| Azzanation said:
I think you underestimate MS's IPs. Especially when you include a new IP like Horizon Zero Dawn to Halo. Halo is one of the biggest gaming IPs in the industry. Its like me saying that Ori and the Blind Forest is bigger than Killzone, Infamous, Knack etc. Ill give you a couple examples below.. 1) Do you think Uncharted, God of War and Horizon ZD are bigger games than Minecraft or World of Warcraft? Becasuce those games are not critically acclaimed anymore and are on the decline soo to say any of those Sony IPs are bigger than Halo is basically the same thing. 2) Did you think in the WiiU era that Uncharted, God of War and Horizon ZD are bigger games than Mario because Mario 3D World on WiiU only sold 5m just like Halo 5 did on the X1? Just because a game was in the decline doesn't mean the IP has become smaller or dropped in size. God of War was also in the decline on the PS3 and Sony had to Reboot it to get it back on the positive list. Similar story to Halo Infinite. Console sales also add a major handicap to selling 1st party games especially with Sony's heavy bundling as well. Sony offered cheap bundles for majority of there 1st party line up on a system that has sold more than double the Xbox. Xbox only bundled games like Halo 5 in there more expensive bundles as well as offering digital codes instead of physical copies of the games. Look no further than last gen when Halo topped Uncharted in sales and Gears topped GoW in sales on the 360 which was on a system that was levelled to the PS3 in sales. Personally ill take any Rare IP over majority of games on the market, like Perfect Dark, BattleToads and Banjo Kazooie.. so to say MS doesn't have big juggernaut IPs is silly. |
Halo has seen a sales decline since the launch of Halo 3, Gears of War has been declining since the 2nd entry, which in comparison to Uncharted and GOW, have seen increases in sales for every major entry in the series. The GOW reboot boosted the franchise into 10+ Million territory, turning it into a juggernaught, not saving it from a decline.
Bundles boosted UC4 sales for sure, but the same could be said about Halo 3's bundling, and only one of these franchises have sold 15+ Million for a single entry. I'm sure MS counted digital codes for Halo 4 sales like Sony has done for their titles. The user base of the Xbox didn't impact the original Halo at all, and it didn't help Halo: Reach sell more than Halo 3. You're also excluding titles like GT5 and TLOU in your comparison of 360/PS3 exclusive software. Uncharted already surpassed Gears in the PS360 era.
Its not far fetched to assume franchises like Uncharted, Horizon & TLOU will surpass Halo in popularity. These are franchises that can sell 15+ Million on the PS4. I wouldn't be surprised to see TLOU: PT.II sell more than 20 Million. Those Rare IP's are not juggernaughts at least in a commercial sense. Minecraft and Halo are the only juggernaught IP MS owns, and for the former, its a series created before the MS acquisition, and is available for every platform.
Last edited by PotentHerbs - on 10 July 2019
