I just don't get what's fun about that game. In fact I thin its a little bit too hard at times. Anyway I deleted that after a few mintues of playing it. Never looked back.

The guy who is always talking about apples and oranges is now completely OK with their comparison.

Kind of funny. Not unexpected though.

I wonder which game has/will make more money?

Halo will definitely outsell GTA5, but the difference in marketing budgets is probably quite shocking

Dropped to $40 during the holidays so not its these sales are not at full price. In fact most games drop price during the holidays so this isn't a dig at Halo.

Dec 2010 was actually 6.37 shipped.

Sep 2011, GT5 was at ~6.5 Million. That would mean ~800k on shelves before the Holiday bundles/deals.

Dec 2011, GT5 was at ~7.15 Million. That would mean ~250k on shelves after the Holidays.

Sep 2012, GT5 was at ~7.9 Million. That would mean ~1.3 Million on shelves before Holiday bundles/deals.

Dec 2012, GT5 will be at ~8.7 Million. That would mean you expect there to be ~500k on shelves after the Holidays.

Is this right? I got my numbers from the GT5 wall. Im sure if theres a mistake then someone will correct them.

gt5 had a budget of over 60 mil. difference isnt that big, halo 4 would have made a lot more money since its not discounted as high as gt5.

What about Prologue? 

We just don't know how profitable these games were. We have no idea. 

I don't care either way. I am just pointing out how absurd these comparisons are. Why not compare Halo 4 sales to Mario Kart Wii. All these so called rational and logical people are filled with bias. Flame threads like this get enormous number of replies. And i say all this as someone who enjoyed Halo 4 and haven't yet played GT5 more than an hour. Oh well. It seems i took a MBP thread 100 times more seriously than it should be. 

You are basing your opinions around assumptions as well and then stating them as facts.  He is being a little more logical than you actually.  It is clear that Gran Turismo is being shipped in high amounts and it has yet to sell through it's last shipment which is why we haven't seen another shipment.  If they were rare to find this would be a different story but you can go anywhere and buy GT5 which means it hasn't sold through it's shipment of 9.19m.  

This whole thread has become pathetic and about downplaying the other game but if you use a business mind you can clearly see which has been more successful.  But we will ignore that and keep downplaying both games.  But if you guys are going to argue, don't go off of your opinions.  9.19m is shipped not sold and it is also a possibility that Halo 4 has already shipped 9m as we don't know how many it's shipped, but hey let's ignore that too and then bring up a limited edition bundle that is $400.  Not to mention that people who bought that bundle were probably big fans of Halo and bought it for Halo 4.  Oh and btw that means that the bundle sold for an extra $150.  Now I'm not going to do the math but I'm pretty sure that pays for both Halo, the 360, and makes money.  But hey let's ignore that and while we are at it let's ignore that GT5 is one of the most bundled games this gen and it has been on bargain bin price for a long time.  Let's ignore that Halo 4 has sold 7m at full retail price and without bundle.  let's ignore all the DLC it has sold and how many XBL gold account it has got to sign up.  Let's just say Halo 4 has not been successful what so ever and downplay it and say GT5 is the most successful exclusive.  Oh wait am I forgetting about Halo 3?  Oh we can ignore that too since we ignore all other logic.

So? It's an FPS...It's not even the best selling FPS on the 360 to come out this year...

You really want to see something impressive? Look at every racing game other than the GT series that's ever come out. GT5 sold 9 million copies in a genre that doesn't sell.

When the sales of the Halo series make up more than half of the lifetime sales for the entire genre let me know.