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[The Sarcastic Dude]

With the news of Zelda for Wii U not reaching it's 2015 goal for release and Uncharted 4 being delayed until 2016, both PS4 and Wii U both lost their big holiday exclusive game to next year, while Halo 5, Xbox One's big holiday exclusive is set to launch this year. With neither PS4 or Wii U having a big exclusive for the holiday, could this be the holiday season for the Xbox One to really shine?

 

[xxracerxx]

I would hope that every holiday season is a success for them.

 

[amar212]

Maybe in US by some arbitrary extent.

Third party games will.define holiday season.

 

[Ricky_R]

Ask Bgamer.

 

[mp1990]

We can talk about that after E3.

 

[Doug Heffernan]

It's gonna be hard to top a holiday of Sunset Overdrive, Forza Horizon 2 and MCC.

 

[Kodros]

We don't really know what's coming this holiday for certain.

 

[Heartfyre]

Why, is the PS4 going somewhere?

 

[Dyson Industries]

It's gonna be hard to top a holiday of Sunset Overdrive, Forza Horizon 2 and MCC.

In terms of actual sales? Halo 5 will/should top all three, easily. SO and FH2 didn't set the charts on fire at all.

 

[Dodecagon]

Probably not, you listed one game from a stale franchise

 

[Squishy3]

Druckmann hasn't delayed Halo 5 yet, give it time. He already delayed UC4 and Zelda. Halo 5 is next.

 

[Turkoop]

I'm sure sony gonna reveal 1-2 titles for Holiday

 

[AmuroChan]

That depends on how Halo 5 turns out. A lot of pressure is on 343 to deliver, especially after the MCC embarrassment.

 

[VanWinkle]

UC4 and Zelda were set to launch this year, too. Never know what's going to end up happening.

 

[xxracerxx]

UC4 and Zelda were set to launch this year, too. Never know what's going to end up happening.

Especially since everyone doesn't want a rushed game to be released janky a la MCC and DC.

 

[King Beyond the wall]

Its a bit early to say that neither sony or nintendo have big exclusives for the holiday. We will learn about the line up over the next couple of months.

 

[Liquidsnake]

I would hope that every holiday season is a success for them.

What? I have not heard talk like this before in these parts.....................

 

[Chobel]

In US, yes.
RoTW, nope.

 

[Dragonborn]

the answer to this depends on what Sony does and how much cheaper MS can get the X1. If they can't undercut the PS4 significantly like they did last year, they'll be left behind. It doesn't really matter though. At best they take Nov and Dec in NA, but WW they still get absolutely outdone by the PS4 and the gap continues its rapid rise.

 

[Altered Juice]

Why, is the PS4 going somewhere?

Probably not, you listed one game from a stale franchise

 

[shwimpy]

Halo 5
Gears Collection
Uhhhh... Tomb Raider?

 

[AmuroChan]

Even with Zelda, Nintendo is bound for 3rd place anyway. As for the PS4, it's hard to say because it's selling at an historic pace despite their first parties not really delivering any gems yet. I would imagine that whatever exclusives they release this holiday will be better than the tandem of LBP3 and DC that they released last Fall.

 

[B.O.O.M]

Druckmann hasn't delayed Halo 5 yet, give it time. He already delayed UC4 and Zelda. Halo 5 is next.

haha well played

OT: not really..third party games will be the most important and Halo 5 sales potential might not be as good as it used to be nowadays

 

[Doug Heffernan]

In terms of actual sales? Halo 5 will/should top all three, easily. SO and FH2 didn't set the charts on fire at all.

I meant in terms of quantity of great exclusives. But yeah, Halo 5 is gonna sell boatloads, no doubt about that.

 

[Kriken]

We can talk about that after E3.

Pretty much this, get back to me on all the console's situations after E3

 

[Chobel]

It's gonna be hard to top a holiday of Sunset Overdrive, Forza Horizon 2 and MCC.

Halo 5, Forza 6, Rise of Tomb Raider, Gears collection.

 

[R3TRODYCE]

Since this isn't 2007 I don't see Halo 5 giving a big push to the XB1 or even staying relevant for a month. I think Sony could do a price drop with a decent pack in and be fine.

 

[Altered Juice]

Gears Collection

https://twitter.com/gearsviking/status/578553820344545281

 

[Always-honest]

That depends on The Last Guardian

 

[Stilton Disco]

Assuming it isn't delayed, a broken mess like MCC, or shite like Halo 4, then in the US it has a decent shit of helping to another win, as long as MS stick to their Christmas stratergy of fire saling the system.

