Impressive. Of course at ~$50/game vs. ~$8/ticket, it takes about 1/6 of the amount of purchases. That's 25,000 people or so buying the game. Still, I remember when it was a big deal when "star" actors like Dennis Hopper did voice talent for a game back in the '90s.
-Kevin On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:56:05 -0500, Erika L. Walker-Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Halo 2 Shatters Movie Records > > Record-breaking game release humbles Hollywood > 11 November 2004 > Now there are piles of money and there are piles of money, but the > whopping sacks of cash that the creators of Halo 2 are currently carting > around could probably sink the Titanic. Which is ironic really, given > that, at $125 million, the game's first day sales have outperformed any > Hollywood blockbuster's opening weekend. Ever. > > According to Microsoft, the sequel to the immensely popular Xbox game > sold more than 2.38 million copies on its release, which, if you hadn't > guessed, is one hell of a lot of games. Not even Spider-Man with its > record-breaking $114 million opening weekend can hold a candle to Halo's > launch, making this a very good day for the folks at Bungie software, > who made it all possible. > > More at: > http://www.empireonline.co.uk/site/news/newsstory.asp?news_id=16362 > > Cheers, > Erika > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135551 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
