Missy Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 In the two months since its release, Halo 2 has sold 6.4 million units. The significance of this? That's more copies than the original, which, of course, has been out for over three years. Additionally, this makes Halo 2 the best selling Xbox title, and, combined, the two Halo games have sold 12.8 million copies. Additionally, thanks to Halo 2, Xbox Live now boasts 1.4 million users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Keith Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 I don't think I'll ever understand why so many people love this game so much... So what game does it have to surpass to be the best selling game of all time worldwide? I'm assuming that at this point, it's gotta be pretty damn close to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted January 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 It's still a long ways off. The original Sims (including every expansion pack) sold 13+ million units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Keith Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 It's still a long ways off. The original Sims (including every expansion pack) sold 13+ million units. Oh.... nevermind then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted January 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 It's very conceivable that Halo 2 could get close -- maybe 12 million -- but I just don't see it breaking the record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Marv Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 The Sims sold a lot more than that. The third expansion pack broke the 13 million point, but I don't think thats the right way of doing things, buying an expansion pack is not buying the game. I'd estimate that the original Sims probably sold about 8 million units itself (a fantastic number on the PC and certainly the best selling game on that platform, ironically the gaming platform with the largest market saturation). SMB3 sold 17.28 million units worldwide and appears to be the best-selling game of all time not bundled with the release of a console (a.e. SMB, SML and SMW). If you count games that were bundled with consoles, the original SMB sold over 40 million units. But its not fair to say that since most NES' sold came with one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted January 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 Are sure about the SMB3 numbers, because I've heard that the Sims was the best selling game of all time (PC or console). And you're right, it's not fair to count the numbers that way, but it really is one game -- not eight. It's the same as downloading new content, but at a price. Same game, more sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Marv Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 Are sure about the SMB3 numbers, because I've heard that the Sims was the best selling game of all time (PC or console). And you're right, it's not fair to count the numbers that way, but it really is one game -- not eight. It's the same as downloading new content, but at a price. Same game, more sales. Well, not 100%. But here's where I got the Mario numbers from. Yeah, I realize that expansion packs are merely new content. However, a person buying the expansion pack has already bought the game, and therefore the purchase of an expansion pack does not really indicate a new customer, merely a loyal one. The sale of expansion pack doesn't represent more market saturation or bring new players into the community. What bothers me even more about counting the expansion packs is that the expansion packs sold more copies than the original game did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Keith Posted January 22, 2005 Report Share Posted January 22, 2005 Should be interesting to see how Sunshine compares to the rest of them after the GC tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Didn't Myst sell like 20,000,000 copies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Didn't Myst sell like 20,000,000 copies? Actually I heard about that as well somewhere. And, what about that game that gave $1 million to the first person in the world to crack it?? Surely that sold a heap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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