US Halo 3 breaks 1m pre-orders

By GamesIndustry International Published 10 August, 2007

That's quite a lot, really.

Pre-orders for Microsoft and Bungie's Halo 3 have surpassed the one million mark in North America, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

With three different versions of the game due on September 25, Microsoft is expecting the Legendary Edition of the game to sell out on release day.

"What we've experienced is nothing short of phenomenal," said Bob McKenzie, senior vice president of merchandising at GameStop.

"Halo 3 has eclipsed many previous records and will prove to be one of the must-have items of 2007."

Some of America's biggest brands are supporting the release of the Xbox 360 exclusive, with Pontiac, Burger King, Mountain Dew, 7-Eleven and Comcast all offering various forms of cross-branding.

"This September, Halo 3 will push videogame entertainment into the forefront of mainstream culture," said Chris Di Cesare, director of creative marketing at Microsoft.

"Teaming up with some of the world's strongest and most recognisable brands is trailblazing new paths and cementing video games as big entertainment on a par with major event films, and is a testament to the excitement and anticipation intrinsically linked to Halo 3."

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  • JediMasterMalik #1 5 years ago

    Halol

  • mkreku #2 5 years ago

    I wish I could understand what's so special about Halo. I want to join the hype too :(

  • Raya #3 5 years ago

    The special thing about Halo IS the Hype! More of the same... snore

  • Zuiyo #4 5 years ago

    Halo, how are you today?

  • Raya #5 5 years ago

    Not three bad - thank you

  • Skywise #6 5 years ago

    "Teaming up with some of the world’s strongest and most recognisable brands.."

    LOL! I only know Burger King from that list of 5 :D

  • RazorObsession #7 5 years ago

    well i appreciate what was special about halo 1, the AI was a quantum leap, and the split screen co op was inspired, plus the vehicles being seamlessly integrated, the balancing of the human vs covenant (it started its life as an RTS so balancing was essential at that stage), and overall the system link experience was so social and heated that you couldn't help but love it, if you stumbled across that many xbox nerds in one room that is.

    halo 2 was shit by comparison, but it made some advancements on the xbox live front, so people forgave the paler game experience as their xbox live accounts were suddenly worth it.

    Halo 3, well i was so unimpressed by halo 2, i didn't even bother checking out the beta, so maybe i will be surprised, maybe i wont, but i aint buying into any of the hype.
    Edited by RazorObsession at 10/08/07 @ 09:49

  • lambtron #8 5 years ago

    "I wish I could understand what's so special about Halo. I want to join the hype too :("

    Basically its this. If you:

    a) Like Console FPSs.
    b) Believe that the handling of the weapons and the AI are the most important thing in an FPS.
    c) Like playing with your friends (be it splitscreen/LAN/LIVE).

    Then Halo is awesome. If you're one of those tiresome people who thinks that a game is only good if:

    It doesn't have animation glitches or physics glitches.
    It has to be GRITTY (i.e. you're one of those people who prefer original Killzone to Halo and the only reason you give is it look more dark and adult, innit).
    It has some kind of amazingly deep story.

    Then its not for you. Of course there's always the last option (that you're some kind of fanboy with a vested interest in hating it).

    Bottom line - there has only ever been two good console FPSs - Goldeneye and Halo - that's really why its special.

  • Britesparc Verified Creative, ITV #9 5 years ago

    I think the thing that's going to be really special about Halo 3 is the epic-scale battles (by all accounts, literally dozens and dozens of troops laying into each other) and the editing stuff (recording movies, massive editing of multiplayer options, possibilities for social networking, etc).

    Plus, those who enjoyed the first game just love Halo: we love the universe, the characters, and even if it's not the seismic shift the first game was, it'll still be an excellent, incredibly fun game with an awesome multiplayer.

  • Yossarian #10 5 years ago

    this thread is already going to exciting new places in discussion and commentary

  • Negotiator #11 5 years ago

    1 Million dollars, love it, hate it, but you can't forget about it, not with shit articles like this.

  • paulf #12 5 years ago

    halo 3 is the new rock and roll - just hope the game lives up to at least half the hype

  • playgen #13 5 years ago

    It might have had 1 million pre-orders, but I don't expect it to be the game that sends the 36o into superstar console status the Microsoft think it will be. The game has a hardcore nerdy following, add the "limited edition" crap and massive pre-orders were invetiable.

