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Microsoft Studios |OT3| I thought they were supposed to be sold off by now
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Ummmm…. Have you not been paying attention the past 5 years?
A CD3 trailer? Oh hell I'll talk that. Some SP footage please.
As for DMCV, you don't think it could be a demo? They did reveal the game at their E3 show, so it's possible they announce a demo which could be like the RE7 demo, timed exclusive as well. Fuck I'd love a demo.
I sure hope so. The marketing of this game as been rage inducing. I'm fever pitch with excitement, but they won't give me a release!
Money is money. I think we have to look at the Surface mentality to "get it."
That team has stated multiple times that the devices are more-or-less "hero devices" that show what can be done with Windows/2-in-1s and are not meant to take money from partners. They (MS) would rather show the benchmark for what Windows can do and sell people on the ecosystem opposed to selling physical hardware (and if both - bonus). Office 365 on iPad and Android is the same thing. Why lock to a device family when it leaves so much on the table?
I didn't even bother to use the trial, I only care to play games I own. Gamepass is not for everyone.
There's no indication that H5 reached 8 million sold. For that to happen it would have needed to outperform H3s average, every month following the initial 3 month launch window - all while xbox one is performing half as well as the 360 in Europe.
Just looking at halo5's performance vs Battlefront doesn't bode well for Halo5 hitting 8 mil, unless battlefronts sales lean heavily towards the US XBOX version. Unlikely given the Sony marketing deal.
Halo 5 wasn't the fastest selling. In 3 months, H3 sold In the US alone what H5 sold worldwide. 4 months after release H3 had had already sold 8.1 million copies world wide.
Nope. NDP only tracks US. H4 was quoted as selling faster than H3, But that quote only refered each game's 1st respective fiscal years. H3 had longer legs.
Um...Matt from NPD already confirmed that Halo 4 outsold Halo 3
Might want to check this thread
Given that the US represents the bulk of all Xbox related sales, safe to say Halo 4 is the best selling Halo game of all time.
Not sure I get this logic, if streaming on a device would stop you buying an Xbox then it doesn't matter which devices that streaming is available on.....everyone will have a Pc or phone or tablet or TV that supports streaming game pass and therefore nobody will buy an Xbox. Being on PS makes no difference to that argument. At all.
wait a minute so you think halo 3 sold less than 3 million copies after it's launch window(3 month period). That seams extremely low. And then you go onto say halo 3 had good legs. I'm confused. Your also saying halo 3 sold 8.1 million copies(source?) in its first 3 months. Well if it did 8.1 million copies in 3 months but less than 3 million copies in 11 years since that doesn't sound like good legs.
My question is since this is the Netflix of gaming will their be another tier that allows 4 or 5 profiles and streams at the same time like Netflix has the 4 streams 4K for 15
Game sales typically drop exponentially after launch.
Halo 3 sold 14.5 million by July 2012. So it sold more (almost 2x) in the first 3 full months (8.1 mil) than it did for the following 4 years (4.4 mil) . But yes that's considered good legs. Great legs actually. That's an extra million copies year... That's rare.
People for some reason believe Halo 5 bucked all sales trends despite falling off all charts almost immediately
Edit: ms announced the 8.1 on January after launch https://news.softpedia.com/news/Ove...-and-8-Million-Halo-3-Copies-Sold-75202.shtml
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But you just said for halo 5 to sell 8 million copies it would need to out sell halo 3 past its first 3 months. But now your saying halo 3 did 6.4 million copies past its first 3 months. So I'm confused.
Also the halo 3 sold 14.5 million copies by July 2012 thing is wrong Microsoft never said that.
They said this
"Developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft, Halo 3 is the concluding chapter in the Halo trilogy—an international award-winning action series that grew into a global entertainment phenomenon, selling more than 14.5 million games worldwide, logging more than 650 million hours of multiplayer action on Xbox Live."
That means halo 1 + 2 sold more than 14.5 million copies. And halo 2 had 650 million hours. Halo 3 actually had more than 2 billion. Don't use Wikipedia as fact brother.
This shrouded spoils update for SOT while not as big as the previous update, really improved the game overall. I am not sure why but I am playing a lot more of it.
