“Halo 4” Collects $220 Million In Global Sales In The First 24 Hours Over Record Sales

Microsoft today announced the record sales of its Halo 4 game which was exclusively released on Xbox 360 last week. Halo 4 sales across the world was over $220 million in first 24 hours. It is on track to reach $300 million in first week. This is a record sales for a Halo franchise release. Here is the more stats and comparison on the same,

In a year when Hollywood is rolling out its biggest blockbusters, one video game has eclipsed them all. “Halo 4” is on track to reach $300 million in global sales in the first week, making it the biggest “Halo” launch in history and the biggest entertainment launch of the year to date. In the first 24 hours of its release, “Halo 4” garnered more than $220 million worldwide, eclipsing the record for the biggest day-one opening in U.S. box office history, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” and the biggest movie of 2012, “The Avengers” – based on U.S. sales alone.

The launch of “Halo 4” propelled lifetime sales for the “Halo” franchise beyond $3.38 billion, cementing its status as one of the most popular entertainment franchises in the world. “Halo 4” also shattered the record for the largest number of players in the history of the “Halo” franchise, with over 4 million players in the first five days. Users spent a total of 31.4 million hours playing “Halo 4,” pushing the total number of gameplay hours across the “Halo” franchise well beyond the five billion mark.

Read more about it detail at Major Nelson’s blog.