Contrary to what many gamers (fanboys) might think (or force themselves to believe), Halo 3 is the game. Period. Right now, there’s no other game with the potential to outsell Bungie’s epic conclusion to their trilogy (Pokemon doesn’t count).
So much so, that industry analysts Goldman-Sachs are estimating that with this epic conclusion will come epic sales -- grossing well near $170 million in the first available quarter.
Gamespot reports that EB Games/Gamestop are already sitting on top of 4 million pre-orders that need to be fulfilled on Septermber 25, and the anaylyst's results reveal that even more units will be sold:
Goldman-Sach's industry watchers are expecting the game to contribute about $170 million in revenue for the quarter, with more than 4.2 million copies shipped into the retail channel. That's nearly one copy for every three Xbox 360s in the world, going by the analysts' projections of an installed user base of 13.2 million by September.
Crazy. At this point Halo 3 is an unstoppable train barreling towards huge profits for Microsoft.
