Darkangel
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The 360 had roughly 50 million sales by the time Reach launched. Even as of 2017 I'm pretty sure the XB1 is only at 27 million.
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The 360 had roughly 50 million sales by the time Reach launched. Even as of 2017 I'm pretty sure the XB1 is only at 27 million.
Nah, then you'd just be looking at Halo 3 instead. Halo's simply not the defector FPS anymore, with there being a ton of strong multiplat alternatives.
Regardless though, to say nobody gives a fuck about Halo as it remains bigger than the vast majority of 1st party IP is ridiculous, especially if you dropping it's name in with something like Bloodborne.
dgrdsv
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Considerably less than 4 which sold considerably less than 3. Sales clearly show the opposite of what he is suggesting.
oldergamer
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are you including digital sales in that?
I wouldn't say 4 sold considerably less than 3. Didn't 3 do around 12 million and 4 did 10? I know Reach did 10ish also.
So... h5 sold about half of what h3 did. H3 did its thang with a comparable number of xbox 360s on the market.
Reach did a bit worse that H3. H4 did similar numbers to reach, but its MP population died in weeks. and H5 did about half of what H4 did.
What we are witnessing is decline. Battlefield is doing better on xbox one than it did on Halo 3 era xbox 360, despite the 360 having a larger installed base. Why can't halo do the same?
There were strong multiplat alternatives back in h3's day... and most of Halo's current competition are the exact same franchises that h3 competed with. Halo is simply less competitve now.
That said the idea that "nobody gives a fuck about halo" is false. Its declining - but it still sells more on one platform than most games could wish to on multiple. Also, The fans it does have sink a ton of money into it.
Again Nobody gives ashit about Halo anymore, They have killed any goodwill they had with how bad of a release Halo 5 was.
I wish it wasn't true but Halo is increasingly irrelevant because of how 343 has treated it and how bad Halo 5 actually is.
It's showing a sharp decline with each entry since 343 took over and saying the OT's are proof is far from the truth since those have taken an even bigger decline.
I guess some will try to make jokes about it but I think that digital sales add at least 20% to the overall sales.
I care a lot about Halo. Dont talk as if you were god or something.
Not sure in what universe you live in.
Sunset Samurai
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All these flavors but you choose to be salty. Halo is still king baby no other console exclusive has shown otherwise
link1201
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I'm getting really hyped! So glad they're doing it on Sunday so I don't have to wait until Monday.
TheKastorian
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he is probably referring to 5 million copies of Halo 5 sold (digital sold through and retail shipped) until December 2015
or about this:
doesn't look like Halo 5 did that bad sales wise
I see the exclusivity deal for "Rise of the Tomb Raider" really paid off (sarcasm).
Luckydog
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Wow. Xbox still has not reached 30 million? Seems like it has been stuck under 30 forever.....
We dont know. It was at 26 at the end of last year.
orichalcos
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barneystuta83
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Assassin's Creed: Origins leak from next Game Informer: Link
"optimized on Scorpio"
"Release day: october 27"
October 27 maybe the launch day.(It's a Friday)
Oh boy.
Edit: I think an ad for another game mentioned Scorpio, and that had a release day of before 27th.
I am hoping for 12th. My Birthday is 11th so I can feel long weekend hype.
RedAssedApe
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thought it was mordor 2
orichalcos
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Assassin's Creed: Origins leak from next Game Informer: Link
"optimized on Scorpio"
"Release day: october 27"
October 27 maybe the launch day.
+1 leak
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus listed by Amazon.de for October 27
The same day.
Sales will be at an alltime low since theirs a new console coming, same happened to Pro innit.
Assassin's Creed: Origins leak from next Game Informer: Link
"optimized on Scorpio"
"Release day: october 27"
October 27 maybe the launch day.
Interesting. Would go against the whole 13th of October thing found in the teaser trailer
barneystuta83
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https://twitter.com/Xbox/status/873585561000431617
Some bundles have $50 off already... Is this ANOTHER $50 off?
That would make it starting from $199.
Why am I posting in here? Another reason why Scorpio will be below $400.
Some bundles have $50 off already... Is this ANOTHER $50 off?
That would make it starting from $199.
Why am I posting in here? Another reason why Scorpio will be below $400.
SenjutsuSage
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Always irritating when people attempt to speak for everyone. Nothing could be further from the truth. I'm enjoying Halo more now than I ever have, both from a gameplay and story perspective.
BeforeU
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yup. that would make sense
BleedOrange
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But, you're wrong though. I guess this is what people refer to fake news as: people so thoroughly deluded by their own idiocy they repeat something blatantly false because they just don't know they're wrong.
It's kinda scary to see it on NeoGaf though.
Nah, I'm sure they've personally surveyed each of the millions of people that bought Halo 5, in order to confirm that they in fact don't give a shit about the series anymore.
