Halo 3 Makes Xbox 360 Profitable

The release of Microsoft's Halo 3 has increased sales of the Xbox 360 by 100% and given Microsoft a profitable quarter for its gaming division. Microsoft sold $180 million worth of Xbox 360s, up from $90 million in the same period last year.

The difference, Microsoft said, is Halo 3 -- a sci-fi based first-person shooter game starring the plasma-ray packing Master Chief. The game, which can only be played on the Xbox 360, launched in September and rang up $330 million in sales during the first quarter.

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