Halo franchise surpasses 50 million sales

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Microsoft's best known flagship franchise has now surpassed the 50 million units sold mark.

Halo: Combat Evolved was launched for Xbox in 2001 and proved incredibly popular at the time, though it was Halo 2 that ignited the franchise player's passion for online gaming.

Halo 4 has reportedly now sold over 4 million copies since launch and will surely grow over the holiday period.

Microsoft released this press statement regarding the sales of Halo.

“The "Halo" franchise is an award-winning collection of properties that has grown into a global entertainment phenomenon. Beginning with the original "Halo: Combat Evolved" (2001), the critically acclaimed and record-shattering series of games has since inspired multiple New York Times bestselling novels, comic books, action figures, apparel and more.

Published by Microsoft Studios, the "Halo" franchise of games is exclusive to the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and the Xbox LIVE online entertainment network. To date, more than 50 million copies of "Halo" games have been sold worldwide, driving more than 5 billion hours of gameplay by people connected to Xbox LIVE.”

343 Industries, the team behind Halo 4 have already announced they are creating artwork, concepts and prototypes for the next Halo game.

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PlusnetPosted:

Not surprised that this game sold that much.

MoanPosted:

Surreality To me after Halo 3 everything just went downhill. ODST was a complete failure, The rank system in Reach was awful, and Halo 4 to me got boring after the first week. I just couldn't play those three games as long as I could play Halo 3. But now Halo 3 has become a graveyard. Yet they have still managed to make over $3billion in sales so I must congratulate them, not many companies are able to pull that off.


I feel the same way, except for the part about halo 4. I really like the game.

Commando_84Posted:

Wow surprise

SurrealityPosted:

To me after Halo 3 everything just went downhill. ODST was a complete failure, The rank system in Reach was awful, and Halo 4 to me got boring after the first week. I just couldn't play those three games as long as I could play Halo 3. But now Halo 3 has become a graveyard. Yet they have still managed to make over $3billion in sales so I must congratulate them, not many companies are able to pull that off.

MoanPosted:

Halo 2 and 3 were the best.

SynybunPosted:

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GMC Halo looks like a lot of people like halo!


Maybe not as much as CoD, but still a lot . :)


Halo will never be as popular as CoD but it will always be more fun (In my opinion)

Hailey_JordanPosted:

Halo sucks....just my opinion I just dont like it :/

ImNotPhlegmAnymoreOKPosted:

I remember Halo 2. Good times. Used to play it before school in elementary school. Classic.

MolotovPosted:

wow that's more than what I expected congrats to 343 studios

ScufPosted:

GMC Halo looks like a lot of people like halo!


Maybe not as much as CoD, but still a lot . :)


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