: Halo 4 garnered $300 million in sales in the first week. Hardly not a
: success. Comment on quality and replayability all you'd like, but
: consumers knew what they were getting and they still turned out in great
: numbers for this game at launch.

: Lack of a story and space battles in Battlefront were some of the key
: criticisms from fans and critics alike when these features were announced
: and ultimately when the game was launched.

: You're kinda reaching with all of this.

Halo still sold less than the games before it, that's not a success to any executive I have ever met. People had high hopes and they were let down, hence the low numbers for Halo 5.

People will always complain about features that go missing. And them being missing will always make less sales. It's a balance, just like everything else in life, to see what can be thrown away without affecting the bottom line. In Halo 5, which this topic of course began as, it has proven to have a negative effect on the bottom line. Unsure how that is reaching.