales trackers wont have even updated until Sunday night (done weekly).
#20
The Hindle
17/09/10, 3:23 pm
Aye, going to be intresting to see if this will outsell Halo 3.
#21
Gadzooks!
17/09/10, 3:31 pm
It will. By a lot.