Halo 5 : "Industry sources support our belief that Halo 5 digital sales were much closer to half of units than the 20-25% GameStop is suggesting."

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bananaking21 said:

Snoopy said:

The analyst said "We" as in the company. Also, there are sources stating this was the best-selling digital game ever in the Xbox Store for an opening week. That is better than the average 20-25 percent for sure. Here is the source. https://news.xbox.com/2015/11/04/halo-5-guardians-biggest-halo-launch-in-history/

and again, the MS PR used the Digital version from the Halo Bundle, and two Limited Editions that all included a digital copy. and MS clevery used that as to promote the "best selling digital title in xbox store history".

The writing is on the wall. Halo 5 did decreased A LOT from previous Halo titles in NPD and in the UK. Gamestop says it underperfomed and that digital sales ratio is in line with other games.

the only way to say that halo has a 50% digital sales ratio is to base the conclusion on pure hope and imagination. but for those of us who live in reality, we can see the writing on the wall. 

I dont understand why some people are finding hard to deal with the fact that Halo 5 under performed. From my perspective, that is a good thing for Xbox gamers. Now Microsoft can shift their focus to other (hopefully good) things.

The funny thing is that most of the people that keeps on clinging to the Halo franchise are the ones that critique Nintendo for not letting rest the Mario games.

Sometimes you just have to let go. Or maybe just let it rest for some years.

The Halo 5 situation reminds me the Assassins Creed Syndicate situation.