guinnessworldrecords for xbox and ps

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FOR XBOX

BIGGEST-SELLING GAME ON THE XBOX
Halo 2 was the biggest-selling game on the Xbox with over 9 million copies sold.

FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
On September 25th 2007, the release of Halo 3 generated $170 million worth of first-day sales in the USA alone – nearly triple the $60 million made by the movie Spider-Man 3 on its first day of release.

FASTEST SELLING ORIGINAL GAME
On 15 December 2006, Gears of War became the fastest-selling next-generation game of that year and was the fastest selling Xbox game at that time with more than 2 million copies sold in the first six weeks.

LARGEST LICENSED SOUNDTRACK INCLUDED IN A RACING GAME
90 licensed songs across 9 genres make up Project Gotham Racing’s soundtrack, the largest of its kind in any racing game.

LARGEST WATER BALLOON FIGHT
A water fight might not be something you would readily associate with a piece of electrical equipment, but on 23 March 2006 Microsoft set the record for the largest water balloon fight at the Xbox 360 launch in Australia. A total of 2,849 people gathered on Coogee Beach, forming the shape of the Xbox 360 logo and brandishing 51,400 water balloons.

FOR PS

BEST SELLING PS2 GAME
Best Selling PS2 game is GTA: Vice City with 15 million copies sold.

GRAND SALES AUTO
GTA is the most successful video game franchise on the PS2.

FASTEST SELLING VIDEO GAME
GTA: San Andreas sold 1 million copies in its first 9 days on sale in Britain making it UK’s fasting selling video game ever.

MOST VOICE ACTORS
GTA: San Andreas has a credited cast of 339 voice actors, more than any other video game

HIGHEST-SELLING GAME ON THE PLAYSTATION
Sales of 10.85 million units make the original Gran Turismo the highest-selling game on the PlayStation.

CARS R US
The largest number of cars available to drive and customize is 721 in Gran Turismo 4

TEN OF THE BEST
Gran Turismo is still the only racing game to receive 10/10 from Edge magazine.

from gamers.guinnessworldrecords