Before Modern Warfare 2 last year, and Grand Theft Auto IV before that, Microsoft and Bungie’s Halo 3 had the biggest advertising launch in entertainment history. And while their title has been usurped in the following years, the numbers of Master Chief’s final outing are still impressive. No one knows that more than Aaron Greenberg, Product Director at Microsoft, who drew attention back to Halo with some console sales number comparisons.
Posting on his Twitter account, Greenberg said, “Just in from research team (NPD): Halo 3 has outsold Resistance 1 + 2, Uncharted 1+2, Killzone 2 and God of War III COMBINED….wow.”
SO what are the numbers? Just saying something without providing the numbers doesn’t convince me of his argument.
He does realize that NPD doens’t cover Sony’s biggest market right? Europe! That being said he’s probably still right for the most part. though that obviously has nothing to do with the quality of the games, so I’m not really sure this is as big a burn as he intended it to be.