Microsoft's 'Halo 3' breaks first-day sales records
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Microsoft Corp.'s alien-killer gaming thrill, "Halo 3," has broken the U.S. sales record for a new video game by garnering an estimated US$170 million in its first 24-hours on sale, the company said late Wednesday.
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Microsoft Corp  lifted its  full-year forecasts and posted 23 percent quarterly profit  growth on Thursday, topping analysts' estimates on strong sales  of "Halo 3" and Vista, and sending its shares up 11 percent.
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Microsoft Corp on Wednesday said  its &quot;Halo 3&quot; video game had $170 million in sales on its first  day, easily surpassing its predecessor, 2004&#39;s &quot;Halo 2,&quot; which  racked up $125 million in the first day.
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Two years of hype for Microsoft video-game sequel Halo 2 began to pay off yesterday as fans snapped up millions of copies of the alien-blasting game for the Xbox console.
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First-day sales of Microsoft Corp.'s  new video game "Halo 2" will reach &#36;100 million, a senior Microsoft games executive said on Tuesday.
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It now appears likely that Microsoft will exceed its goal of 10 million Xbox 360 consoles sold by the end of year. Also, sales during the crucial Thanksgiving weekend surpassed 100,000 consoles per day, BetaNews has learned.
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As of November, 4.1 million Americans have bought Halo 3 -- more than half of the current 7.9 million Xbox 360 owners in the United States.
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Halo 3 effect plus Wii famine makes it a close-run race Microsoft has sold 17.7m Xbox 360 games consoles since the machine was introduced in late 2005, 4.3m of them since the beginning of October 2007, the company claimed yesterday.â¦
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Since its debut in 2001 as an XBox launch title, Halo has sold over 5 million copies worldwide. In doing so, it has received critical acclaim from reviewers and avid gamers alike.
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Wii sales lead, but Sony's PS3 consoles hit 1 million in sales in record time.
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Microsoft Corp  lifted its full-year estimates and posted a 23 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, topping investor expectations on strong demand for "Halo 3" and Windows Vista, and sending its shares up 11 percent.
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Microsoft Corp  geared up on  Monday to launch &quot;Halo 3,&quot; the acclaimed science-fiction video  game that it hopes will widen its lead over rival Sony Corp  (6758.T) in the battle for industry dominance.
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First-day sales of Microsoft  Corp.'s MSFT.O new video game "Halo 2" will reach $100  million, a senior Microsoft games executive said on Tuesday.
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Microsoft Corp.  on Friday said it has sold more  than 2 million copies worldwide of "Gears of War," where  players slay invading aliens with weapons like chainsaw-mounted  machine guns and splatter television screens with bloody alien  bits.
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The first Halo game sold quite a few Xboxes (we know a few Xbox owners who don't appear to play any other titles on their consoles), and Halo 2 has already clocked $125 million in sales -- on its first day in stores.
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Microsoft Corp  geared up on  Monday for the midnight release of "Halo 3," the acclaimed  alien shooter game that it hopes will widen its lead over Sony  Corp  in the battle for industry dominance.
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Microsoft Corp  lifted its full-year estimates on Thursday after posting a 23 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by strong demand for "Halo 3" and computers running its operating system, sending its shares up 12 percent.