Halo 3: ODST drops into UK's top sales spot
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Sep 28th 2009 9:41AM
Halo 3: ODST had the type of UK launch one would expect from a Bungie
Halo game. According to
Chart Track, 64 percent of
ODST's sales were recorded in the first 24 hours after launch last Tuesday, September 22, helping to rank the game twelfth on the list of all-time week one sell-throughs (for a single format). For context, Master Chief's previous outing,
Halo 3, rocketed to the fourth highest first week sell-through upon its release, trailing only
GTA: San Andreas for PS2,
Grand Theft Auto IV for Xbox 360, and -- surprise, surprise --
GTA IV for PS3.
Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (the
Diabolical Box in the States) premiered at the number two spot last week, with
prior week's top performer,
Need for Speed: Shift, tapping the brakes down to third.
Source --
Halo 3: ODST shines brightly at #1 (Chart Track)
Source -- All formats chart (Chart Track)
Be sure to check out Joystiq's Halo 3: ODST Review, as well as in-depth analysis of the Campaign and Firefight games modes -- and our new miniFAQ!
