Halo 3 Sets Day One US record, beats Harry Potter!- $170 million in 24 hrs

[Zeus]

Halo 3 has become the biggest entertainment launch in the US ever! More than 10,000 retailers hosted midnight events making an estimated $170 million in sales in the first 24 hours. The record beats theatrical releases like “Spider-man 3” and the novel“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”

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Bob McKenzie, Senior Vice President of Merchandising for GameStop Corp commented that, “With consumer demand for Halo 3 and related products, we expect it to be the biggest video game title generator in GameStop's history."

“The initial demand we’ve seen for ‘Halo 3’ has been astounding, and the game is on track to become the number one gaming title of all time. ‘Halo 3’ is a genuine entertainment phenomenon and our customers have responded very enthusiastically to the release,” said Jill Hamburger, vice president of movies and games at Best Buy.

Developed by Bungie Studios, the “Halo” franchise is exclusive to the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and optimized for the Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network. The more than 7 million Xbox LIVE users will get a continually evolving gaming experience with “Halo 3.” Its online multiplayer and cooperative gameplay for Xbox LIVE Gold users, the much-talked-about Saved Films feature that enables players to capture and save their favorite moments on their hard drives, and Forge, an innovative map editor that enables infinite customization options are just some of the new features to experience.


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[JacKz5o]

Its sad that games of this quality sells so much..

[Mako]

I don't feel there is anything in quality that is lacking. The graphics are not as great as Unreal3 engine but it is still good. The game play is just as it was in the other 2 versions. That is why it is selling.

However, this being said I think everyone expected this to happen. The real question i want to know is how many new 360s sold in the past 24 hours. That is the real question. See just what kind of new opportunity this game has brought to MS.

[JacKz5o]

I don't feel there is anything in quality that is lacking. The graphics are not as great as Unreal3 engine but it is still good. The game play is just as it was in the other 2 versions. That is why it is selling.

However, this being said I think everyone expected this to happen. The real question i want to know is how many new 360s sold in the past 24 hours. That is the real question. See just what kind of new opportunity this game has brought to MS.

Yes while it may not be "lacking", PC games like Crysis, UT3, HL2:E2 will probably never sell anywhere near that much even though the graphics, physics, and pretty much everything else are much much better.

[kidman64]

noone is holding crytek or any other company from hyping their projects, it's just that MS has a shitload of money, which is nice imo:) I really like h3 btw:)

[des]

Yes while it may not be "lacking", PC games like Crysis, UT3, HL2:E2 will probably never sell anywhere near that much even though the graphics, physics, and pretty much everything else are much much better.

Yeah thats really sad :s

[Mikeyy]

noone is holding crytek or any other company from hyping their projects, it's just that MS has a shitload of money, which is nice imo:) I really like h3 btw:)

Hype and advertising is fine, but whats really depressing is places like IGN buy into it, where are reviewers that tell it like it IS, like ebert and roeper.

10/10 should be covented ratings for revolutionary games.

[el username]

I would be surprised if you added all of the sales of PS3 software together if they sold half of what Halo 3 did in just one day.

[iratasan]

noone is holding crytek or any other company from hyping their projects, it's just that MS has a shitload of money, which is nice imo:) I really like h3 btw:)

you must be kidding me.

[mystic54]

Yes while it may not be "lacking", PC games like Crysis, UT3, HL2:E2 will probably never sell anywhere near that much even though the graphics, physics, and pretty much everything else are much much better.

Yes, but to make them run like that you have to pay between 5-10 times as much as you would have for the console.

[kidman64]

you must be kidding me.
huh? why? i like the idea that company that produced console i have (and like) has a great amount of money, which can be used to make games multiplatform etc, i see nothing bad about that.

[DaFireStarter]

Yes while it may not be "lacking", PC games like Crysis, UT3, HL2:E2 will probably never sell anywhere near that much even though the graphics, physics, and pretty much everything else are much much better.
No amount of hype can make anything sell like this. Remember PS3? It was hot **** then after christmas it didn't sell... The games you mentioned are great but Halo 3 is the most mainstream and has the biggest following. Another reason is because no has a PS3 or a $1500 PC to play those games except HL2 epi 2. Halo 3 is a great game but Bioshock should've sold more for being so amazing.

[AlphaTrion]

Great work!!!! This is a strong sign to those developers they turn their noses up at the x360 that if you make a game we like, we will buy it.

