Arguably the biggest console exclusive of last generation, it's hard to believe it's been ten years since this game was released. The hype, the marketing, the expectations, the industry impact. Halo 3's Public Beta also set an industry trend of public Beta's (though in most cases nowadays Beta's are mostly just pre-release demos) It really left an impact on the industry, Per wikipedia...
Halo 3 grossed US$300 million in its first week. More than one million people played Halo 3 on Xbox Live in the first twenty hours. To date, Halo 3 has sold in excess of 14.5 million copies, making it the fifth best selling Xbox 360 game of all time, the best selling Xbox 360 exclusive title and the best selling first person shooter on the console outside of the Call of Duty games. The game was also the best-selling video game of 2007 in the U.S.
I remember the cheers I got from the lineup at my local EB Games as I was the first to walk out with a copy of the game which happened to be the Legendary Edition. Before that we spent the past few hours reminiscing of our times with Halo 1 and Halo 2 aswell as with the Halo 3 Beta.
Anyone have memories with this game they\d like to share, GAF!?