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Scott
10-09-2007, 03:09 AM
For the week ending September 30 (six days after launch) Halo 3 has climbed into the 2nd best selling spot of all time for an Xbox 360 title, landing in over 70,000 Australian living rooms.

Software and accessories (including the special Halo 3 edition console) garnered Microsoft over AU$9 million in revenue.

Other points of note from the Halo 3 initial release week

* Xbox 360 hardware sales increased by 55 percent over the w/e 23 September

* Xbox 360 hardware sales for September increased by 158 percent over August

* Xbox 360 was the number one selling console for September

* Xbox 360 held 31 percent total market share for September, more than any other platform

* Xbox 360 hardware, software and accessories generated over $30m in September, over 50 percent more than any other platform

Source (http://www.itwire.com/content/view/14759/532/)

Well, Australia has always liked Xbox more than your average western civilization.
Mr Cool
10-09-2007, 04:57 AM
halo is overrated.
Scott
10-09-2007, 05:07 AM
halo is overrated.

Uh, sure it is.... that's why so many people are buying it
giga_girl
10-09-2007, 11:05 AM
no doubt that this would be the best selling game... that is why the creator are splitting to invest their own..:laugh:
LiNuX
10-09-2007, 12:10 PM
lol australia isnt a western civilization - its in th eastern hemisphere :D

and congrats to xbox with success because of halo lol

all games come out overrated but halo is meeting up to its expectations from the company for sales and the reviews are still good
Jasperking
10-09-2007, 12:40 PM
I think the games that do come out overrated to come out fine. But there is some that are really bad. Crysis is amazing online but they messed up the single player play making it to easy :(. I was so looking forward to that for a year.
Scott
10-09-2007, 02:11 PM
lol australia isnt a western civilization - its in th eastern hemisphere :D



But I meant they like it more than us (were the ones in the west ;-))
Jasperking
10-09-2007, 02:16 PM
lol i doubt Australia like it more than us..
Scott
10-09-2007, 02:57 PM
lol i doubt Australia like it more than us..

Well don't the sales kinda prove it?
Jasperking
10-09-2007, 02:59 PM
hmm i guess so but that should change because australia isnt that big compared to the fan base in America :p
Ghost
10-09-2007, 04:10 PM
i thought 360 sold most in uk?
Scott
10-09-2007, 05:01 PM
i thought 360 sold most in uk?

Yeah actually it does, it's selling better than the wii here.
Jasperking
10-09-2007, 05:23 PM
lol really i though the wii was beating the 360 in the UK. I guess its because the wii is ment to be having stock problems coming towards christmas.
snipeshootergal
10-09-2007, 05:24 PM
Really? I knew the wii wouldn't beat the 360.
Jasperking
10-09-2007, 05:26 PM
actually in the early stages the wii was wooping the 360 lol
snipeshootergal
10-09-2007, 05:31 PM
lol yea well i knew that. tehehe
Ghost
10-10-2007, 11:04 AM
haol will help 360 sell and mario will help wii sell lol
Jasperking
10-10-2007, 11:08 AM
hmm i think alot of people want a wii because of that new mario galaxy or w.e
Scott
10-10-2007, 11:48 AM
All these people that have bought a wii are going to need a PS3 or an Xbox 360. Or they'll never get to play Assassins Creed, Oblivion, Area 51, Rainbow Six Vegas and so on....
Jasperking
10-10-2007, 11:49 AM
most of those games are also on the pc rofl
snipeshootergal
10-10-2007, 03:55 PM
yea but there better on the system pc games are confusing