Now, most know the state of Halo’s followers. Halo 5 is consistently off the Top 10 Most Played chart, and MCC is like number twenty or so. However, I think Halo 5 can make a comeback. It would cost a lot of money, but I think it could still happen. My mini, basic, barebones plan:
(Little weird as I wrote this earlier)
With Halo 5, it is clear that it caters to the competitive community. And it is pretty good at it. I need citation for this, but someone had said HCS was the top stream on Twitch when it broadcasted. ESPN is telecasting Halo 5 at the Aspen X Games. However, Halo 5 lacks a ton of casual content. I do think that is the main reason for the small player base, along with the servers outside of the US. My suggestion to change this is 343 develop old gametypes (Infection, KoTH, etc.) as soon as possible. They are already starting as shown by the Feb update Teaser, and that is good. They should then have teams travel to Europe and Australia to install US-like servers. Lastly, include something BIG in the update. Something that could get people hyped. All of this would cost money, but I think it is important for phase 2.
Phase 2 involves advertising. Preferably a lot of it. Once 343 has done above suggestions, they need to advertise a big, and I mean big update. Possibly the June one as that is the supposed last month of free content. These trailers should convey in some form the new Aus and EU servers, as well as casual gametypes. As long as these trailers get people hyped, and knowing 343 they will, this could effectively re launch the game. Would this work? I have no idea. All I know is that the two main reasons I think Halo 5 lacks followers are bad servers for Europe and Australia, as well as a lack of casual content. I think 343i’s marketing game is pretty darn good, so I think they could find a way to give the audience information about servers+gametypes+something big and make it epic.
I truly think this game is good for players in the US. Arena is awesome. Warzone got much more chaotic and fun in this update. However, players outside of the US have hard times playing. People looking for something other than WZ that is casual are essentially out of luck.I think this could maybe change that, as well as bring people back, and new people in.Oh well. I am no business expert. Please do not hate, just maybe (actually, please do) give constructive criticism so maybe I can edit this.