<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a5b9e885-05ed-4589-828e-f8906c940158/283F53AC-2278-40E4-91C0-9802ECD76F0B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://snafu-blog.com/2007/08/12/halo-3-over-1-million-preorders-in-north-america/" href="http://snafu-blog.com/2007/08/12/halo-3-over-1-million-preorders-in-north-america/" style="font-size: 11px;">snafu-blog.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://snafu-blog.com/2007/08/12/halo-3-over-1-million-preorders-in-north-america/"> Back in May, rumors were afoot that <A target="_blank" href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=25623668">4 million Halo 3 preorders</A> had been placed via US retailer GameStop <EM>alone</EM>. However, suspicions were raised when the staggering number was not confirmed by Microsoft</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://snafu-blog.com/2007/08/12/halo-3-over-1-million-preorders-in-north-america/"><P>Today, Microsoft trumpeted Halo 3 preorder figures for the first time–and while still impressive, they were a fraction of the previously rumored amount. As of this week, one million preorders of Bungie’s sci-fi shooter have been made in North America–enough to make it the “fastest-selling video game preorder” in the territory’s history. The figure means that the Halo 3 launch could potentially be bigger than that of Halo 2. The then-Xbox-exclusive sold 2.38 million units in the US and Canada in the 24 hours after went on sale on November 16, 2004, generating <A class="gslink" href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/6112915.html">an estimated $125 million</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://snafu-blog.com/2007/08/12/halo-3-over-1-million-preorders-in-north-america/">Microsoft warned that, despite its premium price point, the collectible <A target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/38nvd6">Halo 3: Legendary Edition</A> is on track to sell out before the game launches.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/283F53AC-2278-40E4-91C0-9802ECD76F0B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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