: It's entirely possible you're correct, but you sure as hell have not proven
: anything. Unless you're telling me that: 1) You're a data analyst, either
: as an amateur or by profession
: 2) You have access to a massive amount of behavioral and survey data
: 3) Analyzed the data accounting for all the other differences between Halo
: 5's release and Halo: Reach's release...

: then you haven't proven anything. You're merely positing theories and
: engaging in conjecture. It's cool to say you think this could have an
: affect, but that doesn't make it so.

Halo 5 sold on the order of 1/4 what all other Halos did in the first Month. Don't need to be an analyst to know that. I am certainly not trying to prove anything. First it was just about the name "instantly" without me thinking just irked me the wrong way. I felt the need to state it, no clue why but I did. Then it came to this. I still don't see how it's wrong that their consumers felt they were obligated to provide these features. Yes correlation does not = causation, but we all have heard from friends that they didn't buy it for 1 of those features being gone.