Halo 5 Sold 5 Million Copies Within 3 Months After Its Release

Halo 5: Guardians for the Xbox 1 sold effectually 5 million copies within the beginning three months after its release.

Yesterday, website Kotaku UK published an commodity titled "How Fable Legends Took Down Lionhead". In the article, one source allegedly claimed that Halo 5 sales take been underperforming since the game was released final October.

"I reckon [Phil Spencer] feels bad almost Lionhead, merely I call up for him, he has to run all of Microsoft Studios equally a business," they say. "Showtime-political party studios isn't doing and then well. Halo v is a big miss, versus projections. Minecraft is a big miss, versus projections. Compared to either one of those, Lionhead is practically a rounding error. But I think if your sectionalisation is nether-performing, you lot have to get to your boss with something on the altar."

Following the article, NEOGAF users started making sales predictions for Halo v since the game was released. Some of these 'predictions' didn't sit too well with 343's franchise development manager for the Halo franchise, Frank O'Connor, who stepped upward and posted Halo 5 sales figures for the first 3 months after the game was released.

O'Connor goes by the proper noun of 'Stinkles' on the GAF forums, and according to him, Halo 5: Guardians sold 5 million copies within the first iii months. Since the game was released back on October 27 last year, this would mean that the shooter sold five million copies past the end of January 2022.

Back in November 2022, Microsoft and 343i announced that Halo 5 had made history equally the biggest Halo launch and fastest-selling Xbox I sectional game to-appointment.

"The success of Halo 5: Guardians is a testament to the innovative work from the entire squad at 343 Industries to bring this installment to Xbox One and the incredible community of fans who accept come up to dear the story, characters and gameplay central to the franchise," said Phil Spencer, head of Xbox. "The game represents all the possibilities of Xbox One and has earned its place as the anchor championship in the greatest holiday games lineup in Xbox history."

Exact sales numbers for Halo 5 oasis't been published, only having sold around 5 meg copies within iii months is quite an achievement.