  • miiiguel #14 5 years ago

    let me impersonate a PS-only gamer:

    "oooh, what about the red rings, huh? the red rings, shit!"

  • zuljin #15 5 years ago

    @lambtron
    "Bottom line - there has only ever been two good console FPSs - Goldeneye and Halo - that's really why its special."

    Quick question: Am I the only one that prefered Perfect Dark over Goldeneye? Don't get me wrong it was good, but Perfect Dark I thought was better in multiplayer...

    On topic: 1 million! Bloody hell! With preorders like that, theres no doubt theres going to be a Halo 4.

  • Darren #16 5 years ago

    Well it looks like Halo 3 will be a huge, huge success for Bungie/Microsoft regardless of how the final game turns out. I can't say I'm particularly excited about playing it since I've not seen anything so far to actually get excited about! The beta was OK at best but oh-so-samey, I thought the E3 trailer was a massive letdown and the recent EG preview of the third level left me a bit non-plussed so I'm preparing myself for eventual disappointment. That means that if the game turns out fine that I'll be happy and if it doesn't, well it won't feel like such a big letdown really. I'm not at all interested in playing it online though, did it all years ago on the PC version of Halo so I'll be judging the game solely on it campaign which I hope is better than Halo 2.

  • lambtron #17 5 years ago

    @zuljin

    No I know lots of people who think that too :). I can't even tell you why I liked Goldeneye better than Perfect Dark - its just something I can't put my finger on.

    It was a good game though :).

  • miiiguel #18 5 years ago

    Darren: there's plenty of excitment arround the corner, Bioschock, Blue Dragon; Mass Effect, and of course mighty Halo.

  • Fuser #19 5 years ago

    Goldeneye was better than PD because its stayed of immensely high quality throughout. PD, although it was full of frankly brilliant ideas (co-op bots were awesome), and a great set of initial levels, the last few levels were not so hot, and the less said about the comedy alien the better. I was crushed when he turned up.

    Oh, and I'm so glad I'm not the only one who couldnt be bothered to finish Halo 2. Loved the first one though. I'll be waiting for reviews on 3 before I buy it...

  • Dizzy #20 5 years ago

    I predict this thread is gonna be full with Halo whiners ("Is it just me or do other people think this is overrated";).

    The rest of us (probably a few million) will be having fun with Halo 3 in 5 weeks ;)
    Edited by Dizzy at 10/08/07 @ 10:14

  • zuljin #21 5 years ago

    @Fuser
    No no I agree, the single player was pure comedy! I'm not sure I even finished it, whereas Goldeneye I got every cheat and the 007 mode!

    Ok thats kinda sad :)

  • afghan_jones #22 5 years ago

    I intend to hype it even more so it will inevitably be crap for eveyrone when it comes.

    I on the other hand will be immune to my own hype, and my currently middling expectations means when its actually good I will be really pleased and everyone else will be gutted.

    So, yeah apparently Master Chief has a new cloaking device like predator and also a ninja sword which he can use in slo-mo. There is also no enemy AI, each enemy in the game is controlled over LIVE by a peasant in a korean sweat shop so it is all totally responsive and unscripted. The peasants also have electrodes on their goolies so when you shoot a Brute in the game, you can hear their screams through your telly.

    Also, in the second half of 'Halo 3: Hype evolved', Master Chief gets stripped of his armour and spends the rest of the game running round the jungle with a laser bow and arrow, in some kerazy new stealth sections with one hit cinematice slo mo kills.

    The game will also support full 1000-player co-op, and will offer 1,000,000 acheivement points. 'Halo 3: Hype Evolved' will dispense cash from the front of your Xbox when you unlock the acheivements.

  • Yossarian #23 5 years ago

    The game has a hardcore nerdy following, add the "limited edition" crap and massive pre-orders were invetiable.

    Halo 3 is a huge deal in America. huge. it's on Burger King meals over there.

  • Darren #24 5 years ago

    @miiiguel - I know... those games and Eternal Sonata are the ones that genuinely excite me, far more than just another FPS sequel. Halo 3 is one of those games I expect I'll end up enjoying but probably won't impress me in any major way - I'll play it then move on to something else once I've completed the campaign. Like I did Halo 2, in fact.

