Halo 5 will sell 7.3 Million this year (Prediction)

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Farsala said:

AsGryffynn said:

But that was Halo 3. I don't think any Halo will surpass it unless the amount of Xbox console owners surpasses the 100M mark.

NO ONE can compare the third entry to any other Halo. We all know we will never see one as good as H3. The only fair comparison is 4, since it was the only other game developed by 343i, and it matched Halo 3, but it had 6 times the gamers to sell to.

IN fact, since the amount of users fluctuates, using anything other than percentages to gauge a games success is foolish at best and laughable at worst. Or are you telling me that this Halo had to sell like H3?

Comparing it only to Halo 4 is convenient for your argument and is definitely not the fair comparison. So I reject that.

 

If Halo 5 sold like Halo 3 then we could definitely say 343 are as worthy as Bungie, and that the XB1 would probably sell close to the 360. Now it is clear that neither of those will happen. Both Halos were the first main game on their system, both are part of a popular existing franchise, both had install base at close to the same numbers, both are the 3rd Halo game total made by each developer. Lots of similarities compared to the situation Halo 4 was in.

 

Saying any Halo game would do anything close to the 3rd on a similar install base is insane. Those were the days before COD. Even COD,  a massive juggaurnut, is in decline. The entire genre is facing a decline, as people move away, and more and more sales move to digital platforms. 

 

Now Halo 5 probably did ok, but anyone expecting Halo 3 sales were insane. Its nothing to do with who's "worthy", its the fact that the genre is oversaturated at this point.