Halo 5: Guardians Smashes Record with Biggest Halo Launch (games/hardware) in History
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GTA5 the game broke $1 billion. $400 million includes hardware for this.
Diprosalic
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haven't heard anything about it? Where have you been?
believable if he's from (mainland) europe.
no commercials
no hype
no in store adverts
no tie-ins
nothing.
Its really obvious how they come with these weird bloated numbers by combining all these different metrics. Sales must be pretty mediocre for them to resort to this level of spin.
Biggest halo* launch ever!
* on xbox one
* during first week
* that launched on a wednesday
* that had a five in the title
Biggest halo* launch ever!
* on xbox one
* during first week
* that launched on a wednesday
* that had a five in the title
...Actually, considering they're a game feature, I suppose they're included as well.
If we go 1/3 of this is HALO 5 console bundles + 2/3 is Game only
Game: 60 USD, Console: 500 USD
=> we roughly get 2.000.000 HALO 5 copies
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If we go 1/4 of this is HALO 5 console bundles + 3/4 is Game only
Game: 60 USD, Console: 500 USD
=> we roughly get 2.400.000 HALO 5 copies
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You can probably go -10% on those because the game costs more in the EU + Deluxe Game editions cost also more
Game: 60 USD, Console: 500 USD
=> we roughly get 2.000.000 HALO 5 copies
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If we go 1/4 of this is HALO 5 console bundles + 3/4 is Game only
Game: 60 USD, Console: 500 USD
=> we roughly get 2.400.000 HALO 5 copies
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You can probably go -10% on those because the game costs more in the EU + Deluxe Game editions cost also more
Sounds good, but as per usual with Microsoft PR, I'm not sure what to make of it. What does biggest launch in Halo history actually mean? And best selling first party title, which excludes Titanfall, so presumably it's being compared to games like MCC and Forza? I can't think of any other better selling first party games, and those first party titles didn't exactly set the world on fire sales wise.
wapplew
Member
If that's not the case, MS won't say it break record right?
Since they say it break record I assume they add software and hardware of pass Halo and Halo 5 bring the most dollar.
glassgannon
Banned
If theyre gonna then they might as well tell us the share of its contributions.especially because theyre talking revenue and not profits or units sold.
Diprosalic
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there's controllers and REQ packs too
GTAV relied on hard copies, not 500$ hardware. And it passed the 1 billion mark in 3 days, not three weeks.
I bought the limited edition console, I think it's ok for me to ask for sales # because I see through the bs
Good enough overall then although from the careful wording and avoiding all reference to actual sales of previous entries I'm guessing those thinking its below H3 and H4 are right.
Would be great to see the regional splits or at least decent estimates when the dust settles.
The PAL chart thread and info shows a definite drop in units in UK for a launch at retail with an unknown but probably decent amount of digital, but US is where XB1 remains strongest and closest to PS4 so I'm assuming that the dip there was lesser.
Revenue wise it looks good for the franchise though no doubt about it. Now let's see the legs and if the MP thrives this time vs H4. I'd imagine 60fps will help there.
MS really do seem to want to avoid anything by revenue, stats and odd records though it seems. I'm guessing it's a while before we're going to see them given straight numbers for specific software sales in units or hardware sales in units.
Would be great to see the regional splits or at least decent estimates when the dust settles.
The PAL chart thread and info shows a definite drop in units in UK for a launch at retail with an unknown but probably decent amount of digital, but US is where XB1 remains strongest and closest to PS4 so I'm assuming that the dip there was lesser.
Revenue wise it looks good for the franchise though no doubt about it. Now let's see the legs and if the MP thrives this time vs H4. I'd imagine 60fps will help there.
MS really do seem to want to avoid anything by revenue, stats and odd records though it seems. I'm guessing it's a while before we're going to see them given straight numbers for specific software sales in units or hardware sales in units.
That would fall under software revenue.
So it's highly likely that's included in this number for padding purposes lol
I really don't think it's that weird, and I didn't miss that part. The game has literally only been out for a week exactly, so it couldn't be anything else
TBiddy
Member
Yeah, I know. Never claimed otherwise.
Doesn't take anything away though. $400 million USD is a huge amount of money in one week. I don't see how people can downplay that. Well, the usual suspects will always find a way, but seriously. It's a great launch. Any company in the world (except Rockstar?) would be thrilled to sell $400 million USD worth of games and hardware related to ONE game.
I wrote a week, not three weeks. Might've been 3 days then. But GTA 5 was also released to a much, much bigger install base (6-10 times bigger than Halo 5, probably).
Well it would be slightly hard for them to say beyond a week what the sales were...as the week ended yesterday...smh
You won't be getting those from MS this gen, unless it's something truly spectacular.
Your best bet is the NPD thread in several days, which will no doubt have the leaked numbers we're looking for.
Nobody is interested in its downfall, is this the first time you're in a sales thread? There's no need to be defensive about this stuff.
This might be because the LE version of the game is packaged with a digital download code, not a disc. It's also the version included with the LE console.
Goldfishking
Member
Why are people so suprised and so fixated on how many it sold.
This is literally the best a halo game can do on the xbox one and any numbers on how much it sold wouldn't tell us much about halo, but would just re-affirm what we know about the xbox one.
This is literally the best a halo game can do on the xbox one and any numbers on how much it sold wouldn't tell us much about halo, but would just re-affirm what we know about the xbox one.
Primethius
Banned
Great game breaks records and has successful launch, all people can talk about is PR spins.
Because that's exactly what it is? Some people are more concerned with sales numbers.
Interfectum
Member
Counting hardware in the sales? haha clever MS.
Xan Kriegor
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Assuming MS sold.. 200k LE consoles (which is a lot) @ $499, that would make 100mil in revenue. If I divide the remaining 300mil by $45 per game (assuming lowest price), that would make 6.7million copies sold.
Assuming $60 per game would make it 300mil/60= 5 million copies.
I know this is too simple, but it's somewhat of an indication.
Assuming $60 per game would make it 300mil/60= 5 million copies.
I know this is too simple, but it's somewhat of an indication.
Have you even read why people are calling this PR spin?
Great game breaks records and has successful launch, all people can talk about is PR spins.
you seem to have a lot things stock in your chest.
just spit out will make you feel better
Great game breaks records and has successful launch, all people can talk about is PR spins.
If only there wasn't a PR spin to begin with..
rakkadakka
Member
Pack it up guys.
Those are Order 1866 numbers.
343 get to work on that side scrolling Halo JRPG.
Those are Order 1866 numbers.
343 get to work on that side scrolling Halo JRPG.
Zapperkhan
Member
Seems like a repeat of the WoW no longer reporting on subs debate. In the end how much money the product makes is infinitely more important to the future of said product than # of sales.
Thebeardofknowledge
Banned
you sound really emotionally invested ? and what's wrong with people being tired of the industries (mostly MS) PR bullshit and wanting hard numbers ?
they should have came out and said "halo sold x copies first week" done
Because this PR is obviously full of spins because sales were likely not favorable? If Halo 5 sold better than any of its predecessors, you can be damn sure Microsoft would have mentioned it in the PR.Great game breaks records and has successful launch, all people can talk about is PR spins.
i'm down for that.
You jest, but a Halo JRPG would be pretty rad lol
jmaine_ph
Member
There is nothing sad about wanting to know about sales. At the end of the day it's still a gaming industry and knowing sales numbers helps get a better understanding of what consumers want and how the market is doing. Just because one is fascinated with numbers and reviews doesn't mean they want a game to fail.
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