Halo 5 Breaks Multiple Records

Halo 5: Guardians is turning out to be a huge record breaker. One week after launching worldwide, the game has marked the the biggest Halo launch and fastest-selling Xbox One exclusive game to-date, with more than $400 million in global sales of games and hardware, pushing the franchise to over $5 billion lifetime according to reports from Microsoft.

 Here in the UK, the day one gross revenue even exceeded that of national treasure James Bond. The first day box office revenue for Spectre was a staggering £6.3 million but day one sales of Halo 5: Guardians  were an even more astounding £7.7 million. 

The game was the most played of any game on Xbox One, as well as the most played on Xbox Live. Players have already logged more than 21 million hours of total gameplay, including 12 million hours in campaign mode

Additionally, last week’s Halo 5: Live broadcast has been officially recognised by Guinness World Records title for the most watched video game launch of all time, drawing more than 330,000 unique viewers the evening of the broadcast and 5.5 million total views throughout the week.