Half Life or Halo, which has sold more copies?

OnEMoReTrY

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Having an argument with my friend, which has sold more copies worldwide up til now? Half Life or Halo, and if you can get a link that'd be even better.
 

Schadenfroh

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half life by far, not only has it been around so longer and has multiplayer that works on the net, but you also got returning script kiddies that must purchase a new copy of the game everytime they get banned for hacking
 

Yzzim

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1) Super Mario Bros. (NES) - 40 Million
2) Tetris (Game Boy) - 33 Million
3) Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES) 18 Million
4) Super Mario World (SNES) - 17 Million
5) Super Mario Land (Game Boy) - 14 Million
6) Super Mario 64 (N64) - 11 Million
7) The Sims (PC) - 10 Million
8) Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES) - 10 Million
9) Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2) - 8.5 Million
10) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PS1) - 8 Million
11) GoldenEye (N64) - 8 Million
12) Donkey Kong Country (SNES) - 8 Million
13) Super Mario Kart (SNES) - 8 Million
14) Pokemon Red/Blue (Game Boy) - 8 Million
15) Half-Life (PC) - 8 Million
16) Tomb Raider II (PS1) - 8 Million
17) Final Fantasy VII (PS1) - 7.8 Million
18) Myst (PC) - 7 Million
19) Gran Turismo 3 (PS2) - 7 Million
20) Dragon Warrior VII (PS1) - 6 Million

Source

That is as of May of 2003, but I highly doubt Halo has sold 7+ million copies since then

edit: added bold
 

jfall

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Do you think Nintendo games rank high on the list because they couldn't be pirated?
 

Mo0o

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Originally posted by: jfall
Do you think Nintendo games rank high on the list because they couldn't be pirated?

More like they were the only realistic choice for people buying games then
 

BenSkywalker

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That is as of May of 2003, but I highly doubt Halo has sold 7+ million copies since then

Their numbers are screwed up- some of them are US only and some of them are global. HL is still ahead of Halo, but Halo is closing in on six million units sold(broke five million a while ago and has been a top ten seller every month since then).