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binary solo on 05 October 2015
Abun said:
binary solo said:

What store? Is he including Halo LE pre-orders?

I'm inclined to go with Amazon rankings for now as that is a nation-wide "poll". Amazon is hopeless for giving us a prediction of where the Halo 5 LE is sitting because it's sales have been sprad out over a few months during the pre-order period. So Amazon is only any good for skus that are actually being shipped without pre-orders influencing sales numbers for the month.

Not really sure what the buying pattern is leading up to the first release of the generation of the only exclusive mega-franchise on Xbox. We only have one reference point, being Halo 3. But that gives us an interesting sales pattern. DFor the two weeks leading up to Halo 3 launch Xb one incresed week on week by 17%, and then on Halo 3 release week it increased 19% and then the week after it increased 6%. It's quite possible Halo 5 is having the same effect, for a couple of weeks before the game launches sales increase, and the actual spike on the week of release is not as big as people generally expect because a lot of people have pre-bought their console. OTOH with the LE edition, a lot of the pre-buys are actually pre-orders which will ship and count as sales on the week of the 20th, so perhaps the week prior won't see much of an increase and the spike will just be for the week of the 20th and the week of the 27th.

Unless there is a major difference between online and retail buyig patterns it would appear that the latter senario is more likely, with baseline sales of Xb one happening leading into the week that the Halo 5 LE ships.

UC collection is pretty high on the charts. I would be very impressed if it cracked the NPD top 10, it might have a chance.


I think most Halo fans have bought the console which makes sense since there is no other reason to buy an X1 on a mainstream scale.Halo 3 benefitted from no competition and games like Bioshock,COD and Mass Effect.Halo 5 doe snot have those advantages so it will not boost the console sales like Halo 3 did.if the console is limied and pre orders have been high then it should have sold out like the Batman lmtd bundle did,but it has not and left the top 100 after it was put of for pre order.I expect an obvious sales increase,but not enough to stop the PS4 dominance after seeing the Destony bundle sitting strong in the tp 15.

Halo 5: Doe Snot. A scenario where the enemy causes an outbreak of the common cold throught the deer population of the world.

Is that the first announced DLC?



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kurasakiichimaru on 05 October 2015

Who knows. Maybe Destiny have stolen the Halo audience.



kurasakiichimaru on 05 October 2015
BraLoD said:
kurasakiichimaru said:
Who knows. Maybe Destiny have stolen the Halo audience.


The game is ranking really well considering there is still 3 weeks to launch.
The interest in the game is there, but the bundle is suffering because it's expensive and as some people already said, a bunch of the XBO owners were already the ones that bought it in the expectation for Halo, but a $350 Halo bundle would be doing great right now IMO.

I don't believe that considering a $500 20th anniversary PS4 could sell a lot more if it wasn't limited. If people like it then people will buy it.



kurasakiichimaru on 06 October 2015
BraLoD said:
kurasakiichimaru said:

I don't believe that considering a $500 20th anniversary PS4 could sell a lot more if it wasn't limited. If people like it then people will buy it.


PS4 was never at $500, and the 20th anniversary was indeed limited, so there is no room to actually make a comparision there.

The point is, look at the game ranking, just under Nathan Drake Collection and that is really close to release, while Halo is 3 week away.
Halo will have a big opening week, be sure of it.

The 20th Anniversary console was sold for $500. It was the definition of overpriced yet people still bought and would've sold more if it wasn't limited.

Not saying Halo will flop but the console edition should be at top 20 by now since you can hardly call it overpriced and its Halo.



GribbleGrunger on 06 October 2015
BraLoD said:


PS4 was never at $500, and the 20th anniversary was indeed limited, so there is no room to actually make a comparision there.

Look at the game ranking, just under Nathan Drake Collection and that is really close to release, while Halo is 3 weeks away.
Halo will have a big opening week, be sure of it.

I'm 90% certain that the XB1 will take the month but there are two things that stop me being 100%. How big a lead could the PS4 have by the time Halo releases and how much has Destiny cut into the Halo fanbase. These are the only reasons I can't say 100%



 

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CosmicSex on 06 October 2015

Buy the PlayStation 4 Destiny Bundle and get a $50 Amazon.com credit. Credit and redemption instructions will be emailed to you within two days of your completed shipment. Offer valid only when shipped and sold by Amazon.com. Limited time offer.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012UGC9F0/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B012UGC9F0&linkCode=as2&tag=jkfty-20&linkId=2POKCST3L53H5FUN

It will be interesting to see how this affects the rankings. 



GribbleGrunger on 06 October 2015
CosmicSex said:

Buy the PlayStation 4 Destiny Bundle and get a $50 Amazon.com credit. Credit and redemption instructions will be emailed to you within two days of your completed shipment. Offer valid only when shipped and sold by Amazon.com. Limited time offer.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012UGC9F0/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B012UGC9F0&linkCode=as2&tag=jkfty-20&linkId=2POKCST3L53H5FUN

It will be interesting to see how this affects the rankings. 

There's that $50 incentive again. I'm beginning to wonder if these stores are waiting on an official price drop and Target let it slip by mistake. Of course they could just be matching the Target deal so I guess we'll have to wait and see.



 

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CosmicSex on 06 October 2015
X1Gates said:
PS4 will win the month, most of the hardcore halo fans got their console last year when MCC came out.


I get that, but it still doesn't explain why Halo 5 wouldn't be a bigger driver of sales than anything relesing on the PS4.   lets at least wait another couple of weeks before we make that call.  



CosmicSex on 06 October 2015
GribbleGrunger said:
CosmicSex said:

Buy the PlayStation 4 Destiny Bundle and get a $50 Amazon.com credit. Credit and redemption instructions will be emailed to you within two days of your completed shipment. Offer valid only when shipped and sold by Amazon.com. Limited time offer.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012UGC9F0/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B012UGC9F0&linkCode=as2&tag=jkfty-20&linkId=2POKCST3L53H5FUN

It will be interesting to see how this affects the rankings. 

There's that $50 incentive again. I'm beginning to wonder if these stores are waiting on an official price drop and Target let it slip by mistake. Of course they could just be matching the Target deal so I guess we'll have to wait and see.

I'm not sure about the price drop.  I think that Sony may be extending a price drop to retailers allowing them to offer deals, but they aren't yet giving that deal to consumers directly. 



GribbleGrunger on 06 October 2015
CosmicSex said:

I'm not sure about the price drop.  I think that Sony may be extending a price drop to retailers allowing them to offer deals, but they aren't yet giving that deal to consumers directly. 

Yes, that's what I think is happening, but after Target had a splash screen stating 'price drop' with the lower price and no sign of the gift card, I think it's reasonable to assume a price cut is at least possible.



 

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