According to Microsoft, United States gamers plunked down about $170 million on copies of “Halo 3″ on the first day after the Xbox 360 game went on sale. This gives Halo 3 the best debut in history. ”‘Halo 3′ has become a pop-culture phenomenon,” Shane Kim, corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios, said in a statement.

The initial demand we’ve seen for ‘Halo 3′ has been astounding,” Jill Hamburger, vice president of movies and games at Best Buy, said in a statement.

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