You misinterpreted the quote entirely wrong. the article is about Halo 3. The "Halo trilogy—an international award-winning action series that grew into a global entertainment phenomenon" part is just defining what Halo is. Everything else is H3 stats. MS made the quote in July 2012, on Waypoint, on the H3 page. Why do you think they'd be talking about Halo 2's online stats on H3s page so long after H2 was last relevant?
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-3
but your right I goofed on the math. H3 sold 8.1 mil in the first 3 months, then 6.4 over the followiing 4.5 years. So 1.4 million a year.
Still it shows how much drop off a game has after launch. In the first 3 months h3 sold 56% of all its copies. Most games will be even more front loaded.
Also, I haven't visited Wikipedia at all
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edit: re-wording as I screwed up the original post
Halo 5 sold just over 5 million in 3 months, are you saying it only sold 1 million more in just over 3 years?
Halo 5 sold just over 5 million in 3 months, are you saying it only sold 1 million more in just over 3 years?
There is no way they will stay at that price point especially if they include MP. I can see 15-20 bucks for the last tier.
The only reliable source is a courtesy of Stinkles on gaf, which doesn't say much, is just a square number(could be slight more or less) in a certain period of time. Pachter said in on of his podcast that 5 sold on par with the others, so still pretty vague, but he confirmed that reqs smashed all the former season passes combined as revenue.
plus is among h3 for numbers online apparently
https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comme...n_halo_5_has/d53ujuh/?st=iqdhjnh6&sh=26e27f13
I've noticed that shrouded spoils give a huge push to the game, the arena will do wonders.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/np...ween-1995-and-2018.82060/page-3#post-15173518
precise link if someone needed it
I'm saying is very unlikely they averaged 1 million units a year over the following 36 months.
Sales typically drop off exponentially after launch.
Ashen launch trailer, but they didn't mean to put it up yet so it got yanked.
Definitely not my cup of tea. But a lot of people love this series so that's cool
I think they should buy Sega, and give all of Sega's studios / teams the budget they haven't had in a very long time (or ever) and do their massive list of IP the justice they deserve. Imagine Phantasy Star V (single player offline RPG) and a Daytona USA 4 built on Scarlett spec.
Honestly, this would be miraculous IF they reformed all the Dreamcast-era teams (Smilebit, Overclock, WOW, Hitmaker) and got some of the head talent to lead them.
Scarlet in the West, Dreamcast 2 in the East. Also, somehow work some magic and make DC games BC and we'd be cooking!
I've put a lot of thought into the potential studio Microsoft is looking to acquire that's worked with PlayStation before. Has anyone though of it being The Chinese Room? I think it fits the bill more so than ready at dawn etc...
It's not impossible, but they would have to buy them from Sumo Digital. Or buy Sumo Digital.
That's a great point that I had missed regarding sumo digital.
Even if I'm misinterpreting it that means halo 3 sold 6.4 million copies after it's first holiday season. Even if halo 5 did half that than it still would be at 8.2 million.
I'm in the US and it seems to be available both online and in the store on the Xbox itself. Link to the store online is here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/ashen/bnxlppcvs0hn?wa=wsignin1.0&activetab=pivot:overviewtab
Haha, what the hell. No Windows 10 version?
They did announce that..
Because back then games were more frontloaded.
UC4 and Horizon had little chart presence and they both are até ~9mi, granted Sony bundled both a lot, but so was halo 5, at least before gamepass
Thanks, downloading it now, curious if it truly is 4k 60 fps on the x.
Just got it. Thanks.
Btw, have any of you guys played Mutant Year Zero? I don't like turn based RPG's or tactical games much but even I am enjoying this. Gotta love Game Pass.
Crazy Larry will be the antagonist of SO2.
For TGA, if I can get any of the following: Awesome gamepass additions (keep in mind indies and AA are some of my favorites), Gears 5 trailer/more gameplay, Ninja Theory's new game sneak peak, more Crackdown 3 stuff, Mercenaries 3 (I can dream...) I'll be happy.
Just please, not another 8 minute trailer for Death Stranding. We get it Geoff, you love Kojima.
Seeing Ultimate Alliance 3 on Switch only confirms my suspicion that Marvel went around to everyone and offered a Marvel IP. I firmly believe that Microsoft has one coming.
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