Barozi said:
Aura7541 said:
NPD numbers. Also, I said Halo 5's worldwide sales are lower than US sales of Halo 3, Reach, and 4. I didn't say they were low.
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You forgot that
a) not all of them were released during the same month
September has 5 weeks, October 4 weeks and November 4 weeks.
b) none of them were released on the same day
Halo 3 came out on the 25th Sep. = 12 days
Halo Reach on the 14th Sep. = 19 days
Halo 4 on the 6th Nov. = 24 days
Halo 5 on the 27th Oct. = 5 days
So from what I gathered, Halo 3 did 3.3m in 12 days, Halo Reach 3.3m in 19 days, Halo 4 3.2m(?) in 24 days.
hardly fair to say that a game with 2x the US weekly sales, 4x the US weekly sales and 5x the US weekly sales did more than a game with 5 days of WW sales, especially when that series is so US heavy.
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The problem is that Halo 5 is facing stiff competition from Black Ops 3 and Battlefront, both of which are multiplayer-focused FPS'es. Abdiel has commented that Halo 5 vanished when Black Ops 3 launched (which isn't long after Halo 5's launch) and Battlefront is coming out on the 17th.
Also, Halo 3 took more than 1.7 million preorders before it officially launched, so the game sold 1.7+ million Day 1. That's more than 1.4 - 1.5 million in 5 days. After Halo 4 launched, Microsoft's PR commented on how Halo 4 surpassed Halo 3. It's not unreasonable to assume that Halo 4 also sold a similar amount on Day 1.
