Over 820,000 unique players enjoyed shooting each other in the face in the Halo 3 beta, official stats released by Microsoft and Bungie have revealed.
Over 12 million hours of gameplay were clocked up by gamers during the beta test period (apparently, this is equivalent to more than 1,400 years of continuous play by one person), and the new saved-film feature which allowed players to record multiplayer bouts and share them over Live saw more than 580,000 saved films created by users, representing more than 2.7 terabytes of data.
Shane Kim, corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios, has described the participation in the Halo 3 beta as "staggering".
"Witnessing such a great reaction to a small portion of the game has been inspiring. It's a testament to the fervour and anticipation that surrounds Halo 3. We're confident that on Sept. 25 Halo 3 will drive an unprecedented wave of new gamers to the Xbox 360 platform and Xbox Live", Kim added.
Microsoft says that, thanks to the "tremendous participation in the beta, Bungie now has an exhaustive amount of data that will be used to improve the overall game experience". Knowing we've made a difference makes us feel all warm and glowy inside.
I'll go first,......DAMN! this was suppose to be a beta? some games don't even sell 800,000 copies? I bet this easily beats the 4 million worldwide sales that gears of War did.
360 is showing yet againt that people are more interested in quality games, not formatted hardwared.
holy crap! i did not thnk ther'd be that much time put into a game that's only been out for about a month, and it was only a just a small taste of the real game.
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