[coolstuff]

[QUOTE= The record beats theatrical releases like “Spider-man 3” and the novel“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”



yes but they werent paying $60 a ticket or for the book

[John Crichton]

i'd like to congratulate you americans. with you're own console and own game you have seriously kicked sony's butt. That's just great!

[AceMilo]

[QUOTE= The record beats theatrical releases like “Spider-man 3” and the novel“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”



yes but they werent paying $60 a ticket or for the book

Movies must sell millions and millions of tickets to be successful, books must sell hundreds of thousands to be best sellers. If a game sells 50k copies it's considered a hit. It takes a lot for a game to sell multiple millions of copies, especially in one day. As for the game, its pretty amazing stuff, they put in a lot of stuff I wouldn't expect from any other developer (saving movies, map editing, etc) and gives a lot of depth to the game. I already finished it once but plan on playing it again on legendary with my friends online.

[XxBigP123xX]

im glad i didnt buy halo.

[miserabillis]

i was just watching simpsons and lol=

Lisa:IT must be designed and programmed to Eliminate all the Competition
Bart:You Mean like Micro$oft?
Lisa:exactly

:P

[JacKz5o]

No amount of hype can make anything sell like this. Remember PS3? It was hot **** then after christmas it didn't sell... The games you mentioned are great but Halo 3 is the most mainstream and has the biggest following. Another reason is because no has a PS3 or a $1500 PC to play those games except HL2 epi 2. Halo 3 is a great game but Bioshock should've sold more for being so amazing.

Theres the word :cool:

Yes, but to make them run like that you have to pay between 5-10 times as much as you would have for the console.

Very true, but you can do a ton more things on a computer, you can't post on this site or even browse with an Xbox ;)

[whackawookie]

i was just watching simpsons and lol=

Lisa:IT must be designed and programmed to Eliminate all the Competition
Bart:You Mean like Micro$oft?
Lisa:exactly

:P


bart - you rock funzo

funzo - o k

[miserabillis]

bart - you rock funzo

funzo - o k

ye thats the episode..i know its not related but still was funny :P

[mmicrosysm]

No amount of hype can make anything sell like this. Remember PS3? It was hot **** then after christmas it didn't sell... The games you mentioned are great but Halo 3 is the most mainstream and has the biggest following. Another reason is because no has a PS3 or a $1500 PC to play those games except HL2 epi 2. Halo 3 is a great game but Bioshock should've sold more for being so amazing. Agree on the Bioshock comment. I personally could not stop playing once I started. It has an awesome story line along with amazing graphics plus great playability I give it 9/10.

I still have not have not come up with what I would give Halo just yet. I can tell you it is not going to be 10/10.

@miserabillis
Nice sig you got me, and I can not get that tune out of my head as well!!

[catfish24]

It may have made more money than both Spiderman 3 and Harry Potter, but they both both of them individually sold more copies of books and more tickets than Halo 3.

[danight]

pc gamers get all the good stuff like rootkits, adware, drm that no matter how good the game is, flat out pisses everyone off. Could they have screwed up the pv version of bioshock anymore than they did with all the extra crap in it?

This should be a sign though to 3rd party devs. make a great game and microsoft will help you make a ton of cash. Halo 3 is just one title. gears of war, bioshock sold millions. Even saints row sold good.
Now with xbox 360 sales going up we should see more and better stuff. Its great to see when stuff like this happens. Halo 3 launch is now chalked up in the history books and millions where apart of making history.

Microsoft give us more launches like this!!!!! it rocked and was as much fun as E3 to watch and be apart of! Holidays are coming and we wanna ride the tide of excitement. I mean holy crap their has been some great games released recently and its only going to get better.

[benny32]

A very sad day for human intelligence.:mad:

This proves that people are sheep and buy what the toob in the living room saids is cool. I've never seen a product shoveled with this much advertising force.

170 Million dollars in profit from lamestream gamers. Oh well, at least this is an american devaloped game on an american devaloped console. Nice to see the japanese run for their money for once. :D

I dont understand RPG, but I do understand fps. That makes me better than most of those A students in japan, who cant handle the camera view in fps:p

[weetz]

Halo 3 is officially the biggest video game let i've had and I've played some pretty terrible games :mad:

Im gonna play Halo 3 get some achievements then go back to Gears of War and Forza 2.