It'll probably be shite, broken, delayed or all three though. 343 don't exactly have a reassuring track record.

 

[RichiRamjag]

Since this isn't 2007 I don't see Halo 5 giving a big push to the XB1 or even staying relevant for a month. I think Sony could do a price drop with a decent pack in and be fine.

This pretty much. MCC killed a good bit of halo buzz imo

 

[xxracerxx]

That depends on The Last Guardian

The hero we deserve.

 

[Doug Heffernan]

Halo 5, Forza 6, Rise of Tomb Raider, Gears collection.

I wouldn't count on Gears Collection this year.

 

[CCIE]

I'm expecting Halo 5 to be the next announced delay

 

[Bloodrage]

Lineup looks really bad this year, especially after Tomb Raider was confirmed timed. I wouldn't buy an Xbox One for Halo 5. 343 is trash.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

Microsoft is super aggressive during holidays in NA, If UC4 had come out Microsoft would simply counter by throwing in an extra game for their bundle or lowering the price of their console even more.

 

[RE_Player]

What's your definition of defining holiday season? Will it do well? Probably. Will it do so well it will suddenly be in the lead and shift the momentum towards Xbox being the platform leader? Absolutely not.

 

[Madness]

UC4 and Zelda were set to launch this year, too. Never know what's going to end up happening.

Except, as we saw with the Halo 5 beta, and the fact they already pushed it to 3 year dev time and released MCC in 2014 slot, Halo 5 will come out in 2015. The question is September or November.

Since this isn't 2007 I don't see Halo 5 giving a big push to the XB1 or even staying relevant for a month. I think Sony could do a price drop with a decent pack in and be fine.

LOL, you're so going to eat crow these holidays. Halo 5 will probably be the best selling game on Xbox One so far, maybe even be the best selling next gen exclusive upto this point as well. Unlike Halo 4, this game is getting well received. And while MCC did fuck up a lot of positivity for Halo, MCC was selling like hotcakes for the first two weeks of launch before the problems became widespread.

 

[nephilimdj]

Scalebound, Halo 5 and Gears of War reboot will most likely shine at E3

 

[jesu]

https://twitter.com/gearsviking/status/578553820344545281

Interesting, so does that confirm the Delta Squad Collection?

 

[Sydle]

I wish it were easy to say Halo 5 is going to be a crown jewel in the Xbox One lineup, but there's just no telling if 343 can deliver.

 

[Chobel]

I wouldn't count on Gears Collection this year.

There's Gears game this year, whether it's a collection or just one game remastered. Insiders teased it's happening.

 

[Mass Effect]

Maybe? It's hard to say. No matter what anyone says, Halo is still a big franchise, but its really skating on very thin ice right now. It's hard to say whether it is as big as it used to be (I'm leaning towards no). They also have Tomb Raider, which will be big.

I think QB being delayed is true though, so I'm not expecting that this year.

 

[xxracerxx]

Except, as we saw with the Halo 5 beta, and the fact they already pushed it to 3 year dev time and released MCC in 2014 slot, Halo 5 will come out in 2015. The question is September or November.

Nothing is definitive. If the game needs more time, it needs more time.

 

[Phamit]

https://twitter.com/gearsviking/status/578553820344545281

He denied a Marcus Fenix Collection, Gears of war:Judgement isn't about Markus Fenix, so a collection of all 4 games, wouldn't be a Marcus Fenix Collection

 

[Leflus]

It was going to be a great season until you jinxed it with this thread.

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[bananafactory]

Halo 5, Forza 6, Rise of Tomb Raider, Gears collection.

Halo 5 will do well no doubt, then you have a track racing game that doesn't light sales on fire, a game that most people know is coming to other platforms later and another remastered collection (albeit one that many like myself will look forward to).

I don't think that lineup is particularly great but it's certainly better than what Sony and Nintendo have right now (aka nothing).

It will be interesting to see what things look like after E3.

 

[Dragonborn]

I'm expecting Halo 5 to be the next announced delay

MS don't care, they will get the game out in time for Nov whether or not it's finished. See: MCC

 

[KingHenrik30]

I know this is OT sorta but OP mentioned it. People didn't really think a new Zelda was coming this year, did they?

 

[frogger]

Probably not, you listed one game from a stale franchise

Lol not going to miss a single bashing opportunity