barneystinson69 said:
TL;DR: Halo 5 has sold (according to my estimations) 6 million copies physically and digitally. It also has a population of around 51k as of this writing (concurrent players).
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We know this...
shikamaru317 said:
Trunkin said:
If Halo 5 seriously has a 24/h peak of 51,000 players this long into its lifespan, I'd call that a resounding success. Wasn't the dropoff with Halo 4 quite severe? |
343 claims that it has better player retention than Reach and Halo 4, so that makes sense.
Here are the concurrent players counts a year after release, as best as I can remember:
Halo 3: 100k
Halo 5: 51k
Halo Reach: 25k
Halo 4: 10k
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And this alone says a lot. The game shouldn't have a RR this high unless it sold a decent number. I see how Halo 4 was an exception (to everything, since the game sold slightly less than three with a community many times larger) and Halo Reach does adhere to the rule. If so, the five million estimate doesn't seem off.
CGI-Quality said:
hudsoniscool said:
Frankie isn't Microsoft pr. He works for 343. Go ahead and say that's shipped. You have no idea.
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In fairness, neither party has any idea. What you can deduce, unless specified, "sold" usually means shipped.
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I hate the idea that we have to adhere to a no one knows why rule.
Boutros said:
hudsoniscool said:
Frankie isn't Microsoft pr. He works for 343. Go ahead and say that's shipped. You have no idea.
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He made one post in that thread and then ignored all replies asking if he meant sold-through or shipped. That's telling on its own.
And you're right I don't know for sure but you're the one who brought up that number so it's you're responsability to tell the real story. And saying that he meant sold-through isn't the real story. Especially if you then call out VGC for being undertracked lol
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Err, the guy doesn't post period. He literally broke protocol by saying this and then went silent for like forever.