BTW Miserbellis love the signature "never gonna give never gonna give"

[DaFireStarter]

A very sad day for human intelligence.:mad:

This proves that people are sheep and buy what the toob in the living room saids is cool. I've never seen a product shoveled with this much advertising force.

170 Million dollars in profit from lamestream gamers. Oh well, at least this is an american devaloped game on an american devaloped console. Nice to see the japanese run for their money for once. :D

I dont understand RPG, but I do understand fps. That makes me better than most of those A students in japan, who cant handle the camera view in fps:p
Well... They did buy because they liked the previous two right?! Or did Microsoft brain washed us with its commercials?! We will never no:rolleyes:.

BTW: Has anyone checked out the amazing replay system:eek::eek::eek:!

[gdfnr123]

i'd like to congratulate you americans. with you're own console and own game you have seriously kicked sony's butt. That's just great!

lol kicked $ony and Nintendos butt. I still don getit:confused:

[kneehighspy]

it's not a 10/10 game, but it's at least an 8.5 / 10, i think bioshock is better, but this is the first halo game i will finish, and to me that speaks something for it. most fps's i will try to finish, but some i just can't get into (moh:airborne, some others).

but halo 3 will sell more copies (almost) in the first 2 or 3 days than the total number of ps3's in the u.s. it seems, of course the ps3 is 10 times the cost. i don't think there has been a million seller title yet on ps3. i'm sure mgs4 will sell a million copies though (worldwide).

i'm just wanting a reason to use my ps3 besides watching movies. i'm hoping the new r&c game will give me a reason.

[rojohacker]

I feel like playing halo 2 with the new halo 3 boring.

The graphics are pretty bad in the campaign my eyes hurt when i played.

Halo just for kids boring u can get kill for nothing in that game same boring.

it was nice when just came out 3 years i just to play 5 hours every day, but now is boring for me.


I love gears of wars is more real. better graphics best multi player fast join the rooms.

[XxBigP123xX]

Well... They did buy because they liked the previous two right?! Or did Microsoft brain washed us with its commercials?! We will never no:rolleyes:.

BTW: Has anyone checked out the amazing replay system:eek::eek::eek:!

stop making video recording sound like it's new because it isn't. and it's know not no;)

[DaFireStarter]

stop making video recording sound like it's new because it isn't. and it's know not no;)
It recorded every game I played! Is there another game that does that?

[grapeape]

it's not a 10/10 game, but it's at least an 8.5 / 10, i think bioshock is better, but this is the first halo game i will finish, and to me that speaks something for it. most fps's i will try to finish, but some i just can't get into (moh:airborne, some others).

but halo 3 will sell more copies (almost) in the first 2 or 3 days than the total number of ps3's in the u.s. it seems, of course the ps3 is 10 times the cost. i don't think there has been a million seller title yet on ps3. i'm sure mgs4 will sell a million copies though (worldwide).

i'm just wanting a reason to use my ps3 besides watching movies. i'm hoping the new r&c game will give me a reason.

I agree, Bioshock is "better" but as far as longevity Halo 3 has it beat in spades...I played through Bioshock twice and now im done with it, maybe someday in the future I may play it again for the nostalgia but thats it. I'm not too far into Halo 3 yet but im already sure its something I will play online regularly.

Hype and advertising is fine, but whats really depressing is places like IGN buy into it, where are reviewers that tell it like it IS, like ebert and roeper.

10/10 should be covented ratings for revolutionary games.

IGN gave it a 9.5, if it makes you feel better every GTA game since GTA 3, every Metal Gear Game since MGS2 and both God of War games scored higher. Along with the last 2 zelda's, and the first 2 metroid primes. If you think there is bias and a pattern your right...build a franchise and you basically get reviewed at a starting rate of 9.0. Its not just halo, look at IGN's review database and you will find plenty of games that many thought were crap that scored insanely high ratings just by name recognition.

[sigma8]

Ok, if Halo3 made $170 million in the first day, in the US, that means it sold 2.83 million copies the first day. There is an installed base of about 7 million Xbox360 owners in "America" according to vgchartz. Given the small population of Canada, we'll ignore them. Maybe they are included in "America", maybe not. Who cares?

IMO, it's very likely that a high percentage of Xbox360 owners bought the game on day one. I wouldn't be surprised if some people bought multiple copies. For friends, or to eBay. I do think there will be some new console sales in there. I don't think a real lot. Maybe this months numbers will get boosted by 100,000.. That's a lot, but I bet they'll lose at least 80% of that the next month.

