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Forums - Sales Discussion - PREDICTION: Xbox1 will not win NPD when Halo 5 is released.

sales2099 on 29 July 2014

If only for the month itself, the Xbox will win. Halo is extremely front-loaded and MS's marketing is second to none among the 3.



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

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prinz_valium on 29 July 2014
bevochan said:
WolfpackN64 said:
bevochan said:

After Destiny is released and thru the holidays, I think PS4 will have about a 2-to-1 advantage for NPD hardware sales.  Also, with imminent releases of various 3rd party games that are superior on the PS4, the momentum of the PS4 hardware sales advantage will be carried for a long time.

I'm assuming Halo 5 will be release for holiday 2015 (Oct/Nov).  If Uncharted 4 is released within a month from Halo 5, Xbox1 definitely will not win NPD.  Even without Uncharted 4, I think it'll be close, but holiday releases are crowded with too many games and Halo 5 won't be enough to win NPD.  

 


I think releasing Halo 5 and Uncharted 4 close to each other would see Halo come out on top


For software, I'll give an edge to Halo 5 having a bigger opening (although I still think Uncharted 4 can edge Halo 5 lifetime).  

However, for hardware, Xbox 1 with Halo 5 release will definitely not beat PS4 with Uncharted 4 release.  


bold prediction

we dont know the pricepoint for both consoles at that time

we dont know if both, or just one will do bundles.

 

we dont know if the tides will turn, as we still only talk about the usa



WebMasterFlex on 30 July 2014

Specially when some people thought a price cut and Titanfall would be enough for USA.....



Aura7541 on 30 July 2014

Considering how the X1 has been doing recently, I'm even less certain that Halo 5 will help X1 win NPD. Titanfall didn't help. Unbundling the Kinect didn't help either. The American consumers have made up their minds. And considering the positive reception of the Destiny beta (and this is just beta, too!), Destiny might end up some of the Halo series' thunder. After all, it is being made by the original makers of Halo.



DeadBigfoot21 on 30 July 2014

Halo MCC is already up in the charts as I predicted. Anyways it seems a lot of people here underestimate halo. Uncharted was a great game but will never reach halo in terms of sales and quality. Only a fool would think otherwise. Halo 5 will be massive just like the others have been. But keep thinking what you want. Halo is a beast!



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Angelv577 on 31 July 2014
DeadBigfoot21 said:
Halo MCC is already up in the charts as I predicted. Anyways it seems a lot of people here underestimate halo. Uncharted was a great game but will never reach halo in terms of sales and quality. Only a fool would think otherwise. Halo 5 will be massive just like the others have been. But keep thinking what you want. Halo is a beast!


I can agree with you regarding to sales but quality? completely subjective.  For me, the halo franchise is decent at best.



TheDrill on 01 August 2014

Stupid prediction.

The price cut made X1 do PS4 numbers in USA, Halo is so popular it will make X1 outsell PS4 and catch up globally.



Teeqoz on 01 August 2014
TheDrill said:
Stupid prediction.

The price cut made X1 do PS4 numbers in USA, Halo is so popular it will make X1 outsell PS4 and catch up globally.


Oh boy. No, the X1 will never catch up the PS4 globally.



DerNebel on 01 August 2014
TheDrill said:
Stupid prediction.

The price cut made X1 do PS4 numbers in USA, Halo is so popular it will make X1 outsell PS4 and catch up globally.

Yeah...so that still didn't happen btw.



Teeqoz on 01 August 2014
DerNebel said:
TheDrill said:
Stupid prediction.

The price cut made X1 do PS4 numbers in USA, Halo is so popular it will make X1 outsell PS4 and catch up globally.

Yeah...so that still didn't happen btw.


Perhaps one day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Globally in the US.