Zeus The Dino
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BleedOrange
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Cthuluhoop
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Halo 1 5.5M
Halo 2 8M
Halo 3 12.1M
Halo 4 9.75M
Halo 5 5M
He's actually not wrong tbh and that doesn't include the spin offs and remasters. Halo reached its peak with Bungie and 343i is killing the franchise.
Halo 5 had the record of fastest selling Halo game and then word of mouth on how shit it was killed the rest of the sales imo.
Banderdash
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I see comments like this and i wonder if people think about Squares side of the deal?
Uncharted got delayed... but it was slated to come out at the same time.
Now, imagine you're Square... TR didn't hit your expectations (absurd though they were), and you're going to put your game out against Uncharted.
If you're a PlayStation owner, & your choice is between Uncharted and Tomb Raider that holiday season... where are you spending your money?
Microsoft looks at the end of the year, & it doesn't have something like Uncharted... but Square does. So they say to Square "sign a deal where we give you some money, & you don't release on the PS4... where you're going to get creamed anyway".
Square makes the deal, meaning they can put more money into Final Fantasy 15 (which is somehow still in development), planning to release on PS4 the following year. Naughty Dog only really does one game every 4 years or so... so they'll be well clear.
MS announces they've signed an exclusive deal... fubbing the details (intentionally or not). Then Uncharted gets delayed.
Now Square has an open window, but because they did a deal that was in their best interests a few months earlier they don't get to launch on the largest install base.
Some of the consumers who have both consoles don't buy it because of a "betrayl" by Square an MS over a game they wouldn't have bought if they couldn't gotten Uncharted instead.
Some decide they'll wait till it's out on PC or PS4 instead.
BleedOrange
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What he said was wrong though. 5 MILLION humans 'give a shit about Halo'. 5 MILLION people. But, I guess they don't count right? But I guess it's easier to spin than it is to tell the truth lol. You have to be a real idiot to make a statement like that and actually think it's he truth.
Halo Aint shit anymore
According to the numbers of course
Lets take note take that one as a example imo.
First its from september 2016 to february 2017. When Halo was already a year old and offcourse new games wich all come out in that period really will rise to the top.
Cthuluhoop
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The only factually wrong info he stated is the bolded. Even then it's only an exaggeration. But seeing as the rest is right I wouldn't classify it as fake news. Anyway the series has lost over half its fans and it's getting worse. It's finished and I wouldn't be shocked if MS just outright drops it tbh.
Edit: Oh wow, ok editing your post to be aggressive with name calling is out of line. Your favourite series is dying a horrible death. He's factually correct in saying the series is in sharp decline. You're looking more likely to be the idiot when you can't accept the evidence presented. I'm out at this point I only wanted to jump in to point out he was correct.
Zeus The Dino
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But isnt Halo supposed to be the top console seller!!! It sold 5 million copies!!!!!!! 5 million people give a shit about Halo!!!!!!
Also Destiny came out the year before. And Rainbow Six 3 months afterwards.
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Outrun
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The rest is not right either though...
Halo 5 mp is sublime. That must count for something right?
Cthuluhoop
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Lol.
Halo Aint shit anymore
According to the numbers of course
No, this is just stupid. This data is a subset of the userbase taken in a specific window of time that shows no consideration to when a game was released in relation to any others. Make a PlayStation equivalent of this chart, and where does Bloodborne sit today? Where will Horizon Zero Dawn sit a year from now?
Interest in Halo has declined a ton... it's not however anywhere close to "nobody gives a shit territory" unless that territory encompasses everything but the top 20 games on any given platform.
Outrun
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blue_phazon
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The point is Halo should be like that too.
Halo 3 was one of the top played games on XBL even 2 years after release without expansions
BleedOrange
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I mean, posting facts which refute his claim isn't really "pointing out he's correct". Correcting outright lies is not something I'll ever feel hesitant doing. And pointing out the level of delusion it must take to continue to believe those lies even after confronted with incontrovertible proof that they're, in fact, wrong is also another thing people shouldn't hesitate to do.
Simply Sami
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Can't believe it's been nearly a year.
Times change.
But my point was that making a list from set time period isnt gonna be very accurate.
Shpeshal Nick
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Halo Aint shit anymore
According to the numbers of course
You mean to tell me that a year and a half after release, Halo 5 is being played less than much newer games?
Well, I for one am flabbergasted.
RedSparrows
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Jesus christ, people still like Halo, get over it. If that is a crap game, show me a decent one...
Fallout 4 came out a few weeks after Halo and it's not multiplayer either.
Halo Aint shit anymore
According to the numbers of course
There are hundreds Xbox of games that would love to be in the top 20 most played. Halo isn't close to what it once was, but it still shits on most first party games in terms of sales.
Not saying some can do better.. Just saying such a list isnt very accurate when its set to a period (busiest of the year really).
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