Halo Wars 2 Sells an Estimated 149K Units First Week at Retail

The real-time strategy game from Microsoft and Creative Assembly - Halo Wars 2 - sold 149,463 units first week at retail on the Xbox One, according to estimates.

[GtR35olution]

Failure. It should do more than 700k first week because its a halo game. I cant wait to see all the fanat-X on the merry go-round

[TankCrossing]

That's because you're lame.

[Thatguy-310]

No worries it sold a million digital that's what many xbox users buy /s lol

[bouzebbal]

So not even play anywhere helped !

[Critic4l_Strik3]

butt hurt because it's true?

[TankCrossing]

Not butthurt in the least. I think I made a pretty fair observation.

The first comment on the article is someone saying "I cant wait to see all the fanat-X on the merry go-round" with seemingly geniune enthusiasm, which is pathetic isn't it?

[Aloren]

@bouzeball There's no way "play anywhere" could help with retail sales since it only works with digital versions. If anything, play anywhere hurt retail sales more than it did with any other game, cause if there's one genre of game that makes a lot more sense to play on pc than on xbox one, it's RTS games.

[gangsta_red]

This game was niche, it was never meant to sell.

[PlayableGamez-]

Why you are getting disagree is beyond me.
Niche title it is.
Strategy games on consoles are niche.
Halo Wars 2 was a fan service not meant to appeal to the masses.

[CrimzonRazor]

dumb comment after development cost and time there is no way its not meant to sell. If it wasnt meant to sell they would not make it.

[thejigisup]

All games are meant to sell, even the f2p ones...duhh

[ShadowKnight]

Godzilla sold more than this

[Deathdeliverer]

@gangsta_red
I agree with you one hundred percent. Halo wars is niche as hell. The developers knew out the gate that it wasn't a blockbuster title. Expectations low, and hopes high. This sequel is a little different because the budget clearly went up after the great sales of the original. They clearly wanted more sales but even still, it's niche.
However me saying more Xbox gamers should support niche Japanese titles because it would make others willing to try selling their niche titles on the console as well. They just need to know the interest is there and strong enough. You and others started raising hell. Its contradictory as hell.
Every game is expected to sale, but the sale expectations are not always for a million sales, or even half a million in some cases. That's why games are budgeted appropriately during planning. Sometimes a "Blair Witch Project" happens. Low budget but ended up with a crap load more attention than expected. But it's an exception, not the rule.

[Chevalier]

The first one sold almost 3 million copies. What's your definition of niche? 300,000 week 1 for Forza is niche to then? This game got outsold by week 1 sales of Farming simulator! As usual if something for Xbox fails its niche, not a commercial failure. Way to make excuses. If this was a PS4 game they would call it a failure. The same people that suggested 2.6 million copies for Horizon after 2 weeks was a failure to those same people.

[Stogz]

Lol anytime MS needs defending, there's gangsta red!

[S2Killinit]

This was not a niche game in fact it had one of the largest ad campaigns for a MS game.

[Darkfist_Flames]

niche? LOL, not according the xbox fanboys, its an AAA game.

[Why o why]

1, I dont trust vg chartz or their numbers

2, I agree, this is niche especially for xbox gamers despite the halo name

Nobody should expect this game to do large numbers... its good for the diversity which is a positive.

[Liqu1d]

@PlayableGamez He's getting disagrees because when PS fans say that games like Gravity Rush are niche they're apparently just making excuses. He's right about it being niche, but to claim it was never meant to sell is ridiculous.

[Godmars290]

@PlayableGamez:

Because of the same old tired reflex of MS announcing a new game, and the Xbox fan camp proclaiming that it will sell millions.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

"Niche" is an excuse some use to dismiss the success of some Japanese games, while simultaneously using the word "niche" to explain why some other game wasn't successful. Why is that?

[Knushwood Butt]

Never meant to sell??

Classic. Remind me to use that in conversation.

[Kribwalker]

In physical copies alone (not including digital, which is where I bought it) it sold better then another niche title, gravity rush 2, did with twice the install base in its first week

[XanderZane]

It is a niche title, but people will say since it's a Halo's games it automatically should sell 8 million copies. The first game didn't even sell that much. The main reason the first game sold well was because Ensemble Studios (Age of Empire) was developing it and they have a big following. Also, Halo Wars 2 wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible either. I'll probably still check it out once the price drops some. It's not a $60 game.

