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  • But if you close one eye…

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    Grand Theft Auto IV beat all sorts of sales records – first day, first week, units, dollars, whatever. I don’t think anyone was surprised by this; the franchise has sold a staggering 66 million copies in previous iterations, and this version is, by all accounts, the best yet. However, N4G has found a way to put Halo back on top – they decided to look at just first-week 360 sales. And in that single metric, Halo beats out GTA4, 3.75m to 3.3m. Me, I’m happy that the video game market has gotten so huge in recent years; more gamers is a good thing for the industry, no matter WHAT they’re playing.(Louis Wu 15:32:07 UTC)

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  • $500M week for GTA IV. HALO 3 did $300M . XBOX 360 version outsells PS3 version.

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    Grand Theft Auto IV has sold $500M worth of games in its first week of release. For comparison, GTA IV sold more copies in one day (3,600,000) than HALO 3 sold in its first week (3,300,000). That figures to a $500M first week for GTA IV compared to HALO 3’s $300M.

    The numbers are staggering for the dual platform GTA IV which was released in a PS3 and XBOX 360 format.

    We know 6,000,000 copies of GTA IV were sold in the first week. VG Charts estimates that the XBOX 360 version sold 3.3M units versus 2.6M copies for the PS3 version. Those are pretty close figures considering that the XBOX 360 has sold 6M more consoles than the PS3. Evidentially and not surprisingly, PS3 owners are loyal to the GTA series.

    And is Microsoft regretting not expanding the HALO universe to other platforms?

    Perhaps the development costs of making a version of HALO 3 for the PS3 wasn’t feasible. Okay.

    But what about say Halo 2 on the PS2? There are an estimated 50M PS2 consoles out there right now compared to just 17M original XBOX consoles.

    Obviously, there was a massive install base. After they see GTA’s numbers, is Microsoft regretting making HALO exclusive to the XBOX family?

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  • You want to WHAT?

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    Hawty McBloggy has come up with another batch of Halo pick-up lines – this one’s lewder than the last. I’m thinking you’re asking for a smack if you try using these…(Louis Wu 20:41:07 UTC)

  • The Gaussness Trailer

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    lou stopped by with a trailer for The Gaussness, a Halo 2 tribute to the Gauss Hog. It’s been a long time in the making – read his post for details.(Louis Wu 15:45:00 UTC)

  • Beat the Yeti May 5

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    HeavenlyYeti reports that the most recent Beat the Yeti challenge went well – Team Yeti beat Team FetalKittens in a nailbiter. Read the details at NinjaCritic.(Louis Wu 15:43:41 UTC)

  • First Meetings

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    TTL Demag0gue stopped by to let everyone know that Reclaimer #45 is now online – the first meeting between Reclaimer and Ferial. He’s also trying to gauge interest in a PDF version of his comic – if you’d like to see that, stop by this thread and leave a comment.(Louis Wu 11:30:38 UTC)

  • Laughs for Cash Awards Ceremony

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    The GamingTV Laughs for Cash Awards Ceremony was held last night, live… but if you missed it, you can download it (or stream it) today from the GTV website. Congrats to the winners, who took home a total of $200 in cash and 1600 MS points. Thanks to trigger119 for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 11:30:20 UTC)

  • OSX Dashboard HBO WIdget Updated

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    Terminator182 let us know that version 2.21 of his HBO RSS News Widget, for Mac OSX’s Dashboard, has been available since late March. (We haven’t mentioned it since March 8.) Just installed the update – nice changes! Go read the details.(Louis Wu 11:28:54 UTC)

  • Panorama Contest at CI

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    HaLo2FrEeEk let us know that Clan Infectionist is holding a panorama contest – winner gets frontpage mention on their website and a custom forum title. You’ve got until May 18.(Louis Wu 11:28:35 UTC)

  • XBL most played: GTA IV, CoD4, H3, GH3, GoW…

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    Move over Call of Duty 4 and Halo 3.  Grand Theft Auto IV is now the #1 game on XBOX Live (thanks Major Nelson).  For the first time, Halo moves to #3 (the lowest a Halo title has ever been).

    CoD4 and Halo 3 have been and will remain at the top of the XBOX Live leaderboards for some time to come because they offer a proven multiplayer experience with high replay value.  Halo 2 is still the #1 original XBOX title on XBOX Live.  I don’t recall it at anytime being #2 on that list.

    Multiplayer modes in GTA IV is new to the series.  Will gamers find replay value in GTA IV?  Will it play much like the way Bioshock did?  Amazing story.  But not much replay value.

    I’m guessing that in 4-8 weeks after the newness of GTA IV has worn off, CoD4 and Halo 3 will be ahead of GTA IV in the number of unique users on XBOX Live.

    Or have I totally under estimated the GTA IV following?  A huge hit on the PlayStation consoles, does GTA have some kind of a massive cult following that’s going to keep playing this game until the end of the year?

  • RT: Summer Sale Extravaganza

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    Hey there everyone. I just wanted to draw your attention to the store today, as we’re holding a “beginning of Summer” sale. We are discontinuing a bunch of our shirts, to clear out space for some new stuff eventually. There’s a good chance that…

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  • Out of my mind… back in five minutes.

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    Heh – Xbox360Fanboy found a funny Halo version of the A-Team intro… wow, the memories. If you remember this from when it wasn’t on TV Land… you’re old.(Louis Wu 18:25:42 UTC)

  • Denim Plush Grunt

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    When you can’t buy a plush grunt from Bungie, someone else will step in, eventually, and fill the void. Hawty McBloggy found someone who did that – check out the denim grunt you can pick up on eBay.(Louis Wu 17:37:57 UTC)

  • New? Or Improved?

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    XerxdeeJ popped in with news of an interesting piece over at the Tied the Leader blog – it’s a panel discussion about downloadable content, where a large number of TTL stalwarts weigh in about whether they’d rather see totally new and fresh maps… or reimaginings of older favorites. While there is definitely a range of opinions, I was actually surprised by the consistency in the bottom-line feelings of the respondents; I thought there’d be a more pronounced polarity. Go read!(Louis Wu 15:09:55 UTC)

  • Xbox LIVE Activity – no longer Halo news?

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    As most people expected, GTA4 has taken the top spot on the Xbox LIVE activity list published each week by Major Nelson. This pushes Halo 3 down to #3. It’s probable that if we mention this list on the front page again, it’ll be because Halo has climbed back up to the top. (It seems rather unlikely at this point that this will happen; while there is no shortage of players for the game, new games continue to be released. We are no longer in the situation where a Halo title is the only reason to buy a LIVE subscription, as was true for much of Halo 2’s reign.) Thanks, JeBr0nie.(Louis Wu 14:59:21 UTC)

  • Behind the Scenes

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    Today’s installment of Another Halo Comic Strip lets you in on the secret of how the Master Chief does all that he does. I KNEW it!(Louis Wu 13:16:42 UTC)