Halo 3 sales hits 300m mark in first week

Yes we do know that this game created shock waves way before it was put up for sales.Halo 3 proved be the biggest block buster for this season with more than $170 million sales on first day.Yes thats for just first day.Halo 3 was already selling when it was just being manufactured.Many die-hard gamers waited for days in line to get a glimpse of this master piece.With such hype going around Halo 3 its not something to suprised that it has crossed 300 million mark in first week.The game is just a week old and it has produced an astonishing 300million revenue.More for Microsoft.Just after the game release in less than 20 hours for the the first day itself (Sept 25) ,there were more than a million X -box members ready to play the game online.More than one third of X-box members were playing Halo 3 on first day itself with more than 40 million hours of gaming for first 24 hours. Microsoft owner Bill Gates,enjoyed his monopoly once again captivating the game world first with the console and then with game.No complains with the game Gates footnoted saying Halo is truly a cultural phenomenon, and the launch of Halo 3 is an important milestone for Xbox 360 and for video games as entertainment and as an art form.The Legacy of Halo 3 has come to an end with its last part but the game managed to end up in one of the top games of gaming history.Long live Master Chief.

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