@CrimzonRazor
It was definitely meant to sell, but not sell 7-8 million copies like a Halo fps game. If it sold 2 million copies, that would be a huge success for that game.

@ShadowKnight
Godzilla sold on the name alone. lmao!! I feel bad for all those fanboys who got stuck with that crappy game. Halo Wars 2 is actually better then Godzilla. Shoot, No Man's Sky is even better. lol!!

Worse exclusive flop ever.
http://www.metacritic.com/g...

@S2Killinit, HarryPuttar
Niche game on game consoles. Every RTS game is a niche game on a game console, because it really doesn't belong there. Most gamers don't buy RTS on game consoles. On a PC, it wouldn't be niche.

[Dragonscale]

@gangsta, that describes most xbone games lol. Excuses excuses.

@whyowhy, so true. VG usually inflate the figures regarding xbox. Its probably sold worse tbh.

[yeahokwhatever]

If there's 1 thing the xbox brand has proven, is that MS has no problem just burning money indefinitely for no real reason at all. Im amazed they havent moved on by now.

[Sharky231]

Dude every game is made to sell!! Especially halo!

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

Your life must really suck

[EpicZinger]

Look who's talking.

[LexHazard79]

Just because the game says Halo on cover doesnt mean its gonna sell 1 million! Its a niche genre "RTS", one thats better played on PC with k&m.

Can you tell me what Halo 5 sold compared to the RTS in its first week? Oh ok....better than 149k thats for sure!

[Ricegum]

Barely more. Microsoft exclusives generally don't sell very well, that has been the case this entire gen. This game should have sold a whole lot more and you know it, huge failure these numbers and it's borderline embarrassing.

[Vandamme21]

When do we get Halo 5 ODLC and Halo Wars 2 ODLC?

[FallenAngel1984]

You honestly expect an RTS to do that well on a console just because it's part of a big brand?

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

How well did the Command & Conquer series sell on PS2?

I think you just don't understand that RTS have had good sales numbers on consoles, but EA chooses to focus mainly on sports games and annual franchises.

[FallenAngel1984]

C&C sure as hell didn't sell over 700k in their first week on PS2

I don't think you understand. Go and compare how well the majority of RTS games sell on consoles and then get back to me

[Lime123]

Well, first one sold over 2 million....

[FallenAngel1984]

And the first one didn't sell over 700K in its first week so what's your point

[DialgaMarine]

Halo Wars 1 did fine on 360. It sold over 2.6 million copies, so the niche title argument is irrelevant. To me it sounds more Xbox fans are trying to avoid something that MS themselves are terrified of with the fate of the Xbox brand; Halo is dying. They still put a lot of emphasis on it, but it's not even close to the powerhouse franchise that it used to. Neither is Gears for that matter.

[boomtube1987]

@GtR35olution A Halo game that is NOT a shooter. Why the hell would it sell in a shooter & sports game machine. Thats a stupid question. Its like saying indies and japanese games are what PlayStation is all about

[EpicZinger]

Point is, halo wars 2 is a massive failure. Period. Now wipe those tears

[Erik7357]

Microsoft needs to treat halo better than this.

I hope halo 6 can re capture the magic PLEASEEEE lol

[Darkfist_Flames]

@Erik7357 LOL just go back and start praising nintendo games since you dont have anything to praise on xbox, and since Review scores matter now LOL.

[S2Killinit]

Is that the world or just the U.S. Numbers.

[Liqu1d]

Global.

[S2Killinit]

That is suprising considering the advertising campaign for it and the fact that its a Halo game. Also i believe the previous one sold a relatively good amount.

I dont want to stoop as low as some people, but I have to say this just to those people, when gravity rush sold the same amount in a single territory, some people were calling it a flop and laughing at the numbers.

[Unspoken]

Well, if you take into the consideration the PS4 install base, than yeah it was a failure. Just saying.

[Rude-ro]

Global with pc and Xbox one

[PhoenixUp]

Do you also expect every Mario, Pokémon, and The Legend of Zelda spinoff, no matter the genre, to sell over 700k in its first week as well?

[S2Killinit]

Yes i do. Logically.

[PhoenixUp]

Then you're freaking out of your mind. The likes of Captain Toad, Pokken Tournament, & LoZ: Triforce Heroes didn't come close to selling that much in their first weeks

[endi123]

Who is so stupid and naive besides ms to think that this game is going to sell well, no mater what they invested its still a halo wars game basically a strategy game with halo written on it that's it, if that was halo 6 then I would understand the problem and all the laughter from PS fanboys.

