Half Life 2 Sells 1.7 Million Retail Copies
Valve's critically acclaimed first-person shooter Half-Life 2 has racked up almost 1.7 million retail sales since its launch less than two months ago, according to the latest information from publisher Vivendi Universal Games.
The game doesn't appear to have seen its sales dented by a long series of delays which afflicted its development, which saw the release date being pushed back by more than a year in a number of highly publicized slips.
Outside of the United States, sales of the game have been particularly strong in European territories like Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Spain and Scandinavia. Senseless video game killing is popular everywhere:-) The US continues to sell more retail copies than any other country.
What hasn't been made public (at least that I can find) is how many copies of Half-Life 2 have been sold via Valve online purchases. I'd be willing to bet that it's twice the number of retail sales. I'm willing to bet that when it's all said and done Half Life 2 will be the #1 selling game of 2005, despite the fact that it was released in 2004.
You can discuss Half Life 2 in our Half Life 2 Forum.
The game doesn't appear to have seen its sales dented by a long series of delays which afflicted its development, which saw the release date being pushed back by more than a year in a number of highly publicized slips.
Outside of the United States, sales of the game have been particularly strong in European territories like Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Spain and Scandinavia. Senseless video game killing is popular everywhere:-) The US continues to sell more retail copies than any other country.
What hasn't been made public (at least that I can find) is how many copies of Half-Life 2 have been sold via Valve online purchases. I'd be willing to bet that it's twice the number of retail sales. I'm willing to bet that when it's all said and done Half Life 2 will be the #1 selling game of 2005, despite the fact that it was released in 2004.
You can discuss Half Life 2 in our Half Life 2 Forum.
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