  • Raya #25 5 years ago

    Perfect Dark 64 was very dull! Seems Xbox users don't play mega FPS's like Half Life 2.

    1 million pre orders - is that all? Considering nearly every xbox owner owns an xbox to play Halo... See if it can reach the 10's of millions that a load of DS games have. Of that doesn't count - it's the DS.

  • mkreku #26 5 years ago

    I'm much more hyped about Mass Effect. Why aren't everyone? Be more like meee!

  • Fairlane #27 5 years ago

    I can't wait to finish the Fight. Overhyped - probably, but who cares ? There are so many good games comming out (or i presume so) that time is the issue here. I donr know what happened to mw yseterday. I was a bit Haloed Out, but then i read the threads here and on GAF - and suddenly all the optimism from the Halo crowd got to me - I started longing with a smile

  • mingster #28 5 years ago

    Name one Playstation game that has as many people playing multiplayer online at one time as Halo 2?

  • mingster #29 5 years ago

    You can't? O why is that?

  • lambtron #30 5 years ago

    "Perfect Dark 64 was very dull! Seems Xbox users don't play mega FPS's like Half Life 2."

    Perfect Dark 64 was an N64 game...

    The clue is in the name...

  • miiiguel #31 5 years ago

    Raya: 48 days until debut day, I'd say 1 million is pretty good. I don't believe the DS will ever get any game with 100 pre-orders, why? because ppl buy its games like they buy a package of crackers.

    I didn't like Perfect Dark at all, as a matter of fact the beautifull machine got grounded when I bought that game, I didn't touch it in 2 weeks or so.

  • afghan_jones #32 5 years ago

    "You can't? O why is that?"


    Because PS2 had rubbish online support.
    Edited by afghan_jones at 10/08/07 @ 10:44

  • mingster #33 5 years ago

    And Ps3 has good online support so which multiplayer game due to be released will pull in the punters then for Sony?

  • afghan_jones #34 5 years ago

    "And Ps3 has good online support so which multiplayer game due to be released will pull in the punters then for Sony?"

    I dunno. What am I, a soothsayer? Probably Killzone or summat.

    But you were going on about last gen with Halo Kitty 2 anyway.

  • JediMasterMalik #35 5 years ago

    @afghan - Ignore him, he's being a twat and arguing with himself.

  • mingster #36 5 years ago

    No i said playstation game that included PS2 and 3 ..
    Anyway Killzone is your predection.. hmm possible.. will be interesting too see.

  • miiiguel #37 5 years ago

    And Ps3 has good online support so which multiplayer game due to be released will pull in the punters then for Sony? - "CoD with Aliens but Much Worse" ?

  • RexRunti #38 5 years ago

    I must admit I was doing my best to lower my expectations for this game. Then I read this months Edge.

  • kaosridder #39 5 years ago

    rex - I feel quite underhyped. Halo2 disappointed me so. What did edge say?
    Edited by kaosridder at 10/08/07 @ 11:13

  • alpha-0ne #40 5 years ago

    Im looking forward to Bioshock and Mass Effect more but ill definitely be picking up halo3 it doing sone great things for the community like the video capture/editing looks great you can even record your own camera angles like a real film and the Forge levele editor or the Meta game system for single player

    Oh and the 4 player coop (that you can capture as video aswell) :-)
    Edited by alpha-0ne at 10/08/07 @ 11:32

  • miiiguel #41 5 years ago

    redefining video-games as we know them, that's Halo 3.

  • mcmonkeyplc #42 5 years ago

    Whats Halo?

  • Dizzy #43 5 years ago

    Hehe.. there are 41 posts in this thread, yet I see only 30 ;) Kinda amazing that so many of my "ignore list" people are here. I wonder why?

  • login_name #44 5 years ago

    "Name one Playstation game that has as many people playing multiplayer online at one time as Halo 2?"

    FFXI

  • Kryon #45 5 years ago

    What? A Halo thread filled to the brim with DorrisDayStation retards crying because their console of choice underachieves? Well, I must say, I never would have seen that one coming...

    Jeez, you little boys are so insecure.

