Halo 3 preorders reaches 4 million in North America

" 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."

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That' s nuts. I bet they' ll sell 15 million copies.

Four million pre-orders... wow that' s... alot.
Is that number for North America only? What' s the number for the whole world then? 4.1 million?

Four million pre-orders... wow that' s... alot.
Is that number for North America only? What' s the number for the whole world then? 4.1 million?

LOL! Well its only really the yanks who give a fuck about Halo anyway.

Yeah just North America. Like the article said, Halo 3 might outsell Halo 1&2 combined.

Thats not true at all! Digs around for UK sales figures....

Holy crap, and the release date hasn' t even been anounced yet.

No pressure, Bungie.

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Well, that' s Gears losing the spotlight already. They were pretty chuffed with their
3 million too. Cliffy B was popping out in public once more, they were crediting
themselves in their own trailers..

Now it' s all gone to sh!t...

Well, i guess Bungie can thank CrackDown... Or not.. We' ll see after the 16th of May.

Crackdown maybe Halo 3' s unknowing undoing.

There are two rules to success:

1. Never tell all you know.

Where can you still pick up a preorder? I didn' t know they were still taking them at EB Gamestop. I could' ve sworn that was a short-time event kinda dealie.

Yes but how many of those pre orders are Halo fans buying multiple copies, for example I have personally preordered the Legendary (Helmet version) and the standard version. So if you say what 50% are like me then that figure drops to what 2.5 million possibly 3 million which still seems high but more aceptable.

4 million people are stupid as fuck.

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Yes but how many of those pre orders are Halo fans buying multiple copies, for example I have personally preordered the Legendary (Helmet version) and the standard version. So if you say what 50% are like me then that figure drops to what 2.5 million possibly 3 million which still seems high but more aceptable.

Does it matter to Bungie who is buying them?

A sell is a sell, no matter who contributes.

4 million people are stupid as ***.

Have to agree there, this world is plagued with idiocy, idiots make the world go
round and it' s a sad fact.

There are two rules to success:

1. Never tell all you know.

LOL! Well its only really the yanks who give a *** about Halo anyway.

yeah, I never run in to Brits on Live playing Halo 2. Whatever.

This game could bury PS3 in North America this holiday.

Picture this, N00bish quasi gamer (buys Madden and two other games a year) walks into retail store. Sees PS3 for $X. Sees Xbox360 Elite for $Y. Does quick math and figures out that $X is > $Y + Halo3 + extra conroller.

Looks at PS3 exclusives.

This gamer will cheap out and buy a Wii or Pony up and play Halo3 all holiday. Only the most rabid SONY fanboy or Final Fantasy addict would do otherwise. PS3 better push Konami to get MGS4 out the door for November or they are going to be the one left standing with out a chair when the music stops christmas morning.
SONY' s weak start in North America is bad for all gamers, if Microsoft gets cocky we could have a real problem. Competion is what keeps these juggernaughts in line, without it those companies would rape us. At least the Wii is doing well, I just doubt the console has any legs.

Yes but how many of those pre orders are Halo fans buying multiple copies, for example I have personally preordered the Legendary (Helmet version) and the standard version. So if you say what 50% are like me then that figure drops to what 2.5 million possibly 3 million which still seems high but more aceptable.

I really really doubt that %50 of the preorder-ers(yes, i can make up words like that) are gonna pay over $200 for it. But im sure some did buy extras to put on ebay or something like that

Picture this, N00bish quasi gamer (buys Madden and two other games a year) walks into retail store. Sees PS3 for $X. Sees Xbox360 Elite for $Y. Does quick math and figures out that $X is > $Y + Halo3 + extra conroller.

Chances are, if he plays madden, he doesnt know how to add numbers that big and just buys the ps3, says its the TEH GREATZORZZ! and considers it Jesus

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Yes but how many of those pre orders are Halo fans buying multiple copies, for example I have personally preordered the Legendary (Helmet version) and the standard version. So if you say what 50% are like me then that figure drops to what 2.5 million possibly 3 million which still seems high but more aceptable.

I really really doubt that %50 of the preorder-ers(yes, i can make up words like that) are gonna pay over $200 for it. But im sure some did buy extras to put on ebay or something like that

Picture this, N00bish quasi gamer (buys Madden and two other games a year) walks into retail store. Sees PS3 for $X. Sees Xbox360 Elite for $Y. Does quick math and figures out that $X is > $Y + Halo3 + extra conroller.

Chances are, if he plays madden, he doesnt know how to add numbers that big and just buys the ps3, says its the TEH GREATZORZZ! and considers it Jesus

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LOL! Well its only really the yanks who give a *** about Halo anyway.

yeah, I never run in to Brits on Live playing Halo 2. Whatever.

I was only taking the piss. Do you not know what this smiley stands for?