[XxBigP123xX]

It recorded every game I played! Is there another game that does that?

it's called a capture card.

[grapeape]

it's called a capture card.

The capture card is a game? Wow what platform?...your arguments the past couple days have been hella weak...when you have to go outside gaming to find the features you argue arent new or innovative it just sounds like desperation to find something to ***** about.

[rojohacker]

gears of war is the game u need to play online :D
GAYLO is boring.

bioshock is amazing game just to play alone.

[yourM0M1]

This proves that people are sheep and buy what the toob in the living room saids is cool. I've never seen a product shoveled with this much advertising force.

170 Million dollars in profit from lamestream gamers. Oh well, at least this is an american devaloped game on an american devaloped console. Nice to see the japanese run for their money for once. :D

oh you mean like the FF series is to Japan right.....how many times can you remake a game that was launched years ago and still top monthly/weekly sales charts?? explain that one

[mystic54]

Theres the word :cool:



Very true, but you can do a ton more things on a computer, you can't post on this site or even browse with an Xbox ;)

Don't need a gaming computer to do that. If you just want to browse the net a $300 computer will do...

[Robotron]

really sad, Bioshock deserves sales like this not Halo 3....actually Halo 1 deserved these sales it was a better game.

[mystic54]

really sad, Bioshock deserves sales like this not Halo 3....actually Halo 1 deserved these sales it was a better game.

Sorry have to disagree about the Halo 1 comment. No multiplayer really cuts that one up.

I seriously thought the matchmaking from Halo 2 couldn't be any better/easier, but I learned I was wrong today when I played my first online matches (Halo 3). Get online people!

[LeGioN1202]

oh you mean like the FF series is to Japan right.....how many times can you remake a game that was launched years ago and still top monthly/weekly sales charts?? explain that one

Easy.

Halo 1+2+3 all share the same storyline, characters, same World (duh), etc...

Final Fantasy I-XIII all contain a different story, different characters, different World, etc...

Name may be the same... game is always different, gameplay makes changes as well, where as Halo 3 brought nothing new or innovative to the table from Halo 1 or 2. A basic sequel... nothing more.

The advertising is so bad to the point where people at work ask me about it, mind you they do not play games. They talk about how ridiculous they think it is... come on... on my Mountain Dew? Can you be any more original?

[ShinoBboy]

Only superstitious and promiscuous people purchased Halo 3...oh wait...that's the majority of all nations.:o

[aic007]

I bet if Heavenly Sword would have done this all of the Halo haters would be doing backflips that it beat them out.

I don't see how people say the game sucks. I played for a couple hours last night with some friends going through the campaign and had a blast. Even one of my friends who plays nothing but Warcraft loves it.

No one is forcing people to buy the game, most of the sales are from people who know what they are getting when they put that disc in the system.

Personally I can't stand MGS games, could never get into them. Does that make them garbage? How about GT? I would take PGR over it any day.

Bioshock was a great game but it was more about the story telling and the atmosphere. after beating the game rescuing and harvesting the sisters what else is there to do? Atleast the MP of Halo will keep the game alive for ages. People are still playing Halo 2 on live, that is a testiment to how good it is.

Like it or not you can't deny that the game is juggernaut when it comes to making money, and in the end thats what matters most to MS, Sony and Nintendo, game sales.

[dannybII]

People really do miss the point. We realize that this costs 6x more than a book or cinema ticket. The point is it's a record breaking profit for a spoonful of entertainment. Books/films/games are all part of this package. The fact is that despite games being more mainstream now they (games) haven't yet reached the status of films. This is one hell of an achievement ( unlocked :p).
Also does anyone really think that Harry Potter or Spiderman 3 was the best film ever made? deserving of the biggest grossing accolade? Sure they were fine films Just as Halo is a fine game. It's mass market appeal that sets them apart from the rest. The ability to appeal to a bigger audience. Personally I didn't like Bioshock. I've played it for about 3 hours but it never grabbed me. It might well be that it's a better game but I'll be playing Halo online months after I've completed Solo.