  • mkreku #46 5 years ago

    Redefining? The THIRD game in a series? That most people who have actually played it says is quite similar to the other two parts in the series? I don't get "redefining".

  • Dizzy #47 5 years ago

    "Name one Playstation game that has as many people playing multiplayer online at one time as Halo 2?"

    >FFXI

    I doubt that FFXI on PS2 has even as many subscribers as H2 has people online at the same time.

  • miiiguel #48 5 years ago

    "The campaign mode will be keeping score of your progress. That is, you gain actual points while playing, and the better you do (ie more headshots, more sticks, etc) the higher your score. These of course will be applied to online leaderboards. There is something called an Elephant in multiplayer that is literally a huge mobile base that can carry vehicles and players. The article said it's similar to the Sand Crawler the Jawas used in Star Wars. The strategy to use such a thing sounds very intersting.

    The game features this pseudo-map maker called the Forge. The really unique thing about Forge is it's real time and co-op. You can place objects, weapons, crates, fushion cores, etc in real time with other players and then drop in and play the maps seamlessly. There are even a few game modes that have come out of this, like Jenga.
    The maps can be uploaded and shared. You can log onto Bungie.net and browse the maps, and then queue them for download. As soon as you fire up Halo 3, the maps will be downloaded."


    redefining.

  • miiiguel #49 5 years ago

    An the beauty is, this isn't some TBA or TBC, or "oh the future, the 10 years ahead...", this is 25/Sep/2007, we will "Finish The Fight" !

  • mingster #50 5 years ago

    "Name one Playstation game that has as many people playing multiplayer online at one time as Halo 2?"

    FFXI

    lol.. nice call.. but no chance.

  • mkreku #51 5 years ago

    Hm. Sounds more like "redefining Halo as we know it".

    For me a redefining moment is when the entire genre changes because of one game. Like what happened after Ultima IV was released..

  • groovychainsaw #52 5 years ago

    Yeah, the edge article really made the forge thing sounded interesting - kinda like littlebigplanet in halo levels, but without ragdolls (but with ragdolls, dy'see?)

  • FuZion #53 5 years ago

    I love it when Halo does this to people

  • login_name #54 5 years ago

    @Dizzy

    Halo 2 had approx 250K players in the last 24hrs, according to Bungie's stat site. FFXI apparently peaked at about 500K subscribers in 2004 and currently has approx 350K active accounts.

    Granted FFXI is split between 3 formats but seeing as the 360 up take has been relatively weak, which is fair enough since its an aging game, the numbers peaked before the 360 was released and the subs where at 200K - 250K a few weeks after the original launch (before the PC version was released). I'd estimate the majority of the subscribers are playing on PS2.

    It's all guess work and H2 might take it now, but I bet FFXI has had more PS2 players than H2 had xbox players at their relative peaks.

  • Dizzy #55 5 years ago

    >Halo 2 had approx 250K players in the last 24hrs

    After years. H2 had 500K+ players when launched.

    FF active acounts != players at same time. The will probably have 50K of those online at same time max.

    Anyway... nuff said about this. Not gonna get into this discussion any more :)
    Edited by Dizzy at 10/08/07 @ 12:21

  • Ihya #56 5 years ago

    How can it be bigger than Halo 2 when the install base is 1/2 that of the Xbox?

  • mingster #57 5 years ago

    It's all guess work and H2 might take it now, but I bet FFXI has had more PS2 players than H2 had xbox players at their relative peaks.

    lol... that dreamworld you live in must be great.

    absolutely no chance. As Dizzy said when H2 was in its peak it had over 500k+ ppl online at the same time which is more than all the subscribers to FFXI in total.

    there is no console game multiplayer wise that has had more ppl on at same time than H2.

    Now PC mulitplayer is a different matter.. i presume WOW wins but must be a close one with Counterstrike and even Lineage.

  • Monkey_Puncher #58 5 years ago

    "The game features this pseudo-map maker called the Forge. The really unique thing about Forge is it's real time and co-op. You can place objects, weapons, crates, fushion cores, etc in real time with other players and then drop in and play the maps seamlessly. There are even a few game modes that have come out of this, like Jenga.
    The maps can be uploaded and shared. You can log onto Bungie.net and browse the maps, and then queue them for download. As soon as you fire up Halo 3, the maps will be downloaded."

