Comments on: Halo 3 Sells More 360s? Xbox Live Traffic Seems To Say Otherwise

By: pbernard

pbernard — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:02:05 +0000

Wagner James Au should stop speculating based on hot air – looks like the shipment numbers just in have proven him completely wrong – http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=17836

The question is – will he actually do the right thing and post a correction?

By: Eric Atkins

Eric Atkins — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:07:08 +0000

It seems that Halo 3 spurred more consoles sold in Canada: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/neowin-gamers/~3/171365472/npd-group-canada-halo-3-spurs-xbox-360-sales-in-canada

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:41:09 +0000

This doesn't take in to account the fact that i bought a 360 2 years ago for halo 3. just to make sure I had one.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:30:29 +0000

Amazing how the Xbox fanboys get so riled when someone makes a comment about how the release of a game doesn't significantly raise sales of their favourite console. Get a life people. No one is saying your console is no good, no one is saying the game is no good, no one is saying xbox live is no good. Why get so defensive about an article that just basically says that Halo 3's release has not significantly raised the number of Xbox 360s being sold?

By: DerringDo

DerringDo — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:43:14 +0000

Week on week is a comparison. What is the comparison to? Last week? Last year? So whatever option you choose it will show what you want it to show.

"My friends and I all bought 360's" - WOW; 5 of my friends bought HALO 3 bought no new consoles. So no new console sales here.

Don't trash the whole article as he's reporting on the business side hype NOT playability.

Thanks to the BBC for the link.

By: belton

belton — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:39:42 +0000

I'd like to have an opinion about the game but I abandoned the Xbox format when the third one died on me within 14 months.

Irrespective of opinion towards Microsoft, there is no excuse for shoddy manufacture and design.

So, considering the company put over a billion bucks aside as a contingency for similar unit failures, I wonder how much of this little increase are 1-4-1 replacements?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:45:45 +0000

Hmmm, after carefully reading through this article and the comments that followed, I decided to do some research myself. Working for a data warehousing firm that does the accounting for firms like Best Buy, Circuit City, Gamestop to name a few, I decided to dig into our databases and query it for any relevant information that would indicate the increases in the sales. This is what came up, the sales of Halo3 are definitely high, but considering the sales of the XBOX 360 since its date of release, the numbers werent significantly higher, indicating that the buyers were most likely owners of a 360, still not satisfied realising that it wouldnt satisy you fagboys either, I decided to do a little bit more research. I checked for the number of sales of the 360 within the last 2 months to account for any anticipatory sales, the figure when compared with that of last years for the same period indicated an increase by 1%, not significant, factoring that the information for the year before last was 2% more than this years. This only indicates one thing, despite however much I didnt want to face it….Om is right….lets face it at the end of the day such news is disheartening, but its all good knowing that we will all go back home turn on our PS3′s and enjoy long hours of warhawk on our PS3 which is far from outdated with redundant technologies….oh wait, I forgot, you are all XBOTS, damn no warhawk for you….sucks.
p.s I didnt mispell fagboys……enjoy

By: CCersTV

CCersTV — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:41:32 +0000

We’ve done our own independent research and found actually the opposite. Check it out here: http://www.ccers.tv/channel_checkers_tv/2007/10/episode-2-video.html

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:17:33 +0000

Well the whole article is wrong from the get go, I bought my 360 soon after release for the sole purpose of playing halo 3 when it was eventually released, as did several people i know. Other games along the way have been good, but halo 3 has driven 360 hardware sales from day one :P

By: Thompo

Thompo — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:59:40 +0000

Im in the UK and you can clearly see Halo 3 has caused the sale of more xbox 360s from sites such as Amazon and Play etc that show the top sellers. The console wasnt even in the top twenty before Halos release and its now in the top 5. Plus im sure not everyone who has bought a new console has connected to live yet. Totally agree with the other comments in that Xbox Live is the best service on all consoles. I have tried them all.

By: Paul Kerton

Paul Kerton — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:14:48 +0000

Though your constant links from the BBC News site that you have been getting at GigaOM might be giving you hits and credibility, linking to a site like VGChartz, who are known to skew figures to suit their needs, then quietly changing them a few weeks later.

Fact is, sales week on week doubled when Halo 3 was released.

By: amo

amo — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:26:09 +0000

well a mixed bag really. Halo 3 was ok, but having completed the game in a mere 9 1/2 hours (normal level) i was a bit pissed off. However, the online content more than extends the lifespan of halo 3, and having played many games online, halo 3 is totally fantastic!!!!

By: paul mccarthy

paul mccarthy — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:27:59 +0000

One thing when Gears of war came out the XBOX 360 was in its infancy and GOW was its first flagship title hence the reason the sales of xbox 360 was significant

As the 360 is fairly well established already now release of another flagship title isnt likely to increase the user base significantly due to the fact that a lot of people have allready got one

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:40:53 +0000

It's a shame that, going by the comments, this blog seems to have been put on some "enemies" list by some thirteen year old Xbot on TeamXbox or GameFAQs.

Because for once WJA's point is a valid one. It's at least a plausible reading of the figures, considering the exact same thing happened with Halo 2. It sold to virtually all of the available fanbase but didn't reach outside of that (driving hardware sales in any significant way) at all.

GTA, The Sims and Wii Sports are franchises that have played to a wider audience (and things like Gran Turismo/PGR/Forza, and the EA Sports franchises, have appealed to specific audiences outside of gaming). As great as Halo is, it doesn't fulfil this kind of role, even when gifted with a conspicuous, Hollywood-style marketing push.

By: Wagner James Au

Wagner James Au — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:42:44 +0000

Vgchartz's data holds up well against NPD (which is way less transparent and web-friendly with their research), and as stated above, Sandvine tracked total usage and unique users.

By: minnova

minnova — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:47:41 +0000

WJA – My only real disappointment in the article is that you are lacking sources. Your trying to show a lack of growth in the 360′s market share by quoting a broadband solutions provider. They only measure bandwidth usage, not console owners or the numbers of accounts on xbox live. And as far as sales, where does vgchartz get their data? You really need to learn to research better. Try actually going to and quoting more than one source for sales data.
Om – spend some bucks and buy some real sales data from some an actual respected market research firm like npd.com for example.