It is really hard to accept those numbers. Even a 50% digital attach rate would only put Halo at 1.5 millions in the US. This is probably the worst prediction month ever in in vgchartz. NPD prediction were a big time far off, Halo 5 first week prediction even farther off. Only one who would have got anything right was probably for "trolling"...

Apparently the 930k includes bundles. 

Yeah, I've got some super mutants and ghouls to kill.

Here's to not experiencing any of the overhyped FO4 issues, on my PS4 and your X1!

Seeing how we dont have digital sales you cant prove it didnt sale 1mil copies.

Any chance this has to do with them dropping the Split-Screen Co-op which was a staple of the other Halo's?  Personally, it's the main reason I haven't picked it up yet.  I've always enjoyed playing Halo co-operatively with a friend over or at a friend's house.  Perhaps dropping it turned off more people than they expected.

"It really has been heartbreaking to hear all these stories about players who were disappointed because they couldn’t play Halo 5 with their children, or siblings, or spouses, or friends because of the lack of splitscreen. This is now an age where you have to double-buy Xbox Ones and TVs within the same household to make that happen, or you have to tell someone to stay at home and play on their own console. That, quite frankly, sucks. It sucks enough where some people have said they haven’t bought Halo 5 because of that, and I can see where they’re coming from."

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2015/10/31/halo-6-might-have-splitscreen-because-of-halo-5-backlash/

Removing split-screen backfired, that's for sure. And there's lots of competition for shooters. MCC had issues. Series has changed and veteran fans might have moved on.

In the end, these sales are good for exclusive game. Just disappointing for Halo. It'll still make MS profit and there'll be plenty of gamers enjoying it.

One guy on GAF who works at Best Buy, who is also a legitimate source on GAF was saying how people that were in the line for Halo 5 at launch just left the line and went straight home when they learned that the game didn't have local split screen.

But only Sony fans made noise about the splitscreen?

In all seriousness that's crazy, they have to do it next game.

Ooooh gurl... I read "950k including bundles" and I thought it was good number for less than two weeks on sale.

But after seeing the comparisons with previews entries... Damn. Master Chief Collection probably influenced a lot of people in not buying the game so early.

Just for perspective sakes, Mario Kart 8 sold 1.2 millions in a weekend... Yup. Halo did bad. But they'll recover with the holidays around the corner.

C'mon, man.  Didn't you see the thread? A guy made a thread saying most of the people complaining about split screen were Sony fans. A ton of Xbox and Halo fans (including me) stepped up to express our disappointment about the removal of the feature. 

*apparently I typed this reply before seeing the "in all seriousness" part. My bad. I'm posting this comment, anyway!*