The Halo franchise has made more than $5 billion

Halo has always been the Xbox's star franchise, and here's why: after the launch of Halo 5: Guardians last week, the franchise has now soared to over $5 billion in lifetime games and hardware sales. That includes over $400 million made in first week sales of Guardians, which has become the fastest-selling Xbox One exclusive. As you might expect from those figures, Halo 5 was pretty popular last week, making it both the most played game on Xbox One and Xbox Live, with 7 million multiplayer matches played so far. You can read our review of the game right here.

Those are impressive figures for the franchise, though it falls short of breaking top video game records. Grand Theft Auto V, for instance, took in $1 billion in just three days....

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