tiffac on 02 February 2015
| Shadow1980 said: Oh, and for those who think Halo 5 will make a huge difference, keep this in mind: a combination of Halo 3 and a price cut were not enough to provide a truly sustained boost to 360 sales. The combination of those two factors did make September 2007 one of the best non-holiday months ever for the 360 in the U.S., but sales were down 30% the next month, and by spring of 2008 the 360 was back to where it was before the price cut. Furthermore, subsequent Halo games appear to have had a negligible effect on hardware sales. One of the lessons that the history of game sales teaches us is that individual software releases by themselves rarely have the ability to provide any kind of substantial long-term boost, much less carry an entire system by itself. The number of titles that fit this description probably numbers no greater than half a dozen, and the seventh generation suggests that no future Halo game will ever be added to that group. The fact that Halo as a franchise has not seen any real growth since Halo 3 (first-month sales were flat from H3 to Reach to H4, and VGC cumulative data also indicates very similar performances over time) lends further credence to my claim that Halo 5 will not be a significant factor in long-term Xbox One sales. |
Gah! I usually love it when you post facts brother but not in this case because I need the X1 to win the US. >____<
