So Halo 3 Does Move Consoles Afterall

As you’ve all no doubt read around the interweb, NPD Group numbers for September have the Xbox 360 pushing the most hardware with a little over 527,000 consoles sold.  I suppose having a game that sells over 3 million units helps. 

“Halo 3 had a very big and significant impact on 360 hardware sales. Consumers always tell us that the availability of the games they want to play is the #1 reason why they purchase any given hardware system, and when you have a game of this magnitude, the effect of compelling content on driving hardware acquisition is evident,” says NPD industry analyst, Anita Frazier.

Ok, so I was wrong about the Halo effect.  Halo 3 did appear to have helped just a tiny bit in hardware sales.  I think it’s safe to assume that at some point Halo 4 will be made.

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Posted by DeaconBlade on October 19th, 2007 Filed in General, Xbox360, Xbox360Elite

6 Responses to “So Halo 3 Does Move Consoles Afterall”

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    Aero Hudson Says:

    October 19th, 2007 at 8:38 am

    Yup…when you more than double your hardware sales I would say that the game had an impact. I have a feeling we will see this trend until the end of the year. The Orange Box, Mass Effect, COD 4, GH 3 and others will have a similar impact with the 360 being the cheapest console on the market with the most games.

    It will be a huge year for the 360 IMHO.

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    Rhyme Says:
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    October 19th, 2007 at 8:46 am     		Rhyme

    ARGH but Halo and 360 sucks…..RAWRR…yeah im sure those will roll in soon enough. This is nothing surprising and nothing we didn’t say would happen. Thats awesome im glad it moved more consoles :)
    GROL FTW!!


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    DeaconBlade Says:

    October 19th, 2007 at 8:48 am

    i’m a bit surprised only because i’m personally not the type to buy a console for just one game. but it appears there are plenty who aren’t like me lol

    did you guys see the top 10 selling games list? also 360 dominated.


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    Rhyme Says:
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    October 19th, 2007 at 9:16 am     		Rhyme

    Yep!!


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    TXPaladin Says:

    October 19th, 2007 at 9:21 am

    It also helps to have a very effective online setup to play your games. XBL & Games was my reasons to select the 360.

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    USB Cable Says:

    October 19th, 2007 at 11:28 am

    Everyone I know that was playing Halo 2 all day, went and got a 360 on the release day of Halo 3. They have no other games only Halo 3 and 3 of them got a 32in or bigger HD T.V to go with it. I want a Flat Panel HD T.V :(

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