Amazon US August monthly bestsellers and general Amazon based discussion

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Ryng_Tolu said:

sabvre42 said:

Pionner said:

 

It's bromerica man. Halo will sell, and halo will carry the holidays for MS. Its not forza, gears remaster, or tomb raider that will sell xboxs this holiday season.

 

Sony will need to firesale for any hope to maintain the us gap.

Yup, i believe Halo 5 will sell 3.75 million by end of year in the US.

 

2 million in October

1 million in November

750k in December

How much of that will be attached to Xb one sales. There will surely be a number of current Xb one owners who will get the Halo LE bundle, because its Halo and they must have the special bundle. But Many Halo fans already have Xb one surely. Halo 5 could boost Xb one sales in the USA by 1 million between launch and 1 January, perhaps? If the PS4 lead isn't over 1 million by the time Halo 5 hits then Xb one can take the lead in the USA. Question is will that be temporary or permanent?

Halo 5 is MS's biggest gun for Xb one sales in the USA by a large margin over other IP. The next Halo game won't have the same effect and Gears 4 won't either (because of the significant cross fanbase cross over between Halo and Gears).

I don't think a $50 price cut for PS4 is worth it to try to counter Halo 5. They'd be better off doing a $100 price cut next year, when they aren't going up against Xbox's biggest system selling game of the generation.