I LOVE GIGGS said: Why do you guys think Halo 5 failed to sell? Yes, I consider it a failure in this regard. Unless digital is 50% or more, I think it failed. Looking at the US and UK numbers, the worldwide total should be around 1.3 million including bundles. I was thinking that the current state of Xbox is the biggest reason for this fall. But looking at Fallout sales, it would outsell it everywhere. I can't accept that. Microsoft needs to do something to save the franchise. I'm not saying it's dead, but if the current trend continue it won't be one of the biggest franchises anymore. By the way, I didn't expect it to sell as good as Halo 3. My expectation were around 2.3 million. Hopefully Microsoft will keep pushing this game and a next year bundle selling 4 million would certainly help it. |
I think it was a number of issues. No splitscreen, not enough Masterchief, low install base and other things.
But i don't believe this is such a bad thing if it makes MS realize that they can't rely on Halo forever and let their studios create more new ip's.
That being said, Halo will probably sell a lot during black friday and it'll have great legs thanks to regular updates like Big Team Battle, Forge etc.