    If that's true surely it would have been reported on gaming sites all over the interwebs?

    If it's true it would be massive news and Halo fanboys would be splooging their love goo all over the place.

  • Dizzy #59 5 years ago

    "If that's true surely it would have been reported on gaming sites all over the interwebs?

    "If it's true it would be massive news and Halo fanboys would be splooging their love goo all over the place. ""

    Dude it is true.. websites HAVE reported it. Problem is that not many have seen this in action since Bungie hasn't demo-ed it to many reviewers/previewers.
    Edited by Dizzy at 10/08/07 @ 12:29

  • Yossarian #60 5 years ago

    lol@ Monkey Puncher

    ignorance is bliss for the anti-Halo contingent

  • miiiguel #61 5 years ago

    "If it's true it would be massive news and Halo fanboys would be splooging their love goo all over the place. "

    And, what the heck am I doing, huh ?

  • Yossarian #62 5 years ago

    forge, saved films, the metagame, four player co-op over live, multiplayer, and a little thing called campaign. only the Orange Box arguably trumps Halo 3 in content this year.

  • Monkey_Puncher #63 5 years ago

    Lies!

    I just looked at some scans of the Halo 3 Edge article, it's all the usual Halo 3 stuff and absoloutly nothing revolutionary or exciting. Well not exciting for anyone that's played the previous games and found them rather 'meh'

  • rashes #64 5 years ago

    @RexRunti

    Can;t agree with you more. I like the game and all that but I was trying not to get sucked into the hype. Then that 10-12 page preview in this months edge.
    They made it sound so good. And it's Edge!

    Anyone else read it?

  • mingster #65 5 years ago

    lol dunno whether hes being serious or not..

  • SeesThroughAll #66 5 years ago

    @miiiiguel:

    Congratulations for being the first person here to even mention the PS brand in a Halo thread.

    Just shows how sad you truly are.

  • Yossarian #67 5 years ago

    with regards to the popularity of Halo 2 on Xbox Live: in the last 24 hours a little short of 250,000 unique players played the game, some three years after its release.

  • login_name #68 5 years ago

    "After years. H2 had 500K+ players when launched."

    What, and FFXI only came out yesterday? It's over 2 years older. I'll take your word on the numbers, even if it is just an assumption, however, just to add my own or rather someone else's assumption into the mix:

    "it’s unclear if FFXI passed 500K subscribers in January 2004 or April 2004. Recent documents from Square-Enix will only confirm “over 500,000 players”, but given the ratio of characters to subscribers in previous census, the true number could be closer to 700,000." - from mmogchart


    "FF active acounts != players at same time. The will probably have 50K of those online at same time max."

    That's your guess, but while you mention 'at the same time' H2 currently only has approx 8K at the same time. FFXI will have a lot more than that spread over the different servers, I'll guarantee it.

  • VMerken #69 5 years ago

    "Some of America's biggest brands are supporting the release of the Xbox 360 exclusive, with Pontiac, Burger King, Mountain Dew, 7-Eleven and Comcast all offering various forms of cross-branding." (Article)

    Urkk.

    "The rest of us (probably a few million) will be having fun with Halo 3 in 5 weeks ;)" (Dizzy)

    Or having fun with Bioshock a little earlier. :p

  • Arcadiian #70 5 years ago

    @Dizzy.

    "Halo 2 had approx 250K players in the last 24hrs

    After years. H2 had 500K+ players when launched.

    FF active acounts != players at same time. The will probably have 50K of those online at same time max.

    Anyway... nuff said about this. Not gonna get into this discussion any more :)"

    Well, the original Phantasy Star Online on Dreamcast had 3 people signed on the other day. No, i don't know why i'm telling you this, but nor do i know why you and so many other people list a load of numbers to support your diatribe's. It's not you that has to balance the sheets for Microsoft before you go home tonight, relax.

