ODST reaches 2.5 million sales; Haloverse expansions detailed

GSBot · Oct 8th, 2009, 10:30 AM

After yesterday's full-fledged assault on mainstream gaming news coverage, we were refreshed to read this great USA Today report on the current state of the Halo franchise. Sure, it further promotes the tired opinion that Bungie's ever-popular shooter is set to overtake the Star Wars franchise in the cultural marketplace. However, it backs up that assertion with startling figures: According to the report, Halo 3: ODST has sold 2.5 million units in the past two weeks, bringing the total sales for the entire franchise up to a cool 27 million.

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fat spartan · Oct 8th, 2009, 10:35 AM

The marketing and hype for this was nowhere near what I remember for Halo 2 or Halo 3. 2.5 million in two weeks is amazing.

Esix · Oct 9th, 2009, 10:35 AM

Halo gets $$'s lolz

fat spartan · Oct 9th, 2009, 11:05 AM

Yeah this one earned $125 million on day one. Nice.