[Liqu1d]

It's not a shooter though, Halo Wars is nowhere near as big as the main games.

[Mystogan]

Well we don't know the digital numbers yet. It was marketed heavily as a Xbox Play anywhere title, and XPA games are only for digital. I bet digital numbers are at least 2 or 3x these numbers.

[butchertroll]

What a failure sales wise. First Halo Wars sold over 600k in February NPD 2009

[Kurdishcurse]

You reek of desperate bashing.

[Tech5]

"Failure. It should do more than 700k first week because its a halo game. I cant wait to see all the fanat-X on the merry go-round"

It's an RTS though. like the first game, the Halo community is big on the franchise being an FPS. there's a community for it but the amount of played hrs for Halo is through being an FPS.

[FallenAngel1984]

The first Halo Wars sold 146K in its first week and it was only released in Japan and Europe during that week. How Halo Wars 2 sold so close to that despite releasing in North America in its first week is pitiful.

Hell Nier: Automata sold more in its first week in Japan alone than Halo Wars 2 did worldwide.

[Chevalier]

Convenient goalpost moving. It wasn't a failure, it was a 'niche' game. Seriously the previous game moved almost 3 million units so how is it 'niche'. If that is niche then I guess Assassins Creed which does about 3-4 million on each single platform is 'niche', along with Forza, Dead Rising. It got beat by Farming simulator week 1 sales.

[babadivad]

Those are low numbers indeed. Fan base seems to be dedicated though. I've never struggled to find a match.

[bouzebbal]

xbox brand became obsolete under spencer. this is pure fact

[FallenAngel1984]

@ Chevalier

How is it convenient goalpost moving when comparing how a sequel sold compared to the original? 😑

Halo Wars 2 far underperformed compared to its predecessor, that's a fact. Halo Wars 1 released at the same time on its console's lifecycle and it still managed to sell better in the first week without even being released in North America at the time. When Halo Wars 1 did release in North America it sold 370K within its first week in the region, which is more than twice than what Halo Wars 2 sold worldwide in its first week.

Halo Wars 2 had lower first week sales than all those games you listed, so idk why you even brought them up. It's extremely unlikely at this point that HW2 will ever sell close to the 2.64 million that HW1 ultimately sold.

And there's no excuse for why Halo Wars 2 has lower first week sales worldwide than Nier: Automata, which only released in Japan where PS4 had a install base lower than 5 million at the time.

[LiViNgLeGaCY]

Erm, I think that's exactly his point. You basically just agreed with him. Read his comment again.

[FallenAngel1984]

No I didn't agree with him. In fact he's goalpost moving himself. First he says it's a niche title. Then he tries to argue with himself that it isn't a niche title.

[shiva1]

Was digital a thing back when halo wars first came. How many owned more than 32gb space back then.

[DeadSilence]

Monumental failure.

[roadkillers]

So.. I hear you think that you're the God of War...hmmm?

[masterfox]

See this what happens when you kill the popularity of the main characters of the Series and I'm talking about Master Chief and Cortana.

You can thank 343 industries for that.

[bolimekurac]

it has nothing to do with that at all, people just dont like these type of games at least not the ones expecting a aaa title, it wouldnt of mattered if it was mass affect wars. its a niche game

[masterfox]

lol justifying ? is cool you can keep trying,

Is indeed a not for everyone game, but still the popularity of Halo in the 360 was very high and thanks to that Halo Wars sold pretty damn good cause of the Halo popularity

http://www.vgchartz.com/wee...

Like it or not Halo on the xbone was/is garbage in comparison to the old iterations.

[bolimekurac]

im not saying it did well or making excuses masterfox, it should of sold more with a large install base the xbox one has but the same can be said for the ps4 and its 55 million install base or 60mill and some games that should sell well simply dont. im simply saying halo wars is a niche game, i love halo, i wont touch halo wars and many others arent into it either.

[Chevalier]

Halo Wars 1 did close to 3 million sales. If you think that is niche then these games are also niche based on single platform sales:

Dead Rising
Assassins Creed
Forza
Fable
Resident Evil

All these games sold about the same as Halo Wars 1 did.

[LexHazard79]

Or when you release a game in a genre no one really plays on consoles.

Halo 5 did well for MS. So the main games still got some life in em.

[masterfox]

" when you release a game in a genre no one really plays on consoles."
here you go:

http://www.vgchartz.com/wee...