  • login_name #71 5 years ago

    I'll point out that I'm not debating the popularity of Halo 2's multiplayer, I know it has a huge community. I'm basically saying that FFXI on PS2 is no slouch either and easily rivals Halo 2's player numbers, in response to mingster's comment.
    Edited by login_name at 10/08/07 @ 13:01

  • alex88 #72 5 years ago

    "Halo 3 will push videogame entertainment into the forefront of mainstream culture,"

    I highly doubt it.
    Edited by alex88 at 10/08/07 @ 13:07

  • penguin_overlord #73 5 years ago

    One million pre-orders? Great. Another reason for 360 fanboys to shout that their console is going to beat the PS3 while ignoring the 360 is now being thrashed in every major territory worldwide by the PS2, PS3 and the PSP.

  • afghan_jones #74 5 years ago

    I saw 7 people playing football in the park the other day.

    Then later, I saw 2 people playing Super Monkey Ball.

    I also saw one person and one cat playing with a bit of string.

    Then I watched the telly and saw eleven people playing football against another eleven people.

    Then I watched golf where 6 people were playing.

    After that I played Gears of War. 8 people were in that game, plus lots of other people in other games.

    Then I played Hexic for a bit which was just me on my own.

    Than later me and my girlfriend played 'hide the sausage'.

    Yesterday 2 people from my office played squash.

    Last week probably quite a few people played skittles of all things.

    I guess what Im trying to say, in a longwinded way, is just shut the fuck up about how many people played what. Id be surprised if anyone other than you even gave a fuck. Do you think people at Squenix are sat round saying, oh shit, lots of people play Halo 2? No of course not and they actually made FFXI. Equally, Im sure bungie dont give a rats ass who plays FFXI.

    So yeah, enough with the crappy statistics. Games are meant to be fun, not a pissing maths lesson. Bunch of fanny flaps.

  • Dizzy #75 5 years ago

    "One million pre-orders? Great. Another reason for 360 fanboys to shout that their console is going to beat the PS3 while ignoring the 360 is now being thrashed in every major territory worldwide by the PS2, PS3 and the PSP. "

    We talked about this dude... we agreed only in your head is this happening. take your pills.

    http://www.vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons...

  • penguin_overlord #76 5 years ago

    That chart shows the 360 has outsold the PS3 since it was released. So? It came out a year earlier. What matters is that right now the PS3 outsells the 360 every week.

  • SeesThroughAll #77 5 years ago

    "One million pre-orders? Great. Another reason for 360 fanboys to shout that their console is going to beat the PS3 while ignoring the 360 is now being thrashed in every major territory worldwide by the PS2, PS3 and the PSP."

    And you know what? That kind of shit certainly doesn't make you look like less of a fanboy, does it?

  • Dizzy #78 5 years ago

    >What matters is that right now the PS3 outsells the 360 every week.

    Err... that charts show that 360 is still outselling the PS3. Are you blind? The 360 line is above the PS3 line most of the time. WTF am I even bothering. No more replies from me.. I always fall for this! I guess I need to wait until you reach the age of 16 or so.

    >Do you think you'll be able to go into a shop on launch day (UK) and buy one even if you haven't pre-ordered one yet?

    Yes.. plenty of Halo 3 boxes have been ordered by shops. The special editions might be harder to find.
    Edited by Dizzy at 10/08/07 @ 13:22

  • penguin_overlord #79 5 years ago

    Then explain this...

    [link url=http://www.vgchartz.com/news/news.php?id=488
    ]http://www.vgchartz.com/news/news.php?id...[/link]
    Edited by penguin_overlord at 10/08/07 @ 13:25

  • Dizzy #80 5 years ago

    >Then explain this...

    That just mention that PS3 is selling good after price drop (last month). So yes.. who knows.. maybe PS3 will go above that green line (NPD prediction point to numbers that will not or barely go over the 360)... it has almost never done so before and it will have to stay above that one after July (and it almost certainly won't).

    Now this really is the last time I go into this stupid sales junk.

  • richardiox #81 5 years ago

    penguin_overlord - I remember the last time you tried to maintain the PS3 was outselling the 360 it was almost as funny as this time. I'm waiting for you to proclaim PS3 is also outselling the Wii.

  • Arcadiian #82 5 years ago

    Since when was being the same as as many other people as possible a good thing ? You think if a few other million people own the same console as you, you "must be right" ?

    Christ, how bloody insecure are you ? Shut up and play your games.

