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Subject: Halo 3 to Break the Sales Record?

Here's a semi-SWOT forecast for Halo 3 sales.

Pros for Halo 3:
Greater brand equity.
Bigger advertising budget.
Stronger economy.
Better game.

Cons for Halo 3:
Smaller installed base of Xbox 360 owners.
Sales cannibalization from Halo 2 Vista.
Competition for holiday season with launch of Wii and PS3.
Higher MSRP.

  • 05.13.2006 11:18 PM PDT
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More people will probably buy Halo 3 than the PS3 or Wii. Remember, on day one, Halo 2 made $150 million. At that time, it made more money on release day than any previous entertainment media release. If Halo 3 has more preorders than Halo 2, it'll sell like non other.

  • 05.13.2006 11:24 PM PDT
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The 360 price will drop and become more affordable when the game selection increases. When that happens the 360 will replace most of the standered XBOX's. Have you been to a Best Buy lately? They are stocked to the gills with 360's. Halo 3 will be a huge hit and will sell very quickly. That is my prediction.

  • 05.13.2006 11:26 PM PDT
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I dunno, with such a high price on the PS3, I doubt there'll be as many people who want to buy it on day one of launch.

  • 05.13.2006 11:27 PM PDT
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i dont think we should get caught up in sales numbers. Becuase they mean didly squat. You buy a game to play it, therefore you dont know the game until after you have bought it and played it. So basically sales prices go off of how many people bought a game they didnt know anyhting about, rathar than how many people liked the game.

Sales dont determine wuality of game. Feedback does.

  • 05.13.2006 11:28 PM PDT
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For 20gig on PS3 = $500, and 40gig = $600, I think Halo 3 will make first day income of $175 million.

  • 05.13.2006 11:28 PM PDT
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Posted by: Spike12
More people will probably buy Halo 3 than the PS3 or Wii. Remember, on day one, Halo 2 made $150 million. At that time, it made more money on release day than any previous entertainment media release. If Halo 3 has more preorders than Halo 2, it'll sell like non other.

Actually, it was only 125 million...

  • 05.13.2006 11:29 PM PDT

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Halo 3 will not sell as much as Halo 2 did on day one. It simply can't happen given how many 360's have been sold (approximately 5 million, by 2007 I suspect that to be doubled, and even then it won't be enough).

[Edited on 5/13/2006]

  • 05.13.2006 11:31 PM PDT

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Yeah until the price comes down its not gonna happen.

  • 05.13.2006 11:33 PM PDT
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Posted by: Krazehawk
Halo 3 will not sell as much as Halo 2 did on day one. It simply can't happen given how many 360's have been sold (approximately 5 million).

But not everyone on XBox bought Halo 2, however, with Halo 3, the people who bothered to buy a 360 will most certainly buy a copy of Halo 3, sice they are generally more hardcore gamers.

  • 05.13.2006 11:33 PM PDT

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Posted by: Iridorin
Posted by: Krazehawk
Halo 3 will not sell as much as Halo 2 did on day one. It simply can't happen given how many 360's have been sold (approximately 5 million).

But not everyone on XBox bought Halo 2, however, with Halo 3, the people who bothered to buy a 360 will most certainly buy a copy of Halo 3, since they are generally more hardcore gamers.

Don't make large assumptions. Not every 360 owner will want Halo 3, and at this point, many of the people did not even buy it for Halo 3. In fact, alot of the people I run into hate Halo (just not their cup of tea).

  • 05.13.2006 11:35 PM PDT

Posted by: Iridorin
For 20gig on PS3 = $500, and 40gig = $600, I think Halo 3 will make first day income of $175 million.

Actually, all PS3's come with a 60G HDD. They aren't optional. Straight fomr Gameinformer; and no, It's not a rumor. It's a fact from that guy who founded Sony.

  • 05.13.2006 11:35 PM PDT

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Posted by: Iridorin
For 20gig on PS3 = $500, and 40gig = $600, I think Halo 3 will make first day income of $175 million.

Actually, all PS3's come with a 60G HDD. They aren't optional. Straight fomr Gameinformer; and no, It's not a rumor. It's a fact from that guy who founded Sony.

Both wrong. $500 for 20gb version, which is also missing a buttload of other features, and $600 for a full-featured 60gb version.

  • 05.13.2006 11:37 PM PDT
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HooRA!!!

  • 05.13.2006 11:41 PM PDT
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actually its predicted they will sell 10 million xbox 360 by the end of 2006 as stated in E3. so there is a chance halo 3 will make huge ass amount of money like 200 million dollars!! who knows we just have to wait.

[Edited on 5/13/2006]

  • 05.13.2006 11:44 PM PDT