[bolimekurac]

masterfox your showing the 360 sales, the reason it even sold that many was because it was the first halo spin off game and the hype was much bigger for halo at that point in time, the game looked good but still was niche and it sold well a niche game but that doesnt change the fact its niche and chances are wouldnt do that well in a second or even third game no matter how pretty the game might be. you simply have hatred for ms but hey its your life

[Rude-ro]

It is on pc too

[gangsta_red]

Not bad for a niche game. Considering it was never meant to sell.

[tyasia0]

Hmm, that's funny considering that Microsoft had a big Halo Wars 2 Launch Party that Phil, Major Nelson and other Xbox celebrities showed up for.

And I certainly don't remember any XBoners saying anything about how it wasn't supposed to sell when they were talking about how good it was going to be before release.

So yea... totally not expected to sell.

[maniacmayhem]

So because there was a party for the game doesn't make an RTS game niche in a console market? Yea, that makes total sense.

How many popular RTS games are there that do Uncharted or GTA numbers for consoles?

[LexHazard79]

@maniac, hes pretending not to have seen any gamers questioning how much the game was going to sell. When all I saw on the forums was how it was a RTS and it was gonna flop.

[PlayableGamez-]

They do that for evey game.
They did the same thing with Ori and the Blind Forest. (Great game)

[FallenAngel1984]

You were expecting it to sell even lower?

[_-EDMIX-_]

? so what you're telling me is I was always meant to be a failure? What's the point of this company anymore?

With a intellectual property as huge as Halo I'm not really sure the amount of units this game sold is something to be desired.

[CrimzonRazor]

I dont believe anyone spends the time and money to make a game and not want it to sell, kinda a dumb thing to say.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

Not sure if you're being sarcastic to make 'you know what point', but you are correct that it is niche so low sales were expected.

But if these vgvhartz numbers are true, looking at the sales of it's predecessor this is a significant drop off, even taking it's niche status into account, if we are making an honest observation and not trying to push fanboy agenda.

[dkp23]

people can't be this dumb right? spend millions in development for the purpose of not selling.

[_-EDMIX-_]

??? You know what that is? That's strange because when the Last Guardian released I'm pretty positive you're making it sound as if it should have been selling 5 million units out of the gate.

😂😂😂&# 128514;

Didn't the first Halo Wars sell something like 3 million units?

Oh it's "niche" now lol

http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...

You know what's even funnier? This released on 2 platforms, the first Halo Wars only released on one.

...

[rainslacker]

@nemesis

You'll also see plenty of people in those same articles who would say that it's a flop because of it.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

Please stop saying that gangsta_red because it makes no sense. If Halo Wars 2 wasn't meant to sell Microsoft would have given it away for free.

[yeahokwhatever]

"Considering it was never meant to sell"
tell me then, Mr. Genius, why isn't it free?

[tyasia0]

The real news is that a Halo game was outsold by Nier by almost 25%

[PhoenixUp]

And Nier: Automata only released in Japan in the same week

[LexHazard79]

Real news for fanboys maybe....Lol.

Acting like Halo games never been outsold by another. Only since the 1st.

[KickSpinFilter]

Yes, and both niche games.

[Automatic79]

I love how everyone believes VGChartz when it comes to Xbox One game sales. This game is bought more via digital purchase people relax with doom and gloom.

[AspiringProGenji]

Says the guy who has no proof of this game selling more digital. Who do I believe?

[slavish0]

Where is your proof saying it hasn't? There is proof digital is growing. There is proof retail is declining. The issue is U DON'T KNOW and to act like its not relevant show your bias, ignorance, and stupidity 😒

[Nitrowolf2]

@slavish0

Provide the sales number, otherwise hes right, theres no proof/data on the digital sale.

Yes, theres evidense that digital games are growing in sales, but fi4ms have done studies and last october it was cited only about %25 are digital sales vs physical

[LexHazard79]

The ratio in agrees is due to the Sony fanboys hitting that button. They'll do it even if they know their wrong. Lol...

Wheres your proof of digital purchases or that those numbers are combined with the retail?

[Phill-Spencer]

It's already a running gag. As soon as an xbox game ' s sales are low, there is always that "but but digital sold higher" with no evidence whatsoever when facts show that nowadays physical versions still make up the larger part of sells. And without ms releasing numbers i tend to believe statistic more than the guess of xbox fanboys.

But in this case i'm sure sales expection wasn't too high anyway, given the small overall userbase's preference for shooters.

