Comments on: 'Halo 2' clears record $125 million in first day

Lofty figure backs up predictions that game would eclipse even the biggest Hollywood openings.
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[kieranmullen]

Goes to show ya (piracy)

That if you make a decently priced product people will buy it. If your product is overpriced, full of bugs and security holes, well the likelihood of piracy is much higher.

[David Arbogast]

Oh please

Just another cheap FUD-jab at Microsoft.
If copying XBOX games were as easy as copying data CDs, they'd probably be pirated just as much.

Just goes to show you what good copy-protection and DRM can do for your sales figures.

[Dibbs]

the (lack of) effects of piracy

some "experts" (i mean really who isn't an "expert" now days) would have us think that piracy has a huge economic impact. well i must agree. people pirate software and music all the time. does this lead to decreased sales? in some cases, maybe, but by and large i argue that it increases sales. studies have shown that a majority of file swappers make their purchases based on their experience with the pirated version of whatever it is they're buying. i download songs all the time. i find out about new bands on eDonkey, then go to the record store and BUY the music. so much for the RIAAs endless "file swapping is ruining the industry" rant. people who are doing to buy something are going to buy whether they can get it for free or not. and so often, the illegal version is not as good as the original, so theres incentive there to buy as well. as for halo 2, its so much trouble to rip off xbox games that most people don't find it worth the effort. i think corporations make much too big a deal out of piracy. people will do what they want, the honest ones will buy stuff, the dishonest ones won't. its always been that way and always will be.