  • afghan_jones #83 5 years ago

    "Christ, how bloody insecure are you ? Shut up and play your games."

    He cant. PS3 doesnt have any.

  • Dixons #84 5 years ago

    If the internet is anything to go by, there are a lot of very sad people in the world.

  • lambtron #85 5 years ago

    You needed the internet to tell you this? :D

  • Amazing Bryan #86 5 years ago

    Haha! My 360 is bigger than your PS3.

  • Dixons #87 5 years ago

    Let's just say that throughout my life I've always tried to see the best in people. But web 2.0 has well and truly shattered that illusion. Arguing over sales numbers ugh. Some people need a life a woman and a clue

  • login_name #88 5 years ago

    @afghan_jones

    Might wanna take your own advice. Nothing more boring and predicable than a moan about a moan. Don't wanna know, then don't bloody read it and if you don't care, don't spend your precious time responding to it.

    I never said Bungie or Square care about the numbers and no, I don't care about the numbers either but if I answer a question and it gets shot down by the ignorant, I like to try back my shit up. Is that ok with you? No? Well boo fuckin hoo mate.

  • miiiguel #89 5 years ago

    SeesThroughAll: 1st but not only, apparantly these are bad news for eccletic players because PSP, PS2 and PS3 are thrashing 360 allover the universe and its suburbs.

  • miiiguel #90 5 years ago

    penguin_overlord : dude, vgchartz, that is a very, very surreal site..., don't base your stock investments on that one, it's an advice. lol.

  • afghan_jones #91 5 years ago

    @login_name


    Oh its on now, bitch, its on!



    Actually its not, cause I couldnt care less. Bye.


    (PS. In future it would save you some time if you ignored the Halo fanboys as they wont listen to reason and some of them dont even really understand how numbers work so posting stats just infuriates them.)

    hugs and kisses from the Jones. xxxx

  • miiiguel #92 5 years ago

    hummm... a bit odd to whine about "Halo fanboyz" in a thread with "US Halo 3 breaks 1m pre-orders" for a title :/

  • Ryltar #93 5 years ago

    Impressive number of pre-orders. I just hope that your average joe gamer doesn't look past games like Bioshock. Unfortunately, if my friends are anything to go by they probably will, almost all of them told me that they cant afford to buy Bioshock becuase they are getting the helmet version of H3. A great shame that :(

  • miiiguel #94 5 years ago

    Helmet's cool, though...

  • login_name #95 5 years ago

    @afghan_jones

    It would save me even more time if I ignored pointless comments like yours, but I just get this itch, ya know?

    Oh and seriously man, get up off your knees, I don't expect you to hug and kiss my ass. I appreciate the gesture though ;)

  • Dizzy #96 5 years ago

    BTW more "info" about the Forge feature.

    http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.p...

  • miiiguel #97 5 years ago

    Redefining video-games, indeed!
    Halo 3 seems to be the best thing since MS came up with the Achievements idea.

  • captainrentboy #98 5 years ago

    ''One million pre-orders? Great. Another reason for 360 fanboys to shout that their console is going to beat the PS3 while ignoring the 360 is now being thrashed in every major territory worldwide by the PS2, PS3 and the PSP.''

    Really? Wow!! That's fucking fascinating.
    The great thing is, over the next 6 weeks I'll be playing Bioshock and Halo 3, whilst those huuuuge numbers of new PS3 owners sit there twiddling their thumbs, waiting for something worth playing, maybe occasionally they'll look on the internet to see how well their console is selling as of late, and let us all know on here.
    Maybe you yourself could give us a fresh update in a couple of weeks, I'll have to take your word for it though, as I'll be a lil too busy, actually playing GAMES on my 360.
    Your sales figure quotes are lovely and all, but guess who'll be having the most fun with their console over the next few months.
    Edited by captainrentboy at 10/08/07 @ 18:23

  • joeking #99 5 years ago

    I wonder will there ever be a Halo-related comments thread that doesn't reach 100 posts and descend into trolling and flamebait? Probably not, while there are a copious amount of bitter and twisted h@70rz out there, determined to try and rain on somebody's parade, for their own entirely unfathomable reasons. Ah well. I'd much rather be sat here in my chair, excited in the manner of a child weeks before Christmas Day, anxiously awaiting the release of a game that I'm sure to get hours upon hours of enjoyment out of, than a sad git sat on internet messageboards, trying to convince everybody that such and such a game is crap, and that people are somehow wrong to like/love it for their own personal reasons...

