Oh right, sorry for the mistake. I guess the right word is announce the pricedrop for those bundles right after Halo 5 release. Btw thanks for the correction.

Here is more from Abdiel the best buy insider

I don't know. It was a big fuckin' seller. Still sold an absolute monster of copies in our stores. We just didn't get the same momentum around the bundles themselves for the hardware side of things. It was the standalone game we had moving big numbers. 

My private observation has been that it really does seem like most of the major Halo audience has found reasons to acquire the system at some point leading up to this point. Whether at launch, just due to knowing the title is coming (These are the diehards, they saw a Halo 5 announcement at all and were instantly on board), then the fans of MS's first party stuff that were sold on Gears or Forza, etc., then the Titanfall pick ups, and then the MCC push.

Halo is still a big damn franchise. And it did really damn well, as far as I can tell. Just didn't seem to overwhelm the sudden friggin' storm of holiday frenzy that a price cut setting in just as the holidays getting started seems to do. The timing of that drop was perfect, honestly. It hit right as things are fairly quiet, so shoppers aren't really wary about hitting most stores, as the lines aren't bad, but all our prep for holiday shoppers are largely in place with the new queuing formats, etc. so it's all optimized. 

I checked another few districts before I headed home tonight. It looks like across the country, most Best Buys are following that trend, where the PS4 is leading the XB1 for October. How much varies. Sometimes its higher, sometimes its a lot closer, but it is still generally a lead of some kind. There also seems to be a lot of the Halo bundles still available. To put in perspective... In over 50 stores within a 400 mile radius, none of them were sold out of the Halo bundle. None.

Interesting, interesting. 

October is gonna be so close it's gonna be fucking insane!

I called 3.4 million units first week and 7.3 million in 2015. It looks like halo is doign well.

Go to Walmart.com

Search for consoles or console

Sort by best sellers

***Important: Walmart mixes best seller listings with promotions. You have to click the option to 'Only Show Best Sellers'... that is the only way to clear the ads from your results. 

1. X1 is not selling

2. They are gonna cut other bundles price later next month

Umm... there is not much of a month left...

Monthly update:
#22 XB1 Halo Bundle (up 1)
#24 PS4 Nathan Drake Bundle (up 1)
#29 PS4 Star Wars Bundle LT (down 1)*
#39 PS4 TLOU Bundle (down 1)
#47 PS4 Destiny Bundle (down 1)
#50 PS4 Black Ops Bundle (up 1)*
#97 XB1 Gears Bundle (up 2)

*Doesn't count towards October NPD

Still think X1 is gonna edge this out. The 2 months sale prior just seem too big of a lead to be completely turned around.

I wonder if that brings in the Week 3 data, with NDC at 13 and H5 at 22. I would think the week 3 chart must be final given we are near the end of week 4. It's very obvious that almost since the Kinect bundle price drop came out that Xb one has been selling more on Amazon when all the October selling skus are combined, and a few day's of that can tip the scales in Xb one's favour in a month that was likely to be very close.

But it does look like the top single sku for the month will be the NDC, which while perhaps not signalling a win for PS4 at NPD time is nonetheless good for the NDC bundle. It's still managing to keep the storming Kinect bundle at bay.