Impressive early Halo 3 online stats revealed

CDorno | September 27, 2007 | News | XBOX 360

Staggering early stats of the popularity of Halo 3 online and such have been released, including comparisons with Halo 2's first day online matches. 2.4 million online matches on day one!

One million gamers connected to the Xbox LIVE online gaming service in the first day, making it the most active day in Xbox LIVE history. Halo 2 logged 690,000 multiplayer games on day one – Halo 3 logged 2.4 million games on day one. There were 2.5 million campaign levels played around the world in the first 24 hours.

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DuKer NukeR | September 28, 2007

Wow, I never expected 2 million online gamers, just for Halo 3.
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Riku31069 | September 28, 2007

2 million gamers is a really big number for just one game.

I guess this game is really popular, then.
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  Sort | September 29, 2007
  
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  I guess this game is really popular, then.
  Gee, ya think so?
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Dance Floor Killah | September 28, 2007

Biggest game this year. The numbers are quite astounding though.
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BANDITO ATTACK | September 29, 2007

holy shit tbh. @____@

i expected a big outcome, but holy hell that's huge
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Kazooieman | September 29, 2007

I expect that half of the 2.1 million gamers who bought this are disappointed about the bad packaging for the most pre-ordered game on record...
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chaosmonkix | September 29, 2007

if they're playing then its not in the package, it doesn't matter people can just buy a separate case, i just bummed a rental case for $10 at blockbuster. my copy hasn't left the system since midnight of monday anyway.
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Cdemon | September 29, 2007

It says 2.4 million games played, not gamers online.

GG.