They included the hardware? Oh dear.

does NPD track digital sales now?

That is healthy and makes me feel even more comfortable with my 2.5-3.5 million guesstimate and extremely happy with my >12 prediction.

Maybe someone can explain because I don't get the numbers to add up for previous game releases unless they counted hardware as well. Halo 3 made $300 million first week, that would add up to a whole lot more games sold first week than any official numbers.

Since MS is game and console manufacturer, they report the total revenue that includes the Halo 5 bundles with their numbers.

Same article: 
"Revenue from Halo 5's microtransactions is likely even higher than $500,000. That's because only a "portion" of REQ bundle sales went to the Halo World Championship. However, the exact percentage split between funds that Microsoft keeps and money that goes to the Halo World Championship is unavailable."

So basically we are still clueless.

Well we know it would sell less than other halos because they included hardware but we know the game still sold good. But now im wondering how much did the bundle sell fw since they included it.

are you basing this off a 60 dollar per unit selling price? consider the legendary edition that sold for twice as much and judging by the numbers on the helmets wasn't all that limited of a print run. I believe there was another edition that sat in between the base price and the legendary sku as well

Exactly, which is why I wonder if sales numbers for Halo 3 also included hardware sales.

before i even start, nobody here (atleast the reasonable people) are denying that Halo 5 is a success in a general sense. because big exclusives success lands in both software sales and how much hardware it pushed. 400$ million is an obiously massive number, and a large success. But those who are interested in knowing how Halo5 actually sold, and how it compared to past Halo games, are looking at the post and what numbers and info it includes. 

As for you math, well that would work if we completly ignored all sorts of logic and reason. we simply cant deduct how much Halo 5 sold from this. for many reasons.

1- Exchange rates. you completely ignore this in your post. even though you are trying to determine sales by revenue, you completly disregard that prices around the world are different. some places it would be relativily cheaper to get a game, and some places it would be more expensive. this applies to REQ packs, the controllers, the Console and and all editions of the Halo 5 game its self.

2- Average Selling price. without knowing the average selling price your whole point is moot. there are 3 editions of the game. the standard 60$ edition, a Limited Edition for 100$ and a Limited Collectors Edition for a massive 250$. Halo has a massive hardcore following, how much of those bought an LE or a LCE? without knowing the average point, you cant calculate how much it sold

3- you cant just say " i wont count controllers because i dont want to". errmm what? they were included in the PR for a reason, and they were sold. their considerably more expensive than a regular XB1 controler, and there are TWO versions. 

4- REQ Packs. you conveniently ignored this as well, because you simply dont want too. there were 45 million REQ packs bought, how many of them were through microtransactions?. could be a massive amount, could be a low one. but all in all, its just pure speculation, and just proves my point that your reasoning is flawed.

5- They didnt say sold through. Having been reading reports like these for years now, its pretty clear that unless sales are specifically said to be sold to consumers, that its sold in to retailers. Heck, lets say software is sold to consumers, just for your sake. But not one mention of anything sold through means that hardware, all controllers shipped and the Halo 5 bundle were included, even if they were sold to consumers or not, which heavily inflates the 400$ in revenue part. is there any mention of sold to consumers? 

you can keep running the numbers and doing all sorts of calculations that you want. but you wont get to any reasonable or logical conclusion. the best thing to do is wait for NPD, we already got UK sales, once we get USA sales we will get a much better picture of how the game, and hardware actually did.