Halo 2 Pre-Orders Reach 1 Million
Date: Friday, October 08 @ 01:32:10 UTC
Topic: Xbox Gaming



About one million copies of Halo 2 have been pre-ordered, the Seattle Times has reported. This pre-sale figure makes the Halo sequel the highest presale in the history of videogames.
So far, Microsoft has sold 5 million copies of 'Halo: combat evolved' and with a month to go before launch of the sequel (and already having one million copies pre-ordered), the sky is the limit for Halo 2 sales.


News-Source: http://news.teamxbox.com


To wit, the story's report that more than 1 million presales have been recorded for Halo 2 is "premature and speculative," said the Microsoft rep. Official numbers have preorders for the highly anticipated sequel at 750,000 units.
Whether or not this constitutes "the highest presale in the history of video games" is also disputed. Some reports put preorders for 2002's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City at more than 4 million, but Microsoft asserts that to its knowledge, the title "did not presell more than 1 [million] units." The discrepancy probably arises from the two different definitions of "preorder." One definition involves retailers' orders, while the other involves customers whose money has been put down in advance of a game's release.

News-Source: http://www.gamespot.com






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