According to the ever knowledgeable Major Nelson, Halo: Reach was only the third highest played on Xbox Live last week, despite the huge opening sales week. Beating the game were Modern Warfare 2 and Halo 3 in first and second place, respectively.
The week of reporting started September 13th, the day before Reach was released, so there was ample time for the game to be played on Xbox 360 while connected to Xbox Live. I am a bit surprised that Halo 3 still reigns in higher. I fully expected a large majority of Halo fans to hop over to the new game on day one. Maybe it’s the state of the economy or maybe people just like their familiar maps and weapons.
Next week should be interesting with the Live Activity charts. Will Reach take the top spot, or will Halo 3 and Modern Warfare 2 still out-rank Bungie’s latest? Only time will tell.
[UPDATE – Turns out the good Major isn’t the best with Excel, as an error in reporting resulting in Halo: Reach coming in third place. In fact, it actually came in second place, just behind Modern Warfare 2. Also, the game was the number one played game on Live since it’s release, so you can expect it to take the number one spot next week, just like Ludacris.]
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I’m not surprised halo 3 did better.. I have 2 relatives who can’t afford Reach yet and play Halo 3..
Let’s not forget Although it looks like Halo Reach will do around 4 million copies this first week, according to vgchartz, Halo 3 did the same… But there are 11 Million Halo 3 owners ( lifetime sales of last 3 years ) .. It’s going to take awhile for halo Reach to catch up.. There weren’t as many people playing Halo 2 multi player as halo 3 multiplayer.. So halo 3 didn’t have the same issue because of a combination of the following: less people bought halo 2 then 3 and also there are millions more xbox live members today playing a bigger variety of games then when Halo 3 launched in 2007
To the author of the article..
If u recheck those numbers major Nelson reported a correction!!
Halo reach in fact was number 2! Halo 3 was number 3….
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