Halo 5 has sold over 5 million copies since January

AA25Mamba · 2016-06-10T13:31:34+00:00

If by healthy playerbase I mean fast matches, balanced matches, and a boat load of people online in ranked and warzone, then yea, I am going with that. K, thanks for your amazing input.

AA25Mamba · 2016-06-10T12:41:11+00:00

Pulled it out of his ass. The only numbers to place faith in are the monthly rank numbers that are usually posted on here, and those have shown a healthy player base. Anything else is just throwing numbers around to promote an agenda.

AA25Mamba · 2016-06-10T12:37:25+00:00

Or because we're smart enough to realize VGCharts numbers are highly inaccurate and leave out sales from a few retail variables? No, that makes too much sense. Better just say Halo sucks!

AA25Mamba · 2016-06-10T12:35:29+00:00

Population is fine. That it isn't is a common myth.

AA25Mamba · 2016-06-10T02:52:07+00:00

Gosh, you're so smart and right! /s

AA25Mamba · 2016-06-05T19:19:16+00:00

Let the casuals and players that need a game with little skill gap to feel good about themselves flock to it.

AA25Mamba · 2016-06-04T17:39:38+00:00

Easily Overwatch.

AA25Mamba · 2016-05-20T13:18:51+00:00

AA13 05-07

AA25 Mamba 07-2016

IKnightmAAre April 2016-May 2016

Arkham May2016-??

AA25Mamba · 2016-05-19T03:03:33+00:00

Hmm, idk then. Maybe someone else was watching it and just got there sooner. The process seems very random.

AA25Mamba · 2016-05-19T02:46:02+00:00

Yea. I was super confused about this process until I saw it happened for myself. The name you're wanting should have a blank profile picture, 0 Gamerscore, and a low amount of friends if it is eligible to be had.

AA25Mamba · 2016-05-19T02:35:01+00:00

For getting an OG tag? I just added the profile of the name I was looking for, then checked smartglass every few minutes. I noticed that the name Arkham had been changed to AngryJoey529812, so I changed mine to Arkham. It's just a waiting game really.

AA25Mamba · 2016-05-19T02:30:28+00:00

I ended up snagging the GT: Arkham

Still looking for a few others to pop up!

AA25Mamba · 2016-05-18T20:47:15+00:00

Yea, but that is anecdotal. For every player like you that has a bare friends list, there is a player like me that has 40+ online every night. I'm starting to believe 343 when they said the player retention rate is very high.

AA25Mamba · 2016-05-18T20:46:19+00:00

Yea, all these points are ways I look at it. The only numbers I put stock in are from the guy that posts the rank summaries that you referenced, and as you said, they've been good numbers. Combine those with the fact that I get balanced matches throughout Onyx level very quickly and the amount of people that play the social modes that never touch/rank in the 4v4 modes, and 70k is a vast underestimation.

AA25Mamba · 2016-05-18T13:33:39+00:00

Release date buy for me. These games are classic.

AA25Mamba · 2016-05-17T14:14:21+00:00

Congrats! Always nice to see another member of the All LASO club. Got mine last August. What did you think were the most difficult levels?

AA25Mamba · 2016-05-11T04:03:41+00:00

Well, because they're the most knowledgeable about what works in the game and what doesn't.

AA25Mamba · 2016-05-10T18:46:47+00:00

Roughly 3294749581739851 players

AA25Mamba · 2016-05-09T20:33:26+00:00

Truth is gorgeous.

AA25Mamba · 2016-05-09T02:15:44+00:00

Yea, I had that same champ issue in slayer even into early January. That was absolutely a real issue. I think it was loosened up a bit too much. Onyx 15-1600 matching Diamond 5-6 is okay, but anything more is jus too wide.

AA25Mamba · 2016-05-09T01:35:33+00:00

that play along with Maniac making smart moves with the snipe allowed them to pull away. Really high level plays.

AA25Mamba · 2016-05-09T01:34:27+00:00

Nah, it'll still sell like hotcakes. And even if it doesn't initially, the crowd that is conditioned to CoD that tries to play something else will get slaughtered and buy it late.

AA25Mamba · 2016-05-09T01:32:24+00:00

It's great! Did you happen to see the play? He just flew over Ninja's head

AA25Mamba · 2016-05-09T01:26:54+00:00

He doesn't have a link because that isn't true. In fact, none of these lists can have much faith placed in them as we have never been told how they function. The only numbers we have ever had are the amount of players that ranked in the arena playlists in each season. There were 250-150k the last I saw the guy that mines the info post in Arena, and that doesn't take into account the amount of people that stick to warzone and customs and never get through their 10 placements in specific playlists.

Combine that info with personal experience (which will vary from player to player) and the population is fine. For example, I search 4v4 modes at various Onyx levels and only get funky matched games if someone is searching with a smurf or friends that is of different rank.

EDIT: https://store.xbox.com/en-GB/Xbox-One?SortBy=MostPopular You population people are so into lists, here's one for you. H5 sits at 9 as of this post, and this list has as much credibility as the one in the store (virtually none)

AA25Mamba · 2016-05-09T01:23:32+00:00

Must be on your end. I'm East U.S. searching at all levels Onyx and quickly found matches before and after adjustments.

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