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BMaker11 on 14 November 2015
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Mr Puggsly said:
SWORDF1SH said:

Halo has also declined, no doubt about it. Unless it bucks the trend we are looking at 5M sales maximum. This leaves MS in a situation. Do they reduce the budget for the next game to allow for the lower projected sales and risk further decline or spend big to try and get it back to what it was and chance losing millions. Sony are in the same situation with GT.

I agree Halo is likely on a decline, which is okay for a mega popular 14 year old series. I don't think the situation is as dire as some think though.

I'm sure Halo 5 can get past 5 million, especially with digital numbers. But I don't think it'll do Halo 4 numbers.

You keep bringing up "14 year old series" as if to say "it's an old series, so it's ok that there isn't as much interest". No, Halo 5 sales aren't near prior Halo's because people know 343i now. Halo 4 sold well off Halo 3 being the last numbered Halo (ODST was an expansion and Reach was essentially a spin off), but after seeing that game and MCC, people are wary of Halo now. 

And (note: this is purely anectdotal) my current roommate said he went over a friend's place last weekend and played Halo 5 and said "that game is pretty much identical to the last game. I'm not buying it" (he has an XBOne). I'm sure there's new things in Halo 5 that he just didn't see in the weekend he got to play the game, but his first impression wasn't good. And Halo 5 being the lowest scoring mainline game (not that it has a bad score, by any means, but it is the lowest scoring) probably reflects such sentiments. Not because it's a "14 year old series"