Re: Xbox 360 tops US console sales again in August


"AGENT47" <ksdj1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:127110f5-b9f1-48a7-ad80-b9c546eeccd0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Sep 11, 11:17 pm, AGENT47 <ks...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sep 11, 8:24 pm, "Tom" <no...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



> "AGENT47" <ks...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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> > "The 360 install base is now about triple what it was when Halo 3 was
> > launched so the potential audience for Reach is significantly > > larger,"
> > Frazier added. "Between the size of the potential audience, the
> > quality of the game previews, and the hefty marketing program behind
> > the game, we can expect big numbers to be reported with September
> > results."

> I'm going to reply to this part of the article because it doesn't > follow at
> all. Reach won't come close to near what Halo 3 did in not only > marketing,
> but sales per install base. I mean, look at ODST, it hasn't sold even > close
> to half of what Halo3 has sold and the install base of the 360 at the > time
> of ODST's release was well over 10mil more than that that of the > install
> base of the 360 at the time of Halo 3's release. Since ODST hasn't sold
> anything remotely close to what Halo 3 sold considering the install > base
> between the two releases at their respective times , I honestly don't > think
> Reach will sell anymore than ODST has to date totally, even with the > larger
> install base now.

hmmm we'll see , I think it will outsell ODST easily without a doubt

The pre-order numbers are in the 1.6 mil range in the U.S. ending sept
4th and there's been an average 200k weekly change so add another 200k
to that 1.6 mil by release

Still considering the install base it is rather low at 1.6 mil

Forgot to add the link

http://www.vgchartz.com/preorders.php?date=40426

I also think it will outsell ODST as well, but I don't think it will have Halo 3 numbers, when considering the numbers between then and now.

I was really making comparison to Halo 3 since that was the measure the article was using. I threw ODST in there as an example of why it won't do as well and ODST still has decent week on week sales. The pre-order numbers for Reach are very good. Halo 3's pre-order figure was in the 2mil range and that was with actually (after checking back in time) the 360 then having an install base of about 12mil; think about that. ODST's preorder numbers were about 1.3mil. Consider the 360 install base was near 32mil at the time of ODST's release, yet ODST hasn't come close to touching Halo 3's sales when in 2007, the install base was about 1/3 of what it was at ODST's release.

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