XBOX RECORDS
BIGGEST-SELLING GAME ON THE XBOX
Halo 2 was the biggest-selling game on the Xbox with over 9 million copies sold.
FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
On September 25th 2007, the release of Halo 3 generated $170 million worth of first-day sales in the USA alone – nearly triple the $60 million made by the movie Spider-Man 3 on its first day of release.
FASTEST SELLING ORIGINAL GAME
On 15 December 2006, Gears of War became the fastest-selling next-generation game of that year and was the fastest selling Xbox game at that time with more than 2 million copies sold in the first six weeks.
LARGEST LICENSED SOUNDTRACK INCLUDED IN A RACING GAME
90 licensed songs across 9 genres make up Project Gotham Racing’s soundtrack, the largest of its kind in any racing game.
LARGEST WATER BALLOON FIGHT
A water fight might not be something you would readily associate with a piece of electrical equipment, but on 23 March 2006 Microsoft set the record for the largest water balloon fight at the Xbox 360 launch in Australia. A total of 2,849 people gathered on Coogee Beach, forming the shape of the Xbox 360 logo and brandishing 51,400 water balloons.