But i wonder if those xbox fans which (in this case rightfully, imo) defend halo wars 2 sales, also understood for example the last guardians sales numbers or even bloodborne's, but i won't check because i'm not into going through comment history.

[green]

I have not bought one single game retail game on the xbox one this gen. Most of my friends are mostly digital with some going fully digital. VGcharts does not represent me at all.

[dkp23]

Low player base game flopped in terms of sales. Not surprising

[DigimonMaster]

Ps4 has an install base of 4.5 million japan. Game sold 192k in first week ONLY in japan. Halo wars 2 sold 150k first week GLOBALLY. Now tell which game is a failure.

[dkp23]

halo wars 2, which is the game i am talking about..

[Chevalier]

I think what Digimonmaster was saying is that 4.5 million PS4s in Japan generated more sales than 25 million Xbox Ones globally. So your both right, but, for that disparity is alarming.

[CrimzonRazor]

You have to have a source for this saying it DONT make it true

[Chevalier]

According to EA's sales data they expect digital sales to hit 25-30% in the coming years. They have far more expertise and data to qualify their statement and you expect us to believe that Halo Wars or any game that digital outsold physical copies by some ridiculous margin?! Highly unlikely.

[Darkfist_Flames]

and yet you believe that website when they show sony games sales LOL

[AspiringProGenji]

Now Think of this before you even start to comment about Persona V sales not matching PS4 console sales and say nonsense

[Gyarados]

Well said dude.

[slavish0]

"AT retail" how many pc gamers buy at retail? Xbox digital is given GameStop issue now but n4g would only show a article one sided for reasons we all now. 2017 posting retail only should not be excepted.

[Destiny1080]

wow what a flop

you wont be seeing a halo wars 3 any time soon

[PhoenixUp]

What about a Gears of War Wars?

[corroios]

That was very smart. But you ruin one of the secrets from the Scorpio launch Gears of war Wars 4K

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Lolz

[InKnight7s]

Thats happen when u spin off every title u have every year.

[sk8ofmnd]

The nier halo wars 2 comparison is not a good one when the ps4 has over 2× the instal base. Its like bringing fists to a gun fight... Besides xbox gamers are jumping ship by the minute and the all mighty scorpio wont change that.

[tyasia0]

That was only Japan which has a 4,500,000 install base vs 25,000,000. So Nier sold 25% more with 80% less units.

https://media.giphy.com/med...

[SirBradders]

That's besides the point, if people wanted this or Microsofts other games they'd buy an xbox.

[FallenAngel1984]

Did you forget that Nier: Autamata only released in Japan that week and it still outsold Halo Wars 3 which released globally

[BIGBOSS08]

is that it? microsoft need to get 343 working on a new ip asap! give halo a rest and bring it back in 5 years time and maybe people will care about it again.

[dkp23]

Don't have an issue with them continuing Halo, but MS do need to lay to rest gears of war. Halo 5 at least sold millions, gears 4 barely did gears judgement which didn't do too well.

They need to reduce 1st/3rd shooters and do an adventure RPG/Action RPG.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Yeah, maybe something like Scalebound?

Oh wait...

[Yohshida]

Vgfartz at it yet again

[Chevalier]

Videogamelab here to make excuses like clockwork. Shucks didn't see that coming.

[Yohshida]

If you noticed, I Post this under every vgfartz "prediction". PlayStation and Xbox. Why? Because those numbers are pure random

[Gyarados]

These asshole xbox fanboys don't buy their games and have nerve to call japanese games niche? F**k out of here.

[DigimonMaster]

Lmao! 26 million consoles and halo ward 2 sold 150k. But but i thought only ps4 gamers didn't buy games? Oh wait, you xbox fckers don't buy games either it seems.

[SirBradders]

I don't know about the rest of the world but here in the UK every one of the kids in the family own an xbox. I don't know any late teens / adults with anything beside a playstation.

Kids would definitely not want to play an RTS.

[georgenancy]

Critical and commercial failure.The xbone needs a miracle at this point

[LordoftheCritics]

I have an X1 and PC and i did not want this game. I love some of the MS Exclusives but seriously Halo Wars?

THE TRUTH HERE IS, XBOX GAMERS SPOKE WITH THEIR WALLETS. THEY WANT DIFFERENT GAMES.

[dkp23]

problem is, xbox gamers spoke with their wallets on essentially all MS exclusives. Which in turned help get scalebound cancelled. XBox exclusives are not selling at all, Phil is about to feel the pressure if he continues to support flops.

