Australians go crazy for Halo 3

360 News | Hardware sales also up.

Microsoft has sent through the freshest stats for Halo 3 and has basically confirmed that Australians went crazy for Halo 3 following its launch on Tuesday the 25th of September. Below are the official stats from GFK for the week ending 30th of September (Halo 3 was on sale for 6 days during this 7 day monitoring period).

Halo 3:

Halo 3 has sold 70k units, making it already the 2nd best-selling Xbox 360 title
Halo 3 has generated $7.5m in software sales, a new record
Halo 3 accessories (including the Halo 3 special edition console) generated over $2m in revenue
Total Halo 3 revenue for the week was over $9m, a new record
Halo 3 accounted for 63% of all next-generation console software revenue

To compare, Halo 2 sold 126k and generated over $11m in revenue in its first month on sale. (Note: GFK did not produce weekly figures at this time.)

Xbox 360:

Xbox 360 hardware sales increased by 55% over the w/e 23 September
Xbox 360 hardware sales for September increased by 158% over August
Xbox 360 was the number one selling console for September
Xbox 360 held 31% total market share for September, more than any other platform
Xbox 360 hardware, software and accessories generated over $30m in September, over 50% more than any other platform

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11 Comments

Karai Pantsu

4 years ago

A story about Halo 3 and 360 hardware sales being up? Oh boy.

Let me preempt the inevitable, just for fun:

"LOL people are only buying more 360s because they keep breaking LOL"

"Well at least the 360 has GAMES to play on it LOL"

"Yeah, when it isn't being REPAIRED LOL"

"... SONY SUCKS!"

Ad nauseum.

NegativeZero

4 years ago

It probably helps that you can get a 360 'tard pack for the same price as a Wii. Nintendo really need to adjust their pricing to better reflect the exchange rates.

Passa

4 years ago

NegativeZero wrote

It probably helps that you can get a 360 'tard pack for the same price as a Wii. Nintendo really need to adjust their pricing to better reflect the exchange rates.

And possibly the hardware that is actually in the thing as well. Paying $400 for what is a mildly souped up GameCube with new moving thingy sensors is hardly good value, especially with the Wii's current game library..

EDIT: And I think the PS3 is the console that rips us off as a result of the exchange rate the most - but then again, this is Australia, the PS3 will eventually win this region regardless.

Maikii

4 years ago

I hate how Gfk only releases detailed AU sales figures when they are 'allowed' to by the big companies so they can boast about it. eg. MS release of Halo 3, Sony did the same when PS3 was released. It's pretty hard to get an overall view of the industry and sales when only tid-bits are released now and then. Likewise, why don't the Gfk charts have sales figures so they are actually meaningful.

LeonJ

4 years ago

The game rocks so I'm happy to see people are playing it. Certainly beats everybody buying 'The Sims : Orgy expansion'

donovan515

4 years ago

The Sims 2 > Halo 3

Kurupt

4 years ago

The line was longer for Halo 3 midnight launch then the Wii midnight launch.

Maikii

4 years ago

Kurupt wrote

The line was longer for Halo 3 midnight launch then the Wii midnight launch.

Are you saying Halo fans are bigger nerds than Nintendo fans?

VOOK

4 years ago

Kurupt wrote

The line was longer for Halo 3 midnight launch then the Wii midnight launch.

No really? The console that's been out for a year with a bigger user base had more people in it then the Wii?

ittekimasu

4 years ago

Kurupt wrote

The line was longer for Halo 3 midnight launch then the Wii midnight launch.

Thats a given, how many 11 yr olds have permission to be up for the wii launch?

Cerebral

4 years ago

LeonJ wrote

Certainly beats everybody buying 'The Sims : Orgy expansion'

I'd buy that.

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Australian Release Date:
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Standard Retail Price:
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Publisher:
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Genre:
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Year Made:
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Players:
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