Yeah there is no way to spin it. The franchise is in gigantic decline and I'm curious what MS answer to this will be.
Courtesy of Oscar Lemaire:
https://twitter.com/oscarlemaire/status/665061436465545216
Edit: should have said it earlier sorry, physical only, one week for Halo 5, two for Halo 3 and three for the others.
Uncharted collection bombed! Xbox One #1! the age of Sony is officially over! but seriously amazon chart was completely a different story throughout most of the month. I guess we can't rely on that anymore.
People were losing their shit over the low H5 opening sales in the UK thread. Here it seems quite tame.
Amazon doesn't track consoles bought digitally, that's why.
Wow, 96% of console sales were a bundle.
Wonder what this chart would look like if NPD applied the and rules as GSK.
I'm not comparing the games, or the sales of the games. I'm comparing the reactions to the sales of the games here on Neogaf.
The amount of people being delighted with the results is way less then thoes saying it's a problem.Its funny to see people reveling in numbers for hardware and software, especially if they are not as positive or large as people were expecting.
Who would have thought people would have been delighted with Sony selling less than 300k with a price cut and Halo 5 selling way below previous installments.
Its almost as if some people want certain games / manufacturers to fail . . .
Surprised they didn't use USA cumulative leader instead.In a statement to IGN, Sony said it's "truly humbled by the success of the PlayStation 4," and took the opportunity to thank the PlayStation community "for making PlayStation 4 the top selling console globally
Halo 5 under 1 million?
Yup... Halo 5 < Titanfall in the first NPD then.
Is important to mention Titanfall sold for 4 weeks... but still...
So 900k physical first week US? For 5 days of tracking, its ok. So 1.3-1.4 million with digital. From what I heard, Halo 5 sold roughly 1 million digitally WW in week 1.
Numbers are not Halo great at all, in fact they are super bad.
Surely people can't be basing Halo 5 selling poorly on just the physical copies? Digital downloads are much more prominent now than at any stage in the past due to infrastructure and peoples download speeds increasing massively since Halo 4. I was on 10mb back in 2012 and downloading a large game would have been out of the question. I'm now on 200mb so this is not an issue for me now and I tend to buy all my games digitally.
You cannot compare past selling numbers with present as it's not like for like. Unless digital numbers are provided then I guess it's all silly just saying Halo 5 sold very poorly based just on physical copies.
Just my thoughts and I know many of you will disagree but hey ho.
Do you need some waterIt's just not fair. Why Halo? They release the best game of the franchise in years. Solid 60 fps. Amazing multiplayer. Servers running like clockwork. And yet people want casual lol sprint KILLSTREAK CoD. They want to play with laser swords like 5 year olds, even though the servers won't work for months.
Fuck Activision for ruining the taste of gamers across the World. Fuck EA for crowding out actually good games with their millions of marketing and licensing deals. Fuck gamers for their horrible taste, and fuck MS for fucking up the XBO launch, thus ruining the greatest franchise in gaming history.
Dude. Digital will be equal to around 20-30% of sales. No more.
It only had 5 days of tracking. Halo 4 had 4 weeks. This isn't the Halo 3 days anymore. Looking at WW, it did around 3 million FW if you include digital (which now accounts to about 1/3 of all game sales now).
It only had 5 days of tracking. Halo 4 had 4 weeks. This isn't the Halo 3 days anymore. Looking at WW, it did around 3 million FW if you include digital.
Well deserved for Microsoft, their efforts on Xbox One have been huge lately, with backward compatibility, new dashboard, windows 10 integrated app and of course exclusive games like Gears, Forza, Halo, Tomb Raider and more coming soon like Quantum Break and Scalebound. I hope they can keep it up, i've no doubts that Microsoft will release other consoles in future, but Xbox One success is critical to have them keep pushing into gaming market, and we need Xbox to exist in order to have a healthy competition and great products for core gaming
Wow, 96% of console sales were a bundle.
Wonder what this chart would look like if NPD applied the same rules as TNS in the UK.
Last u seen halo has lol sprint, lol clamber and jetpacks. Also has maps that aren't very halo like. I tried telling people that old halo fans ain't digging it.. But whatever. Just kept spooning me the halo is good food. It still ain't damn halo.It's just not fair. Why Halo? They release the best game of the franchise in years. Solid 60 fps. Amazing multiplayer. Servers running like clockwork. And yet people want casual lol sprint KILLSTREAK CoD. They want to play with laser swords like 5 year olds, even though the servers won't work for months.
Fuck Activision for ruining the taste of gamers across the World. Fuck EA for crowding out actually good games with their millions of marketing and licensing deals. Fuck gamers for their horrible taste, and fuck MS for fucking up the XBO launch, thus ruining the greatest franchise in gaming history.
What? Halo is irrelevant outside the US/UK, & it did 1.1 million in those two markets. Where did you get the 3 million from?
Why does this read like a PR statement?
