Halo Infinite starts with record numbers, but that's little surprising

Hallo Infinite enjoys great popularity. The latest in the series is said to have even put down the best launch of the complete series. About 20 million people the new shooter since launch have already played, so Microsoft in yesterday's conference call for the second quarter (via VGC). Too surprisingly high numbers but not act, which is among other things to the game ball.

• Halo Infinite: Microsoft is celebrating the biggest launch of the franchise history
• The number should be treated with caution

Halo Infinite: Microsoft is celebrating the biggest launch of the franchise history

Over 20 million players inside: According to Microsoft, the release of Halo Infinite was a great success and the biggest launch in the history of the franchise. A total of 20 million people have played the shooter since he was released on December 8, 2021st

Probably no surprise when imposing Halo trailer like this are:

Better than Fora Horizon Launch 5? In the same breath Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella mentioned that Fora Horizon 5 am to 18 million players inside. Fora Horizon was at the time but also the biggest launch in the history of their own franchise, with over 10 million players in within the first week. No wonder with such a high rating, the racing game is also part of the Game Pass:

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Fora Horizon 5 in the test

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The number should be treated with caution

In Halo Infinite us an exact time is missing. We do not know how many people have played directly to the launch. In addition, we also do not know whether the more than 20 million are based solely on the single-player campaign, or whether also the multiplayer mode is one with it. How many people have played really simultaneously and how many have actually bought the game? Microsoft did not provide any more precise information here.

What is quite likely: The multiplayer was even before the story campaign released. For the latter have to pay her either full price or have a Game Pass subscription. However, the multiplayer uses Free2Play. Which there is therefore in all completely free as a standalone version and has almost no barriers to entry.

This may have contributed significantly to the high numbers, just like the availability in Game Pass itself. It was recently reported that Microsoft now here comes to over 25 million subscriptions. Once installed and pure play fast is thus done quickly here.

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Up with the missing co-op the story campaign is finally released the former hallmark of Halo games, it takes quite a while. At the earliest, it will be in May 2022 and up as far Forge finally appears Halo even have to wait even longer Infinite fans. Actually would both want to include the release of the game.

Do you play Halo in single or multiplayer? Have you paid extra or uses it for the story the Game Pass?