Halo 3 "fastest-selling video game ever", 2.7m on Live, weekly 360 sales double (PR) #1
Global Entertainment Phenomenon Halo 3 Records More Than $300 Million in First-Week Sales Worldwide
Xbox 360 console sales more than doubled; nearly 3 million gamers play online via Xbox LIVE.
REDMOND, Wash. Oct. 4, 2007 Interactive entertainment will never be the same, with the launch of one title that has changed the way the world thinks about video games. Halo® 3 has captured the attention of consumers worldwide and has made history as one of the biggest entertainment launches of all time.
Microsoft Corp. today announced that Halo 3 has officially become a global phenomenon, garnering more than $300 million in sales in the first week alone. The critically acclaimed Xbox 360® exclusive, which was released worldwide on Tuesday, Sept. 25, is the fastest-selling video game ever and already one of the most successful entertainment properties in history.
Initial reports from retailers worldwide show console sales have more than doubled compared with the weekly average before the launch of Halo 3. With games such as Halo 3, Madden 08 (EA Sports), Mass Effect (Microsoft Game Studios) and Rock Band (Harmonix), Xbox 360 has the greatest lineup in the history of video games and is the only console where consumers can play all the years biggest blockbusters.
Halo is truly a cultural phenomenon, and the launch of Halo 3 is an important milestone for Xbox 360 and for video games as entertainment and as an art form, said Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft. Halo 3 embodies our vision for the future of entertainment, where some of the worlds greatest creative minds will deliver a new generation of interactive storytelling.
Halo 3 is quickly staking its place as the most popular Xbox LIVE® game in history with members gathering in record numbers to play on the worlds largest online gaming and entertainment network on TV. More than 2.7 million gamers have played Halo 3 on Xbox LIVE in the first week, representing nearly one-third of the 7 million Xbox LIVE members worldwide. Within the first day of its launch, Halo 3 players worldwide racked up more than 3.6 million hours of online gameplay, which increased more than elevenfold to 40 million hours by the end of the first week, representing more than 4,500 years of continuous gameplay. Since Halo 3 launched, gamers have unlocked nearly 30 million achievements. In its first week alone, Halo 3 drove a record number of Xbox LIVE Gold Memberships as hundreds of thousands of new members gathered online with friends, family members and other gamers around the world to collectively compete and complete the game.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/oct07/10-04Halo3FirstWeekPR.mspx
Aber ich vermute mal ...das Du ein paar Spiele später sagen wirst :"hat sich gelohnt". 
Und nicht nur für Master Chief. Kannst mich gerne adden auf XBL , wirst schon sehen das ich nicht beisse und auch nicht so schlimm bin ^^
Es ist ein klasse Spiel, aber man kann die Euphorie auch übertreiben. Kann das natürlich für die USA - den Mittelpunkt der Welt - nicht bezeugen, aber der öffentlichen Meinung ist Halo 3 wohl ziemlich egal.