[LordoftheCritics]

Thats not true at all.

People enjoyed Forza and Gears last winter.

Its mainly them closing the games regardless.

[dkp23]

it only takes two individuals to buy a game to say "people enjoyed said game". Gears 4 sales not close to what it was for gears 1 or 2, its a fatigue IP. It has no legs, people buy it and dont stick with it. Halo showing signs of fatigue, but it sold millions but not as much as halo 3 and before.

Then you got recore/sunset/quantum break/ryse that essentially flopped in terms of sales. Add halo wars2, that isn't a good look

[TheForkReturns]

You guys do understand that this game is like 75% digital sales right? Which they don't track here.. and I guarantee you it sold 0 copies at retail in NA for PC. Want to know why? Because it actually wasn't physically released there..

I'm estimating worldwide sales are probably close to a million total for XB1 and PC.. hardly a failure by any stretch of imagination for a console RTS..

But keep on about Sony exclusives like Nioh, Nior.. 45+ million PS4s out there.. two games couldn't even do 1milluon worldwide combined.. pathetic.

[Chevalier]

Nioh by itself did over a million in 3 weeks seriously wtf are you smoking?

https://www.google.ca/amp/s...

Get your facts straight because your sounding more like an uneducated idiot. EA which is one of the biggest companies out there has said that the next couple years digital is going up to 30%, currently its at 22-25%. But here you think its some retarded number like 75%?

Yeah you know more than a multi billion $ company. Gtfo.

[Darkfist_Flames]

LOL poor fanboys, you still didn learn your lesson after that dead rising 4 vs the last guardian sales and we know how that end up LOL.

[Jon_Targaryen]

I was never going to buy it to begin with. And I think every other 3rd gamer felt the same way.

[Prince_TFK]

When a ps4 game doesnt sell "its a niche game! Aim at hardcore gaming crowd! Try it because its da best gamez in da world".

When an xbox one game doesnt sell "failllurrrrreeeee! Buhhhh death to xbox and its failed franchise!!!"

....smh.

[Darkfist_Flames]

Which make xbox more of a failure when most of those games sold less than those niche games lol, you fanboys only care about halo(shooter only), forza and gears xD.

[Liqu1d]

Funny because there are Xbox guys pointing out this is a niche title.

[Phill-Spencer]

How many times i've read that niche games don't count when it comes to ps4 exclusives. it's funny because it turned out that the large majority of xbox (console)exclusives are niche games.

[corroios]

This isnt news. It would be if it sold 500k or 600k, but fewer and fewer gamers are tricked into buy this because of the Halo tag. Not even the casuals.

[BrickSprickly]

Xbox gamers scream for exclusives, and then don't support them when they're released. Sunset Overdrive and Recore are other examples with Halo Wars 2 of all talk and no action. Recore may not have reviewed well, but it was still fun, and its price was almost half of what AAA titles cost. Why would MS invest in exclusives if gamers don't buy them, and are more interested in annual 3rd-party games like COD or Madden?

I try to buy all 1st-party exclusives from both Sony and MS. Having unique experiences on both consoles that you can't play on the competitors is good for gaming.

Start screaming with your wallets, Xbox gamers. It's the only language companies really listen to.

[Darkfist_Flames]

They really need to bring Sunset Overdrive to ps4, im sure alot of people will love this cartoony game.

[Ristul]

Wow, Nier sold 190 k in japan only and some Xbox fans called that a fail and niche, I wonder what those people will call this - a Halo game that sold less worldwide then a niche game in Japan? lol... MS can't catch a brake.

[Darkfist_Flames]

the fact that make Gravity Rush 2 sales more successful compare to halo wars 2, and gravity rush has less budget( and its niche according to those fanboys who only play AAA games like Recore xD)

[Tussin187]

They will say it doesn't include digital. Remember only Xbox has digital games. Playstation, on the other hand, only sells physical and digital games is so low that it wouldn't matter. See when a game releases on Xbox, you have to add at least 500k to the number they tell you because of digital. For playstation, you don't do anything because digital IS TRACKED on all games(so the numbers you see is what it is) and magically NOT TRACKED on Xbox(add at least 500k because of digital and PC). All this time and I didn't realize this!! Actually, I guess no games really fail now because digital wasn't counted except on Playstation.

You didn't get the memo....