[extreme22]

Wow, people need to learn math...... box office tickets cost about 10 bucks, a xbox 360 game costs 60...... so in reality..... no, it did not surpass the sales of Hairy Pothead or Spiderman. This topic fails!

wow it must really suck that you dont have a good game to play
umm what was that? i thought so, and learn how to read next time
The record beats theatrical releases like “Spider-man 3” and the novel “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
it must be you that don't know math since 10$ for a movie $10* 36 theather seat is 360$

60*36 is what $2160 so clearly ya he has set a new record for now
not much for sony and from my point of view my ps3 is just collecting dust
and untill some crap has one good game that can match halo have some respect, and dont count MGS4 since it is a muilty plat

[Adopted]

I love gears of wars is more real. better graphics best multi player fast join the rooms.

yeah cuz all my machineguns have chainsaw bayonets, and when my friends die, they just simply need a reviving by touching them. Dont sh*t in one hand and offer me the other hand full of piss.

The hates understandable in this place, most people here are bitter, present company included, but I go where the gaming goes. I hated Goldeneye but still tolerated it cuz its the only FPS I culd get you console homos to really play.

[Cheunce]

Wow, people need to learn math...... box office tickets cost about 10 bucks, a xbox 360 game costs 60...... so in reality..... no, it did not surpass the sales of Hairy Pothead or Spiderman. This topic fails!



Wow, you need to learn economics? What do you think is the most important for a company or the stock holders? Numbers sold or how much money the maid?

Who cares if there were sold more paper clips in 24 than number of tickets sold for Spiderman 3. Sure it is nice if the numbers of sold items goes up but if that can not generate more money (now or in the future) it is of no value.

[busboy33]

I luvs me some Sony fanboys!
According to VGchartz, the top selling PS3 game is RFoM, with 1.66 million copies since launch (almost a year ago).
H3 beat that in one market (US) in 1 day. Almost doubled it.
The top 6 selling 360 games beat that.
Hell, unless every single owner of a PS3 buys MGS4 or FFWhateverNumberItsUpTo, it won't sell as many copies as Gears (4.56 million so far).

As a developer, what console should I try and sell my game on? Not including how relatively easy it is to port 360 games to PC.

Dannyb hits the nail on the head: HP and Spider-man aren't the pinnacle of their respective formats, but the issue isn't artistic merit -- its popularity.

Legion -- the people at work asked you about Halo 3? The non-gamers? They know Halo 3? They ask about Final Fanatasy much? How about the new Metal Gear? Bet they're asking about Home too.

Consoles "win" the wars because of the public ("non-gamers") buying it. They'll buy what they think is the biggest thing. Right now, the game-related name that comes up if you ask a non-gamer is Halo 3. That's a devistating punch to the PS3s kidneys. If Sony does get a AAA release before the holidays, it may be a great game, and gamers will be all over it . . . but Mr. and Mrs. IDontGiveaDamnAboutGames will probably be remembering Halo 3 come christmas time, and that moves consoles.

[Norlo]

it's called a capture card.

On come on. A capture card. :rolleyes:

Yes, Halo 3 is a pretty generic shooter (a pretty good one, but generic all the same), but some of the multi player features are amazing, and genuinely do bring something new to the table - especially for consoles. Like the ability to record every game you play in (both campaign and online), go back and watch the film, edit the film, take photos, upload clips and photos to your personal space so other can see them - all within the game engine!

Hell, you can even be in a party of friends, play an online game, then all of you go to the reply theater and watch the reply of the game you've all been playing, together.

Its crazy. It's social. It's fun.

Love or hate Halo 3, you have to say that features like that are what we want from our 'next gen' games. To try and cheapen this by likening it to a 'capture card' simply makes you look like you are trying to find things to knock the game on. You don't need to try so hard, there are a number of points which you can easily run Halo 3 down on, but this feature is 100% not one of them.

Those feature noted above for Halo 3 are an actual step forward for the genre, and raise expectations of what we should expect from games - many 'next gen' games would benefit greatly from this sort of video/reply feature.

[Jar Jar Insano]

Halo 3 is siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick. I never played 1 and 2 but 3 is a great game and deserves the ratings it got and the money its making.

[DEDDOA]

Well everyone I know with a 360 has Halo3 now, and I have yet to hear 1 real negative comment about it other than, like GoW they wish the campaign was longer, but replaying in co-op makes up for it. So personally I think most people are enjoying it. Obviously the nay sayers have more of a voice in places like this, not to mention they are more likley to post saying it sux more than people will post to say they like it (sadly more so if you are one of the PS3 fanboys even if you do enjoy it but say you don't because it's on the 360, which is pretty sad in my view, but there we go). I wouldn't say it is the best game ever, or even of the year, as I prefered Bioshock and the Darkness (I prefer dark games like that myself, which is why I am hoping that Jericho lives up to Undying, which is another game I rate over halo even if it is about 5+ years old) but I can see why it is selling well and why it has gotten so many good reviews (though 10/10 is a bit extreme 9/10 maybe better) as it is a complete single and multiplayer package, with plenty of life in it.

