Halo 3 To Contribute $170 Million to MS Revenue
Goldman-Sachs has releases some figures about Halo 3′s impact on Microsoft’s bottom line, and it is, in a word, huge. They have estimated 4.2 million copies hitting the retail channel, approximately one copy for every three 360 devices in the world. The financial impact will be about $170 milllion in revenue for Microsoft. This would allow the entertainment division at Microsoft to have their first profitable quarter since being created to develop the first Xbox. The profitability goal fits into the plans that were laid out by Microsoft last year for the division to reach profitability.
While this seems huge, it may be bigger than they have realized. There was a rumor floating around that there may already be four million pre-orders for the game. Goldman-Sachs takes this into account by mentioning that they have estimated the revenue numbers on the low end and say that the numbers could be up to $60 million higher.
Via Gamespot
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