[Ristul]

Maybe we need to ad about 2 m in digital for every xbox game, you know, to be on the safe side. 149 k retail + 2 m... holy shit, Halo Wars 2 sold 2.15 m in one week - AMAZING!

[corroios]

But 4k and a expensive new console is the right path to go. It will change everything if we put 4k on the box of the game.

Thats the secret

[C-H-E-F]

Still 149k suckers, but that's really, really bad. The console is at 26million worldwide sales, and the flagship game is doing 149k in sales? WHEW!!! Meanwhile, xbox gamers were laughing at Knack on PS4 for doing 300k in the first week grossing to 1.74 million to date. hmph...irony indeed.

[PhoenixUp]

When dafuq did Halo Wars 2 become a flagship game

[Darkfist_Flames]

they shouldv canceled the game, its good for gamers

[DJStotty]

The trouble is halo wars 2 is not a "launch week buy" for most. I enjoyed the 1st halo wars as i like strategy games and will pick up halo wars 2 at some point.

Judging any game off "launch week" as a failure is grasping at the shortest straw possible. A game may sell 2 x, 3 x that the week after

[kevnb]

I wish they just went full blown PC, marketed it as much as a regular Halo game and put it on steam.

[MilkMan]

Seems like a low number. Its not a bad game i bought it. I was in the mood for a good command and conquer like game. Im not a halo fan and i know bupkis about whats going on but its a solid rts. Still that number seems small for a halo game.

[YEP414]

THATS good knowing everyone bought this game digital with the anywhere program that's digital I know me and my friends did

[Brohan]

90% of people more likely bought it digitally.

[Moe-Gunz]

You pulling that out your arse huh?

[Cyfyxtfg]

Really deserves more. Me and my friends love it. I hope they put it on sale or something to get more people online. It makes me feel like I can play Starcraft on console

[Brohan]

Honestly when it comes to RTS games this is fair. Those that talk about a RTS game surely don't know much about the genre itself.

[iain04]

Does the sales figures include digital?

[Goldenarmz]

Are you guys gamers or whiney little females on their periods? Never seen such a bitch fest in my life. My god i miss the old days of gaming.

[mcstorm]

I love all the comments above. Ok so the game has not sold that well in retail but don't you all now not own an xbox as all Xbox games are on pc?

I do wish there was a way to see digital sales and I also wonder how many people buy them digital now. For me ide expect a game like this to sell better on pc just because it fits a kb/mouse over a joypad even though they did a great job making it work for a joypad.

I also don't just mean digital sales for Xbox but also Sony to it would be interesting to see what gamers are doing this gen. I have gone all digital and so have most of the people I know but 6 who own Xbox and ps4's

[braydox21]

I would feel sorry for them but considering what they've been doing with microtransactions is disgusting while i find all microtransactions to a parasetic blight what they've been doing with this game and 5 is absolutely disgusting it makes me physically ill to see this. It jusy corrupts and fucks with what could have been a good game.

[Lightsbane]

My sources tell me it actually sold 2 million, digitally.

Bah, who am I kidding... it sold like absolute shit.

[Vizigoth04]

Honest curiosity here. Wish there was actual data for most hours users spent the most time clocked in on the top 10 software for each platform. Versus just weekly sales data. Because for Halo Wars 2 to sell the way it has it begs to be asked the bigger question. What are XBOX players playing instead? Likewise with other platforms to include PC and mobile. What are gamers playing the most weekly? Something tells me that despite Horizon Zero Dawn selling well, Zelda selling well and Halo Wars 2 sell well, crappy, I'd bet one of the top ten games being played each week is that damn Grand Theft Auto V lol.

[rlow1]

At least Xbox has an RTS, not like a other notable console.

[DaGreatOne]

Guess the other console was too busy putting out goty contenders. Oh well

[Dragonscale]

Actually a certain other console does have rts's, Tethered and Korix.

[PizzaSteve]

Nothing to brag about really lol.

[ocelot07]

Well that sucks. Still not going to stop me buying it on PC once it's cheaper.

[Scatpants]

I was sort of wondering who they were making this for. Console gamers don't play RTSs and PC gamers don't want to play a console RTS. I guess Halo fans might like it, but there's probably less of those now that Microsoft's been sucking for the past 2 or 3 years.

[annoyedgamer]

HA! M$ still won't get a clue that nobody wants their lady warriors and DLC. Give us what we demand and we will give you our money. Until then..have fun slipping into irrelevancy.

Didn't Gears also underperform?

