Wow. Another perk of working here at Ingram is getting my grubby hands on stuff pretty much as it's coming out. Without ever owning an XBOX, I've put in a lot of time playing the first "Halo" and have already gotten my feet wet in the sequel that came out today. And, wow, did it ever come out today...
Microsoft Sees $100 Million First Day for 'Halo 2' 11/09/04 11:12 AM CST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - First-day sales of Microsoft Corp.'s new video game "Halo 2" will reach $100 million, a senior Microsoft games executive said on Tuesday.
"I'm calling a $100 million day on 'Halo' today," Peter Moore, a corporate vice president in Microsoft's games division, said at a Harris Nesbitt investment conference in New York.
The game, in which a super-soldier called "Master Chief" must save the earth from aliens, went on sale around the world on Tuesday, with thousands of stores opening their doors to eager customers just after midnight last night.
In addition to 1.5 million pre-sold units, Moore said one retailer sold 8,500 units in the first 11 minutes of sales, while another sold 200,000 units by daybreak Tuesday.
Analysts expect "Halo 2" to sell a total of about 10 million units, with some projecting up to half of those sales coming in November. The original "Halo" sold 5 million units and remains the best seller on the Xbox to date.