This gamer will cheap out and buy a Wii or Pony up and play Halo3 all holiday. Only the most rabid SONY fanboy or Final Fantasy addict would do otherwise. PS3 better push Konami to get MGS4 out the door for November or they are going to be the one left standing with out a chair when the music stops christmas morning.
SONY' s weak start in North America is bad for all gamers, if Microsoft gets cocky we could have a real problem. Competion is what keeps these juggernaughts in line, without it those companies would rape us. At least the Wii is doing well, I just doubt the console has any legs

That' s actually a really well written look at this Christmas. Mind if I use that? (sourcing you of course)

4M pre-orders in EB/Gamestop only!?

Bullshit.

That said, this game will still shift by the truckload and it' ss make consoles fly off shelves rapido.

Have to agree there, this world is plagued with idiocy, idiots make the world go
round and it' s a sad fact.

If there weren' t as many idiots in the world, we' d never appreciate intelligence.

GTA IV will own Halo 3.

GTA and Halo are two completely different games. I don' t think you can compare them. Unless you are talking about pure sales numbers... ?

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4M pre-orders in EB/Gamestop only!?

Bullshit.

What place NOT OWNED OR PART OF EB/GS takes pre-orders, dumb cock? Not many.

You speak as if there' s thousands of other stores that take pre-orders.

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4 million Halo preorders?

That means 4 million losers, who pro orders games anyway? lol.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

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4 million Halo preorders?

That means 4 million losers, who pro orders games anyway? lol.

If you want the game within the first 2 weeks and the company has a history of short-shipping and not meeting demand, then it makes sense to pre-order.

Like, how Blizzard used to be, if you wanted Warcraft 3 and you didn' t pre-order, you couldn' t have it until a month later, period. World Of Warcraft was worse, in some areas people couldn' t get the game for months if they didn' t pre-order.

But I' ve never heard of Microsoft ever having problems shipping out enough software so I would never pre-order any of their games, I can just walk into a store on day 1 and I guarantee 200 copies of Halo 3 will be there.

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What place NOT OWNED OR PART OF EB/GS takes pre-orders, dumb cock? Not many.

You speak as if there' s thousands of other stores that take pre-orders.

Best Buy
Circuit City
GameCrazy
GameRush
FYE Entertainment

Not many though.

If you get there before late afternoon at places like Walmart & Target you can sometimes get copies of hard-to-find titles, but it' d certainly be pushing it for Halo 3. This is excluding the fact that I' d rather wait a day or two than buy from Target & Wal-Mart.[:' (]

What the *** is Game Crazy, Game Rush, and FYE Entertainment?

I' m talking about REAL stores.

I didn' t know you could pre-order at bestbuy and circuit city though, I seriously doubt that, because I remember in 2001 on FFX' s release date I went through dozens of EBs and Gamestops and couldn' t find it anywhere, then I walked into circuit city and there was a stack of like 20 copies of FFX, if they use pre-orders then there wouldn' t have been so many copies just sitting there.

But I don' t go to circuit city much, the place is such a ***ing scam, and their whole business model when it comes to electronics is so basic and pathetic. I have been admitted to by managers that they just order alot of shit in bulk from sites like newegg and zipzoomfly, then they crank up the price 35% or so and sell it, and that' s it. They are pathetic.

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Best Buy' s Halo 3 Pre-order Page

Circuit-City' s Pre-order Page

I didn' t think they did games either, as I' ve never pre-ordered games from either (CD' s mainly), but I figured I' d search when you mentioned it.

What the *** is Game Crazy, Game Rush, and FYE Entertainment?

Game Crazy is hooked up to quite a few of the Hollywood Videos, Blockbuster' s GameRush is contestable since they seem to be dieing out a bit, but " For Your Entertainment" is pretty big around here.

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I have been admitted to by managers that they just order alot of shit in bulk from sites like newegg and zipzoomfly, then they crank up the price 35% or so and sell it, and that' s it. They are pathetic.

Really? There goes my respect for them. It does go to show you how kick-ass newegg & zipzoomfly are though.

Why would you have any respect for them?

Fry' s Electronics has 100 times more stock and variety than them and their prices are really close to what you pay for stuff on newegg, and they have sales like every other day in which case buying there can definitely be much more cheaper than anywhere online. Fry' s also sells games for $5.00 to $10.00 below MSRP during the 1st week the game is out, and they have a much larger selection including IMPORTS. Circuit City is a pathetic business and shouldn' t even exist when stuff like Fry' s Electronics is around.

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I wish I had a Fry' s here in Denver. I' ve only been to the one in Houston (which rocked) and the shittier one in Dallas.

That means 4 million losers, who pro orders games anyway? lol.

Actually, need i remind you of a game called crackdown?

It took me a week before i could find one in my area, and when i did find one it was the last copy the store had