spenser.d Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Halo 3 Preorders Reach Over Four-Million in North America While Spider-Man 3 is breaking records at the box office, Halo 3 is apparently breaking records of its own?before it is even out. b> by: John Olin May 10, 2007 According to Gamestop officials, over four million preorders have been made for Halo 3 on Xbox 360. Xbox Evolved has verified this information at five different Greater Cincinnati Gamestop locations, including Gamestop stores, EB Games stores, and Funcoland stores, all under the same umbrella. This information was verified at all locations, however company a document showing this information was not revealed. In the coming months, if this information is verified this would be the most preordered videogame of all time. Many of Gamestop?s employees believe that a large portion of the preorders are being made by consumers that don?t even own a Xbox 360, that are just waiting for the price of the system to go down. In comparison, Grand Theft Auto IV?s combined PS3 and 360 preorders at the chain of stores comes in a very distant second. Microsoft reported three weeks before the release of Halo 2 in 2004 that the combined retail outlet preorders for the title was 1.5 million, which at the time was a record in itself. Gears of War, the best-selling title on Xbox 360 has worldwide barely cracked the four million mark. If this is all true, it is very likely that Halo 3 will outsell even Halo and Halo 2 combined. We will have more as it develops. Source - Xbox-Evolved If that turns out accurate, that's just mind-blowing. -Spenser Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Holy crap. :blink: Go Bungie and the 360! :happy: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542475 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabian- Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 that's a lot of money :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
acies Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 should I preorder? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshuggah Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 should I preorder? i was thinking the exact same thing...lol Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted May 10, 2007 Veteran Share Posted May 10, 2007 that's a lot of money :p $240 Million. :| Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542517 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Gil Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 I find that hard to believe. There are like 10/11 million consoles in the wild, supposing half those gamers are going to buy the game, then everyone decided to pre-order? And that's just from those stores... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
magik Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 should I preorder? Ditto. I have yet to pre-order mine as well. I don't know why, I just keep putting it off. Someone convince me (with a good reason), please? :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hupp Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 I find that hard to believe. There are like 10/11 million consoles in the wild, supposing half those gamers are going to buy the game, then everyone decided to pre-order? And that's just from those stores... umm did you even read the article? Many of Gamestop?s employees believe that a large portion of the preorders are being made by consumers that don?t even own a Xbox 360, that are just waiting for the price of the system to go down. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542533 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Gil Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 umm did you even read the article? Well no :), but even so, it's still alot. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted May 10, 2007 Veteran Share Posted May 10, 2007 Not surprised :p Fantastic news :yes: Glad I preordered months ago for the Legendary edition :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconboy Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 i was thinking of preordering, I mean halo 3 = no brainer, but I always thought they would have more than enough copies to go around. Oh and how crazy is it that they have 4 million preorders and I bet you there are a lot of people like me who are getting it but wont be counted in the prorder numbers- CRAZY! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542575 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mircleman Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 todays question is two-fold. will it break warcrafts expansion record? and will it sell more overall copies then warcraft? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyD Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 got my preorder on legendary in already :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
magik Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 todays question is two-fold. will it break warcrafts expansion record? and will it sell more overall copies then warcraft? I'm going to vote yes, easily. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconboy Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 I'm going to vote yes, easily. u think so? lol now you got me worried, Im gunna go and preorder today! :p ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahhell Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Screw preordering. I'm not getting that Gamestop any of my money. I'll just walk into a store the day H3 is released and buy it. They aren't going to sell out. H2 was NO WHERE near a sell out. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Lannister Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Screw preordering. I'm not getting that Gamestop any of my money. I'll just walk into a store the day H3 is released and buy it.They aren't going to sell out. H2 was NO WHERE near a sell out. Uh, they're going to get your money anyhow. It's not like you're paying EXTRA to have it reserved/guaranteed. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Reid Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Uh, they're going to get your money anyhow. It's not like you're paying EXTRA to have it reserved/guaranteed. shhhhh... just let him think he's "sticking it to the man" Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo003 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 I already pre ordered H3 months ago. I would belive that 4 mill has been ordered, I was thinking it might be more since there are 10 mill 360 owner and lot of people who don't even own 360 has ordered it the that's just 20 to 25% of 360 owner had preordered. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightz Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Screw preordering. I'm not getting that Gamestop any of my money. I'll just walk into a store the day H3 is released and buy it.They aren't going to sell out. H2 was NO WHERE near a sell out. gamestop's not the only place that preorders. do it somewhere else :shifty: that's awesome that halo 3 has that many preorders. i haven't done it yet, but i'm planning to soon. question though, people haven't believed in gamestop before, so why would they listen to them now? i'm sure that halo 3 will sell many many copies, but i'm taking that four million with a grain of salt. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrigo Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 I'm pretty sure the number will grow drastically after the beta. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaPrime Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 I was thinking it might be more since there are 10 mill 360 owner and lot of people who don't even own 360 has ordered it the that's just 20 to 25% of 360 owner had preordered. Umm, well this is just for America, which is only up to 5 million 360s. So that's 80% not even including any other stores. And it's still half a year from launch. Xbox Evolved is the only one reporting this? Hmm. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted May 10, 2007 Veteran Share Posted May 10, 2007 Need to go preorder from GAME...but for some reason, voices are telling me not to. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted May 10, 2007 Veteran Share Posted May 10, 2007 Need to go preorder from GAME...but for some reason, voices are telling me not to. Ignore them and do it :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/559617-halo-3-preorders-reach-over-four-million/#findComment-588542684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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