[kneehighspy]

excellent comment deddoa.



Well everyone I know with a 360 has Halo3 now, and I have yet to hear 1 real negative comment about it other than, like GoW they wish the campaign was longer, but replaying in co-op makes up for it. So personally I think most people are enjoying it. Obviously the nay sayers have more of a voice in places like this, not to mention they are more likley to post saying it sux more than people will post to say they like it (sadly more so if you are one of the PS3 fanboys even if you do enjoy it but say you don't because it's on the 360, which is pretty sad in my view, but there we go). I wouldn't say it is the best game ever, or even of the year, as I prefered Bioshock and the Darkness (I prefer dark games like that myself, which is why I am hoping that Jericho lives up to Undying, which is another game I rate over halo even if it is about 5+ years old) but I can see why it is selling well and why it has gotten so many good reviews (though 10/10 is a bit extreme 9/10 maybe better) as it is a complete single and multiplayer package, with plenty of life in it.

[Wesyeed]

holy crapnoodles

[ShinoBboy]

I bet if Heavenly Sword would have done this all of the Halo haters would be doing backflips that it beat them out.

I don't see how people say the game sucks. I played for a couple hours last night with some friends going through the campaign and had a blast. Even one of my friends who plays nothing but Warcraft loves it.

No one is forcing people to buy the game, most of the sales are from people who know what they are getting when they put that disc in the system.

Personally I can't stand MGS games, could never get into them. Does that make them garbage? How about GT? I would take PGR over it any day.

Bioshock was a great game but it was more about the story telling and the atmosphere. after beating the game rescuing and harvesting the sisters what else is there to do? Atleast the MP of Halo will keep the game alive for ages. People are still playing Halo 2 on live, that is a testiment to how good it is.

Like it or not you can't deny that the game is juggernaut when it comes to making money, and in the end thats what matters most to MS, Sony and Nintendo, game sales.

exactly, we don't know what world we're living in nowadays. You can't say that someone who plays an RPG had a blast with Halo b/c that may have been his/her 1st FPS to ever play. I dare you to ask many people that play and know about Halo what Unreal, Half-Life, and Far Cry is. Haloites have no clue what you will be speaking of and blow you away b/c you will then be "invading" their "sacred holy grail." The people that don't like it are those with great FPS knowledge and it is sad to see this game make big b/c even up until this day it has not brought anything new to the table. I will admit though, FPS are bigger in consoles than PC, i know it's sad but it's true:o which is also another reason why this would make big sales.

[AceMilo]

exactly, we don't know what world we're living in nowadays. You can't say that someone who plays an RPG had a blast with Halo b/c that may have been his/her 1st FPS to ever play. I dare you to ask many people that play and know about Halo what Unreal, Half-Life, and Far Cry is. Haloites have no clue what you will be speaking of and blow you away b/c you will then be "invading" their "sacred holy grail." The people that don't like it are those with great FPS knowledge and it is sad to see this game make big b/c even up until this day it has not brought anything new to the table. I will admit though, FPS are bigger in consoles than PC, i know it's sad but it's true:o which is also another reason why this would make big sales.

I've been playing fps games for almost 15 years and have played them ALL, started wtih doom, doom 2, quake, heretic, hexen, hexen 2, wolfenstein 3d, spear of destiny, rise of the triad, quake 2, unreal, unreal tournament, etc, and I THOROUGHLY enjoy halo. My friends that I grew up with playing old school shooters all also THOROUGHLY enjoy halo. Is that a problem? Why am I not allowed to play halo? It's a perfectly good shooter with an above average story (for a shooter) and is a blast to play multiplayer. Are you ragging on it because it's on a console? I've been a hardcore pc gamer my whole life until the last 5 years or so with the latest gens of consoles and I can honestly say I have no problems with a controller over a keyboard and mouse. Some games I need a keyboard for (ie all the half-life games and their spin-offs like counter strike), but honestly most others I have no problems with playing on consoles. I've been playing fps' for almost as long as I've been gaming, and I can honestly say that the halo series is one of the best.