  • oakie007 #100 5 years ago

    By bizarre coincidence our favourite strip bar in Budapest was........

    http://www.hallobar.hu/

  • DjFlex52 #101 5 years ago

    and these are the same sony suckers that talk about how much the xbots troll the sony news forums......fanboyz are fanboys for all the consoles.....jealous of what they DON'T have and hope to make others feel as miserable as themselves....yep!

  • reddevil93 #102 5 years ago

    So who ruined this thread - was it a ps fanboy saying halo is shit etc. or a 360 fanboy taking a shot at anyone who dares play PS3.Both are as bad as each other really but I will put them all on ignore. :)

  • reddevil93 #103 5 years ago

    Turns out it was miiiguel with this:

    let me impersonate a PS-only gamer:

    "oooh, what about the red rings, huh? the red rings, shit!"

    Oh well he is on ignore now.

  • FooAtari #104 5 years ago

    +1 Miiiguel is now on my ignore list as well. How I hate fanboys... So you prefer a game or system, fair enough. No need to be a dick though and start flaming/trolling.

  • Emth #105 5 years ago

    I think it's a stroke of genius citing how many people still play Halo 2, because we all know that if something is popular it's really good.

    /looks at current software charts

    /looks at current film charts

    /looks at current music charts

  • bdc #106 5 years ago

    Emth mate, you realize those charts change almost daily, and Halo 2 has pretty much been consistent?

  • TheUnionFrag #107 5 years ago

    ''One million pre-orders? Great. Another reason for 360 fanboys to shout that their console is going to beat the PS3 while ignoring the 360 is now being thrashed in every major territory worldwide by the PS2, PS3 and the PSP.''

    Perhaps you might have a valid argument if the PS3 had any games. 3/4 of a year on and I only see ports and mediocre graphics-fests. Even the 360 had original games by that stage.

    Face it - you lose. The Wii has already won.

  • Kryon #108 5 years ago

    This is hilarious, Sony fanboys come into a Halo thread to put Halo fans on ignore.

  • miiiguel #109 5 years ago

    xiiii! I'm famous, I'm in the "guys-that-hate-halo-but-come-to-every-thread-to-say-it-suck" ignore list. Is this good or bad ? I don't have an ignore list, not really fond of it, but thanks anyway.

  • afghan_jones #110 5 years ago

    "So who ruined this thread - was it a ps fanboy saying halo is shit etc. or a 360 fanboy taking a shot at anyone who dares play PS3.Both are as bad as each other really but I will put them all on ignore. :)"

    Of course if you do that there will be no one left for you to talk to except the militant Ninty fanboys.

  • Jo0j #111 5 years ago

    Sept 25th FTW!

  • LittleVoice #112 5 years ago

    Post deleted at 18:03:32 01-02-2012

  • reddevil93 #113 5 years ago

    @kyron

    Not a sony fanboy and I was just getting annoyed because some idiots come on a halo thread to criticise the ps brand.

  • Kryon #114 5 years ago

    @Reddevil

    To be fair mate, miiiguel didn't really start it, I mean the very first post was a snide remark from JedimasterMalik (one of the most notorious Sony bods of all time) and a few other digs followed before miiiguel retorted...

  • reddevil93 #115 5 years ago

    @kyron

    Yeah I suppose.I had acctually taken miiiguel off ignore to see had he said anything adressed at me(yes I realise it does kind of defeat the purpose) but then saw he said I was one of those ps fanboy idiots who criticise halo without having played it even though I never said anything bad about it(I acctually played 1 + 2 and liked them) so then I just put him back on ignore. :)

  • Kryon #116 5 years ago

    Lol, fairplay ;P

  • captainrentboy #117 5 years ago

    Bioshock demo's up on live btw!

  • miiiguel #118 5 years ago

    I love you all, either way, and it's monday..., a hell of a compliment.

  • miiiguel #119 5 years ago

    captainrentboy: yeah..., too bad I have to be doing these ITIL docs which I really dislike.