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Microsoft’s Halo 3 earned an estimated $170 million in its first 24-hours on sale.
Microsoft Corp.’s alien-killer gaming thrill, “Halo 3,” has broken the U.S. sales record for a new video game by garnering an estimated US$170 million in its first 24-hours on sale, the company said late Wednesday.
The performance beat the previous record setter, predecessor Halo 2, which raked in $125 million within 24-hours after its launch.
That’s not all. Halo 3 has beaten other records as well. More than 1.7 million copies of Halo 3 were pre-ordered in the U.S., making it the fastest pre-selling game in U.S. history, Microsoft said. The game also drew over a million Xbox Live members to play online in the first 20-hours on offer, making it the biggest day for Xbox Live gaming in history.
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