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Halo 3 Pumped a staggering 17 million into UK retail in its first week on sale. The game made up 68 per cent of all Xbox 360 titles sold, pushing the format to its highest ever software sales week. And it wasn’t only games that benefitted – Xbox 360 hardware also …
Read More »Halo 3 chalks up £17m at UK retail
Halo 3 Pumped a staggering 17 million into UK retail in its first week on sale. The game made up 68 per cent of all Xbox 360 titles sold, pushing the format to its highest ever software sales week. And it wasn’t only games that benefitted – Xbox 360 hardware also …
Read More »JAPAN: Master Chief conquers all
Microsoft’s struggle to break into the Japanese games market is well documented – but Xbox 360 proved it does have some muscle in the territory this week as Halo 3 entered the charts in first spot. Media Create reports that the game sold 59,000 copies in its first week on …
Read More »JAPAN: Master Chief conquers all
Microsoft’s struggle to break into the Japanese games market is well documented – but Xbox 360 proved it does have some muscle in the territory this week as Halo 3 entered the charts in first spot. Media Create reports that the game sold 59,000 copies in its first week on …
Read More »Xbox 360 enjoys sales spike in Halo release week
The release of Halo 3 has had a dramatic impact on sales of Xbox 360 hardware, doubling the previous week’s sales to the highest level of 2007. According to ChartTrack, the system even managed to outsell Nintendo’s Wii for the first time in 26 weeks – a full half year. …
Read More »Xbox 360 enjoys sales spike in Halo release week
The release of Halo 3 has had a dramatic impact on sales of Xbox 360 hardware, doubling the previous week’s sales to the highest level of 2007. According to ChartTrack, the system even managed to outsell Nintendo’s Wii for the first time in 26 weeks – a full half year. …
Read More »Halo 3 breaks records
Halo 3 has become the fastest-selling Xbox 360 game of all time – and the second-fastest selling game in UK history, behind GTA: San Andreas. However, PS2 had been on sale for four years when San Andreas was released in 2004, and had sold 6.6 million consoles in the UK …
Read More »Halo 3 breaks records
Halo 3 has become the fastest-selling Xbox 360 game of all time – and the second-fastest selling game in UK history, behind GTA: San Andreas. However, PS2 had been on sale for four years when San Andreas was released in 2004, and had sold 6.6 million consoles in the UK …
Read More »Halo 3 takes control of Xbox Live
It may not be surprising, but Microsoft’s current Xbox blogging daddy Major Nelson has confirmed that Halo 3 has already claimed the crown of Xbox Live’s most active title. Bungie’s predecessor Halo 2 had held the crown for some considerable time, though it had faced stern challenges recently from the …
Read More »Halo 3 takes control of Xbox Live
It may not be surprising, but Microsoft’s current Xbox blogging daddy Major Nelson has confirmed that Halo 3 has already claimed the crown of Xbox Live’s most active title. Bungie’s predecessor Halo 2 had held the crown for some considerable time, though it had faced stern challenges recently from the …
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