Half-life 2 making more money than Halo 2

[dream431ca]

I read on IGN or Gamespot a couple days ago (couldn't find a link) that said that 2 million people have already bought Half-life 2 off steam...most people probably bought the silver package or gold package so they paid more money. So lets say the average amount of money they paid was about $65 american. so 2 million X $65 = 130 million dollars. More money than halo 2 and Half-life 2 isn't even out yet.

 

[anti-elf]

i find that hard to believe but go HL2!!!!!!!! i saw halo 2 and played its pretty cool...but not really different from halo 1 i don't think at least. difference between halo 1 and halo 2 is less then the difference between hl1 and hl2...i shouldn't say difference ill say improvment...wow i got a adrenoline rush like every time i think about playing hl2 lol. im not gonna make it till tuesday. crap! ill o.d. on adrenoline when i start playing it...

 

[destrukt]

halo2 made 100 million dollars in a single day. so let's see according to my calculatons, there are months/years of peopel still to buy [not to mention, the christmas rush is coming up and every kid who has an xbox will have halo2, unless he's not cool].

edit: make that 125 million in sales.

 

[anti-elf]

ya i was gonna say...concidering half-life2 has no publicity i think it did extremely good...already

 

[Naudian]

Halo 2 was on the freaking news FFS!!

Im really hoping that HL2 is also mentioned/recognized on the news. So many people dont even care that there is a HL2 - theyre always saying "Halo 2 is better and counter-strike sucks!"...well at least where i live/ and in my school... I just hate that! As soon as you say half life they automatically think counter-strike! Which sucks! HA! Thats right! SUX0rs teh big one!11

ahem...yes HL2 seems to be doing quite well. Im glad

Edit: Looook into teh sig...iz vunny.

 

[Neutrino]

Why do people care? Besides the developers, who cares if one game makes this many more miliion than another game?

 

[Conflict-Zero]

I think HL2 WILL sell more than Halo 2 will...but Halo 2 is a very incredibly spectacular game. Anyways, first post! I'm new! :cheers:

 

[anti-elf]

well welcome conflict-zero and id dissagree since halo2 had the extremem publicity and history itll be far sell more at least by new years...hl2 i bielieve did make a much better improvement and has a greater technology boost. i swear im not gonna make it till tuesday...if i live in california when will i be able to play...n e 1 know what time?

 

[operative x]

i think that half-life 2 will sell more, just give it time, every body and their grandma that owns a pc WILL get half-life 2. Its the pc's halo2 basicaly:/

 

[gh0st]

Why do people care? Besides the developers, who cares if one game makes this many more miliion than another game?

people (wrongly, i think) see it as an accurate gauge of how well a game does. my gauge is whether or not i enjoy playing it.

 

[destrukt]

but when people talk about sales, they are talking on a much larger basis, not some random kid's opinion on a forum

 

[DigiQ8]

I think HL2 WILL sell more than Halo 2 will...but Halo 2 is a very incredibly spectacular game. Anyways, first post! I'm new! :cheers:

welcome buddy

On Topic : thats mean 2 Millions Preorders
Halo 2 got 1.5 Million Preorders before it release

 

[HunterSeeker]

Why do people care? Besides the developers, who cares if one game makes this many more miliion than another game?

Why do people care which team wins a sport tournament?

 

[nutcrackr]

No, it was the news article shown on the front page. Chris_D said they took the 2 million value from the unique users per month value on Steam (1.8 million). Saying something like nearly 2 million people have preloaded hl2 over steam. So not only does it not mean pre-orders or sales but it is most likely less than that ~1.5million perhaps. Then you have to take into account the number that purchased it already. You could use the CS:S player numbers as a rough guide. In short it would not really be anywhere near that value yet.

 

[Planeforger]

Why do people care? Besides the developers, who cares if one game makes this many more miliion than another game?

Some people may actually want those companies to continue making games. Money is sometimes important for that reason.

 

[azz0r]

Id like to see a link to backup your 2 million claim. Id like Valve to release some data on Steam sales, Im guessing they sold 7000 copies max.

 

[Neutrino]

Some people may actually want those companies to continue making games. Money is sometimes important for that reason.

Yes, this is obvious.

But both of these games are going to be insanely popular and make millions of dollars. So my point was why do people care if one makes a few more million than the other?

 

[Prada]

As much as I love that halflife 2 gets the same recognition (sales) as h2 its gonna be hard since there are more people that play console games instead of pc ones.

These are the followoing facts


- Record -
Shrek 2 - $44.7 million opening day
Spiderman 2 - $43.6 million opening day
Halo 2 - Shrek + Spiderman combined and more...

Team Xbox
Extreme tech
Winnetmag

And for the starter of the thread is funny how you havent posted any info supporting your statement (links etc)

 

[HunterSeeker]

It is porbubly a reason similar to the reason that sport fans care which team wins. When you have followed half-life 2's development you just hope it will score more points (Read: Sales) then the competition.