Halo Wars Declared Best Selling Console RTS

by Chris Faylor, Mar 19, 2009 9:35am PDT

Related Topics – Halo Wars, xbox 360, Software Sales, Console Sales

In the three or so weeks since Halo Wars launched, the Xbox 360 strategy game has sold over one million copies worldwide, publisher Microsoft announced today.

That makes it "the best selling real-time strategy game on any current generation console," according to Microsoft's claims. The final game from Ensemble Studios, Halo Wars hit Asia on February 26, Europe on February 27, and North America on March 3.

Over 2.6 million multiplayer matches have been played thus far, adding up to 118 years of time, with Microsoft teasing that "these initial explosive battles in 'Halo Wars' are just beginning" as the Ensemble veterans at Robot are working on more Halo Wars content.

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That number is kinda warped when you consider how many people bought the game thinking it was an FPS. Look at the amount of listings it already has on the Amazon marketplace.

Mar 19, 2009 9:49am PDT

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  Got to be hard for people to read what the box says. : Johnnsen
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    Judging from the fact we're 'graduating' huge percentages of kids with a sub 6th-grade reading comprehens... : jtthe2nd
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      Hey, we don't want to traumatize our kids by challenging them to better themselves. 14th place is still a winner.
      
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      Hey, we don't want to traumatize our kids by challenging them to better themselves. 14th place is still ... : silverback1138
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  It is, dude. A lot of people bought this game thinking it was an FPS...especially since Microsoft did abs... : wretchedradio
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  Did these people thinking it's an FPS never read a single goddamn thing about it before buying it? That j... : thetangent
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    Honestly though haha. I can see some idiots doing that, but no doubt most people knew what they were buyi... : Mad BH
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      You guys give people way too much credit. I actually know people who bought the game and got quite the su... : wretchedradio
      
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      Perhaps if they had showed ANY GAMEPLAY in the TV spots, rather than 100% Cinematic? I found it amusing t... : AxeMan808
      
      Of course not. Showing gameplay would have cost MS many, many sales to all those people expecting the typ... : carbontree
      
      Anybody that buys a product without knowing ANYTHING about it (in this case, beyond the "Halo" name) can'... : thetangent
      
      Noted. I think Microsoft was skirting close to the edge of deception and was banking on the Halo brand (n... : Dr_Cube
- That's console owners for you. : Marrbe
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  People actually bought Halo Wars expecting a FPS? That's fricking hilarious. I can't stand Halo in the ... : gokwyjibo
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    Um, guess what? Halo is as much a casual game now as Madden. A lot of people who are into Halo don't visi... : wretchedradio
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      oh look HALO WARS! *looks at back of game box* oh its an RTS...... : toomanysecrets
      
      And ever so slightly in their defense, there's been a few "____ Wars" games lately (i.e., ETQW) that are ... : Schnapple
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      So what if they're casual gamers? And it doesn't matter if they're regular visitors of gaming sites. If... : gokwyjibo
      
      It is well known casual gamers can't read. I'm a casual gamer and I've had somebody else type every post... : pyrogen
      
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      Warcraft never had the same mass market penetration as Halo and the playerbase is probably much more atte... : Wisp!
      
      Way to miss the point of my message. I don't care about mass market penetration or how inattentive the p... : gokwyjibo

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