It only had 5 days of tracking. Halo 4 had 4 weeks. This isn't the Halo 3 days anymore. Looking at WW, it did around 3 million FW if you include digital.
1st NPD (in ages?) without Cream?
Halo 5 did 1 million digitally!!!! That makes it 2.1 million. Maybe 3 million is a bit high, but 2.5 million certainly seems in range.
Where did you get that idea?Halo 5 did 1 million digitally!!!!
I doubt Halo 5 will end up having a lower attach rate that Titanfall, but if so then damn.
I wonder if Gears 4 will end up doing better than Halo 5. Gears was never as big as Halo, but it also seems to have a lot more goodwill with fans atm.
Halo 5 did 1 million digitally!!!! That makes it 2.1 million. Maybe 3 million is a bit high, but 2.5 million certainly seems in range.
Surely people can't be basing Halo 5 selling poorly on just the physical copies? Digital downloads are much more prominent now than at any stage in the past due to infrastructure and peoples download speeds increasing massively since Halo 4. I was on 10mb back in 2012 and downloading a large game would have been out of the question. I'm now on 200mb so this is not an issue for me now and I tend to buy all my games digitally.
You cannot compare past selling numbers with present as it's not like for like. Unless digital numbers are provided then I guess it's all silly just saying Halo 5 sold very poorly based just on physical copies.
Just my thoughts and I know many of you will disagree but hey ho.
Well digitally, Halo 5 did around 1 million week one WW, so it clearly had alot of attraction for the digital crowd.
We need some franchises to obviously stay around but creed, uncharted need long term to definite breaks. Naughty dog needs to gout in a new game or a revival.
Where did you get 1 million digitally? It probably did 200k at best (based on the usual 20% of sales being digital).
[Citation needed]Halo 5 did 1 million digitally!!!! That makes it 2.1 million. Maybe 3 million is a bit high, but 2.5 million certainly seems in range.
"It was the best-selling digital game ever in the Xbox Store for an opening week"
Minecraft was the previous top dog (digitally), it did 1 million week 1. Source: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...USD400-million-in-software-and-hardware-sales
(read paragraph 2)
I think it's a parody post.
[Citation needed]
Surely people can't be basing Halo 5 selling poorly on just the physical copies? Digital downloads are much more prominent now than at any stage in the past due to infrastructure and peoples download speeds increasing massively since Halo 4. I was on 10mb back in 2012 and downloading a large game would have been out of the question. I'm now on 200mb so this is not an issue for me now and I tend to buy all my games digitally.
You cannot compare past selling numbers with present as it's not like for like. Unless digital numbers are provided then I guess it's all silly just saying Halo 5 sold very poorly based just on physical copies.
Just my thoughts and I know many of you will disagree but hey ho.
It's just not fair. Why Halo? They release the best game of the franchise in years. Solid 60 fps. Amazing multiplayer. Servers running like clockwork. And yet people want casual lol sprint KILLSTREAK CoD. They want to play with laser swords like 5 year olds, even though the servers won't work for months.
Fuck Activision for ruining the taste of gamers across the World. Fuck EA for crowding out actually good games with their millions of marketing and licensing deals. Fuck gamers for their horrible taste, and fuck MS for fucking up the XBO launch, thus ruining the greatest franchise in gaming history.
It use to make them 500 million from game sales aloneTheir answer will be to keep making halo games, as it's still making a ton of money.
And they'll try to make the next one better than H5
Expecting breakfast pies, got green columns. Not impressed. Not impressed at all.
And holy hell those Halo numbers. Does it have legs in December? Is it THE game to get for xmas? Anyone?
Minecraft was the previous top dog (digitally), it did 1 million week 1.
Expecting breakfast pies, got green columns. Not impressed. Not impressed at all.
And holy hell those Halo numbers. Does it have legs in December? Is it THE game to get for xmas? Anyone?
That's week 1, Minecraft isn't a front-loaded franchise, it sells decently for a long period of time, you're really reaching here.
It use to make them 500 million from game sales alone
If there is a Halo 6
It's going to have split screen, it will be 30fps and it will have a every 4 minute Spartan ability in game ala other hero shooters
This is what happens when you cater to the hardcore instead of the casual and potential new users.
Controls inspired by "pro's "
Lore you have to purchase outside of the base game
False advertising with Locke vs Chief commercials
Prometheans on every stage like a damn plague, please for the love of God go back to the covenant and Flood
Uncharted has yet to be good imoI am not certain if you are serious ?
When UC4 comes out it will be 4 years since the last one and ND already bring out a new IP .
Minecraft sold 400k on tbe first day: http://www.forbes.com/sites/danieln...es-minecraft-on-xbox-360-breaks-sales-record/
So now cater to the casuals. Seriously, Halo needs to make two game mods. One that fits casuals, and another that fits competitive players. Its clear either one will bitch if they don't, so they should try to do it.