TBiddy
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Why do you want hard numbers?
Halo 5: Guardians Smashes Record with Biggest Halo Launch (games/hardware) in History
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Why do you want hard numbers?
Those of us interested in trends, whether units for game are trending up or down. Whether the game drove a spike in hardware like previous titles or to a lesser degree.
That's not taking away from the good result but it's looking past the PR to judge the facts behind the PR.
Ricky Ricardo
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There sure is a lot of obfuscation going on in here.
Micro-transactions counted now? Where's the source for that?
Software and Hardware, last I checked.
Micro-transactions counted now? Where's the source for that?
Software and Hardware, last I checked.
Because a lot of that is from hardware, that's like saying Apple Music had 5 billion $ launch from software and hardware*.
* iPhone hardware revenue included.
6.7 million sold is more impressive than what they announced in the PR spin
Phat Michael
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It's my favourite halo so far. The gameplay is really refined and I love the map design. Absolutely love it and can't wait to finish it tonight.
statham
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Poodlestrike
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Disagree strenuously. Every sales thread I've seen has been a haven of fanboy drivel. Ditto all the sales mentions in other threads.
I don't think it's genius at all. It's transparent BS, so it just makes them look disingenuous and conniving. MS Xbox PR is always like this and it's a contributor to the company's ongoing reputation as deluded, greedy slimeballs. Long term, I think it does more harm than their fake 'mission accomplished' hype does them good. They've been following this tack for years, though, so what do I know?
Because they had no problem with hard numbers the last ten years?
link1201
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Really? That's awesome. Was this in the press release?
Familienoberhauptvogel
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aren't there insider sources for that though? These days you're hard pressed to get numbers from any company.
Of course they would want more sales, everyone wants more sales... But making a shit ton of money is a great consolation prize. I don't think the stakes were ever, outsell previous entries or bust. Apparently unit sales aren't much to brag about this time around or the subsequent concern articles aren't worth it. Oh well...
Ricky Ricardo
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I don't think they would tell us much because if Halo wasn't the highest first party game that would be a huge cause of concern.
LOL.
Surely their reputation is 'putting some spin on PR numbers', not greedy slimeballs. Seems a bit extreme.
There are probably fanboys here that want to shitpost, but I recognize a lot of posters here from the sales threads that are genuinely interested about sales.
Captain Zyrain
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To be fair, the $500 console came with an (apparently) undiscounted $100 version of the game.. so its only adding $400/console 
tiredheadcrab
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I wonder if this also includes the Req packs MT's. Regardless still great numbers from MS. 400 million is solid.
Also the HCS prize pool is up to 1.5 million because of the Req packs.
Also the HCS prize pool is up to 1.5 million because of the Req packs.
All in all, this is the seventh mainline entry in a series that has increasingly important competition, that just had an entry that wasn't as well received critically and by players, and that didn't perceptively do much better critically this time around (though it still did fantastic). It's not really all that surprising that the sales numbers are lower than they were at the very peak of the franchise. It still did amazing, and that's what matters.
Gabotron ES
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B- but Halo is ded and irrelevant today guys! Sh- show me the sales numbers!
gaming_noob
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Great game that deserves comtinued sales.
Gees give it time, they've never even given lifetime sales for Halo 3 and that's estimated anywhere from 10 - 13 million.
MS love to tout their $$$ success, this is nothing new.
I think Master Chief Collection or one of the Forza's. But neither of those two would have put up a huge number. They specifically put in the first party differentiator, so presumably it never outsold Titanfall.
I'd imagine the game still did really well in the US though.
LordBaztion
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Damn you MS PR, why don't you say bad things about your biggest game!
Congrats 343, MSS
Congrats 343, MSS
The thing is some of us are interested to know how well Halo 5 sold. Combining software and hardware numbers is obviously a way to mask the relatively low sales for the game.
TBiddy
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Shin-Ra
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I'm sure there's something.
Chobel
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Halo 4 PR http://majornelson.com/2012/11/12/h...illion-in-global-sales-in-the-first-24-hours/
Though it doesn't sound look like they included the sales of $400 Halo 4 bundle at the time.
Though it doesn't sound look like they included the sales of $400 Halo 4 bundle at the time.
valkillmore
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tried it at a buddy's place over the weekend and fucking loved the sampling of campaign i tried. graphics are amazing, and the sound effects mix/editing were top-notch, really felt chaotic at parts! if i had an xbox one i'd be all over it.
If they had sold anywhere between 5 and 6.7 million copies, they would've said it.
to compare against other halo games? isnt that obvious
Liabe Brave
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The complexities matter. They will have sold more than 200k LE consoles in the U.S. alone. (Most Xbox Ones sold right now are the LE.) Plus, the average selling price for the game will be way over $45. Plus you aren't including controller and headset sales. Plus you aren't accounting for microtransaction revenue.
We don't know what the actual sales numbers are, but it's clear your calculations can't even begin to serve as an indication.
Because I'm interested in sales?
I love how since this game came out so many people are trying to change tradition
From the way reviews work, to what game length really means to the fact that we no longer have to give sales numbers
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