Halo is Dominating…Everything!
October 19th 2007 10:19 pm
I haven’t even played Halo 3, or do I have an Xbox 360, but I find it amazing how many people have bought the game. It has only been out since Sept. 25th and it sold more games than all Playstation 3 games sold for the last 5 months combined. 3.3 Million games as of October 12th…I must be about the only person to not have the game.
Within 12 days, it had sold 3.3 million copies, according to the NPD Group, which measures U.S. video-game sales performance.
The NPD numbers, published today, show Halo 3 outselling the next best-selling game, Wii Play, by more than 10 times (Wii Play sold 282,000 from Sept. 2 to Oct. 6, the five-week time period NPD measured in its latest report).
It seems like the Xbox 360 has separated itself as the platform for older kids and young adults. The Wii seems like the family choice and best choice for younger kids. I told my son that we might upgrade to one of the newer game systems for Christmas but I think I will get him a Wii. Why? I have a good amount of co-workers that play Halo and Madden. So, if we went with the 360 I would be the one playing. This is for him so I will get the more “kid oriented” system, or so it seems.
Overall, the video game industry has continued to capitalize on the new generation of consoles. NPD reported that in the five-week period ending Oct. 6, sales of games, consoles, mobile gaming devices, and accessories were $9.37 billion, a 47 percent increase over the $6.38 billion during the same period a year earlier (a significant figure, but remember that this industry is cyclical, with the peaks tied to the release of new consoles).
