Halo 5 the ‘biggest launch in Halo history’

Halo 5: Guardians was the biggest Halo launch and fastest-selling Xbox One exclusive game to date with more than $400 million in global software and hardware sales, pushing the franchise to over $5 billion lifetime, Microsoft announced.

The game has the highest week one attach rate for a Microsoft first-party title on Xbox One, was the most played of any game on Xbox One, and the most played of any game on Xbox Live.

Fans have logged more than 21 million hours of total gameplay, including 12 million hours in campaign mode and nine million in multiplayer mode. Seven million multiplayer matches have been played aross Arena and the new Warzone mode. Over 45 million REQ packs have been acquired.

Microsoft did not announce sales numbers for Halo 5: Guardians.