Microsoft Pins Hopes on ‘Halo: Reach’ Video Game
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At midnight, a line formed outside the GameStop store in New York’s Herald Square. Shoppers were eager to get their hands on “Halo: Reach,” the first update of Microsoft Corp.’s alien-shooting game in three years.
Microsoft is predicting the fourth iteration of its $2 billion franchise will generate more revenue than the series’ biggest seller, 2007’s “Halo 3,” which rang up $600 million in sales.