Halo: The Master Chief Collection Sells 1.01 Million Units First Week Worldwide - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 24 November 2014 / 10,244 Views
Halo: The Master Chief Collection in its debut week set a record for biggest launch for an Xbox One exclusive, topping the previous record set by Titanfall in March. The game managed to sell 1,093,755 units in its first week, according to VGChartz. This news comes a few days after it was announced the game sold 679,899 units in the US in its first week.
Also in this same week the Xbox One sold 444,674, only behind the PlayStation 4. This weeks sales were enough for the Xbox One lifetime sales to top the Wii U as the second bestselling console in the 8th generation. The Xbox One has sold 7.61 million units lifetime, while the Wii U has sold 7.45 million units.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection is a compilation of the Halo games that star Master Chief. It includes Halo: CE Anniversary, a remastered version of Halo 2, and Halo 3 and Halo 4. The game was released worldwide on November 11.
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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. Outside, in the real world, he has a passion for the outdoors which includes everything from hiking to having received his B.A. in Environmental Studies. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Great numbers, should be able to pass 2M by years end. I am guessing it has quite huge sales on digital aswell.
Erm, 1.1m rounded up. 1.01 suggests 1 million and 10k.
Or at least 1.09
Im guessing 2.5 mil after christmas and winter sales..
There are so many errors in this article it is laughable. Also, why are there hardware numbers included in a software article? O.o
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