[Triggytrolls]

The first sold well because people like myself owned an Xbox. Fast forward to the E3 reveal with all that always on BS and this is the result.

[Dragonscale]

Shame really. Means ms probably won't make another one.

[GrmpyolGamer]

What I find funny is that people think that vgchartz is a credible source. How many times do they have to be wrong before people stop believing them? Shows the integrity of this site that vgchartz is still allowed to post here.

[ocelot07]

Agreed with you they are not credible. However they are never a million miles away off real numbers. Even if this really sold like 250k that is still a pretty poor number in my opinion.

[Glak18]

Exactly. It's a website based off speculation using limited numbers from sources that pick and choose what information they release. It's why you see more articles about Sony and Nintendo 1st party exclusives more than others, they release numbers for marketing. The key to the article is the wording.

"sold 149,463 units first week at retail"

AT RETAIL...that does not include PC Sales or digital (Windows Store), which is where the majority of fans of the RTS genre play on. It's also why most PC and/or multiplatform games have lower numbers compared to the console counterpart because those numbers are not released to the public. There's a few naive people out there who really think Overwatch and Witcher 3 sold more on console than PC.

VGCHARTZ (Witcher 3)
0.81 million (Windows)
4.29 million (PS4)
1.40 million (X1)

Less than 1 million? Wow PC gamers must really hate the Witcher 3 huh. Seems weird since on Steam alone there are 2.9 million registered owners of Witcher 3 and that doesn't include other clients such as GOG, UPlay, Origin, Windows Store.

I won't go into Overwatch because you can't even find anything close to accurate numbers for it on PC, because Blizzards business practice has always been not to release numbers to the public. Listed on VGChartz it sold 2.97 million on the PS4, more people played the BETA on PC than that.

Any article showcasing sales numbers is an obvious attempt to push their own agenda for one reason or another.

Latest numbers for Zelda on Switch, surprisingly around the same time reports are coming out about issues with the console, state that 89% of Switch owners purchased Zelda Breath of the Wild. In comparison in the same time frame, Horizon is around 6%.

[JOHN_DOH]

It's true that pc game sales are mostly, but I don't think this game would sell well on pc. It was made for a controller and there are better RTS games on pc. I think this game was only available from the windows store too (a lot of pc gamers will not buy games there) I think the sales of the first game are somewhat misleading. They had cgi commercials showing crazy battles (no real gameplay). There were probably a few people that were disappointed when they actually played the game.

[rpvenom]

i came here for the comments

[Youngindy21]

It's an RTS game, so this is not surprising. Most gamers don't typically play RTS games.

[DrumBeat]

What garbage.

[JaXion5]

A niche title yes but for the fact that it's Halo those numbers are abysmal.

[Max-Zorin]

Did anyone even ask for Halo Wars 2? I'm starting to wish that stupid franchise known as Halo, didn't exist. THEY NEED TO MAKE SOME NEW VIDEO GAMES FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! The original Xbox had all kinds of games. The 360 as well. I swear to God, I hope they get booed loud and hard at their next E3 conference. It's bad enough they're like a vampire when exposed to garlic, when it come to making new IP's, they're sitting on all kinds of video games and won't use them. 8th Gen could have seen the return of Blinx the Timesweeper, Bloodwake, Perfect Dark, Kameo, Fuzion Frenzy, Conker, and the list goes on. Teachers in the US will stop screwing their students, before Microsoft get the memo.

[Bathyj]

I really dont give a damn how much it sold, Im glad MS can make a game like this they know wont be a blockbuster. Half their problem is only wanting to invest in guaranteed hits, but with games like this, Ori and Cuphead that could be changing. Granted they only did it here because its Halo, and its not a great title to be propping up your whole first half of the year but Im still glad they have a bit of variety.

Some of you Playstation gamers are getting really obnoxious. Dial it back a bit guys. You dont have to go into a frenzy everytime you smell blood in the water. Yeah I know, but they do it too, blah, blah, blah. Take the high ground for once. An eye for an eye just makes the whole world blind, and there is such a thing as being a bad winner.

And the question is if this game is good and its something different why dont more of you Xbox games support it and not just use it as ammo in these pointless console wars? Buy the damn thing, and get more game in the future. MS wont keep doing niche stuff like this and Recore forever if no one buys it. It at least has to break even. It will be your loss if they regress back to only trying to make the Next Halo/Gears/Forza cycle.

[Brohan]

Who buys retail anymore? This is clearly click bait