Curious as to what Sony has for the PS5 Holliday line up since GoW: Ragnarok got pushed to 2022. Microsoft has Halo in the chamber on their side so a killer app will have to be highlighted
There's nothing Sony can release, imo, that will combat Halo. Although not as popular as it once was, Halo is still Halo and will do numbers regardless. Sony just needs to focus on getting Forbidden West out.
Horizon Zero Dawn sold over 10 million as of 2019. 2 years ago. PC release did 700K first month.
Halo 5 estimates put it at 10 million since they updated the total franchise numbers total to 81 milion couple months ago.
So I wouldn't underestimate Horizon. It's probably sold more than Halo 5 and any other Halo for that matter since the highest sold was Halo 3 at 11 million.
Halo is not the juggernaught it once was. Halo 5 reception wasn't the best and the whole Craig thing for Halo Infinite last year didn't help.
I feel like the major competition will be from COD and battle royale games since they take most of the mindshare now.
That being said though, It's on Gamepass and multiplayer is free even without Gamepass. It's the first Halo since 2015 and it's open world.
It doesn't need to light the sales charts on fire. It just needs good reviews then they can rake the money in from mtx and Gamepass subs.
Looking at the trailer for it though. I can't say it wowed me like Battlefield 2042 did or even some older titles but I'm not a FPS guy so I guess the details will be in the gameplay?
I terms of shooters - Sony just doesn't have any.
That’s where majority of the mp market is. It’d be nice if Sony had a legit FPS but with all the 3rd party ones available to PS users, I can see why they may not be in a rush.
They're working on it at least and they will own the IP but this ain't coming out till like 2024 probably.
As saturated as FPS are, I would like to see one with that Sony Blockbuster trademark.
