Disclaimer:
This is a complete guess of my own making. I did not hear this from any source nor is this a rumor. This is entirely a guess. With a slight bit of referencing to the past for a more educated guess.
I think the console and Halo will launch on November 17th, 2020. The reasoning behind why I think this is the date is several reasons.
- Microsoft loves releasing new hardware on Tuesdays. No idea why. Yes, there are exceptions (Xbox One to be exact) but more often than not, Microsoft products release on a Tuesday. - The first Tuesday in November is Election day in the US. It cannot be on that day nor that week. - The second Tuesday is right beside another big holiday in the US (Veterans Day) and will probably not come that day. - The Third Thursday has no major Holidays in the major countries that play Xbox. This is the most ideal time. Close to many things: Xbox turns 19 on November 15th, Halo does as well, Close to Thanksgiving but not so close you are not able to prepare for Thanksgiving (US Holiday,) it is before Black Friday when people will be going out for major Christmas Shopping. - The Fourth Tuesday (the 24th) is another semi likely date. But I think it is way too close to Thanksgiving to be the date. - October is too early and defeats the “Holiday 2020” release. - December is too late. Most Christmas Shopping will be done by then.Anyone else have any ideas or guesses? We may find out in June’s Xbox Show. Maybe even a Series S reveal! I guess only time will tell!
That would be a reasonable guess based on your assumptions that Microsoft will avoid major holidays and wishes to release a new console/Halo on a Tuesday. However, only time will tell if any of these assumptions may resemble any forms of truth. My guess is that Microsoft will focus on having the next major Halo release either in October or November like seen with most of the other Halo titles (except the Halo Wars games).
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> Disclaimer:
> This is a complete guess of my own making. I did not hear this from any source nor is this a rumor. This is entirely a guess. With a slight bit of referencing to the past for a more educated guess.
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> I think the console and Halo will launch on November 17th, 2020. The reasoning behind why I think this is the date is several reasons.
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> - Microsoft loves releasing new hardware on Tuesdays. No idea why. Yes, there are exceptions (Xbox One to be exact) but more often than not, Microsoft products release on a Tuesday. - The first Tuesday in November is Election day in the US. It cannot be on that day nor that week. - The second Tuesday is right beside another big holiday in the US (Veterans Day) and will probably not come that day. - The Third Thursday has no major Holidays in the major countries that play Xbox. This is the most ideal time. Close to many things: Xbox turns 19 on November 15th, Halo does as well, Close to Thanksgiving but not so close you are not able to prepare for Thanksgiving (US Holiday,) it is before Black Friday when people will be going out for major Christmas Shopping. - The Fourth Tuesday (the 24th) is another semi likely date. But I think it is way too close to Thanksgiving to be the date. - October is too early and defeats the “Holiday 2020” release. - December is too late. Most Christmas Shopping will be done by then.Anyone else have any ideas or guesses? We may find out in June’s Xbox Show. Maybe even a Series S reveal! I guess only time will tell!
Product releases only come out on Tuesdays because the service that provides data on media sales starts their tracking on Tuesdays. By releasing a game any other day, you’d be losing sales for marketing purposes, as one of the biggest selling points is always “x amount of units sold in the first week”.
Obviously, Xbox One did it on a Friday, and a lot of games started moving to Fridays as well (especially Limited Editions), because releasing things on a Tuesday was mainly for tracking physical units moved - it didn’t track digital units. It makes more sense for a company to release a game on a Friday, just because a lot of gamers are on a M-F schedule (whether it be work or school), so it gives them more time to play with a weekend waiting in the wings.
I wouldn’t expect the Tuesday release would be a lock.
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> > Disclaimer:
> > This is a complete guess of my own making. I did not hear this from any source nor is this a rumor. This is entirely a guess. With a slight bit of referencing to the past for a more educated guess.
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> > I think the console and Halo will launch on November 17th, 2020. The reasoning behind why I think this is the date is several reasons.
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> > - Microsoft loves releasing new hardware on Tuesdays. No idea why. Yes, there are exceptions (Xbox One to be exact) but more often than not, Microsoft products release on a Tuesday. - The first Tuesday in November is Election day in the US. It cannot be on that day nor that week. - The second Tuesday is right beside another big holiday in the US (Veterans Day) and will probably not come that day. - The Third Thursday has no major Holidays in the major countries that play Xbox. This is the most ideal time. Close to many things: Xbox turns 19 on November 15th, Halo does as well, Close to Thanksgiving but not so close you are not able to prepare for Thanksgiving (US Holiday,) it is before Black Friday when people will be going out for major Christmas Shopping. - The Fourth Tuesday (the 24th) is another semi likely date. But I think it is way too close to Thanksgiving to be the date. - October is too early and defeats the “Holiday 2020” release. - December is too late. Most Christmas Shopping will be done by then.Anyone else have any ideas or guesses? We may find out in June’s Xbox Show. Maybe even a Series S reveal! I guess only time will tell!
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> Product releases only come out on Tuesdays because the service that provides data on media sales starts their tracking on Tuesdays. By releasing a game any other day, you’d be losing sales for marketing purposes, as one of the biggest selling points is always “x amount of units sold in the first week”.
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> Obviously, Xbox One did it on a Friday, and a lot of games started moving to Fridays as well (especially Limited Editions), because releasing things on a Tuesday was mainly for tracking physical units moved - it didn’t track digital units. It makes more sense for a company to release a game on a Friday, just because a lot of gamers are on a M-F schedule (whether it be work or school), so it gives them more time to play with a weekend waiting in the wings.
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> I wouldn’t expect the Tuesday release would be a lock.
I wouldn’t say it is definitely locked either. But not all games follow the Friday Release. I noticed a lot of games from Xbox Game Studios release on Tuesdays still. Latest being Halo 2 PC.
The actual date could be any time in October to December. I don’t really know for sure. You make a point. But only time will tell for sure.
I think October. Gives plenty of time to buy for the holidays. Plus, above all else, I’m anxious to play…!
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> I think October. Gives plenty of time to buy for the holidays. Plus, above all else, I’m anxious to play…!
The release date is “Holiday 2020.”
Where in the world is Halloween Celebrated other than the US and England? It would need to be closer to Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanza. Mid to late November would be within 45 days of those Holidays. It only makes sense.
I would find it very odd if it came in October. Not as odd if December. But still would feel very late.
I think Thanksgiving week would be a bad idea. But it can work as a third possible date. It will not come on the first Tuesday. That is the day of the US Elections. The third is most likely. The second maybe. It could work if sold along with the sales.
Doing all Christmas shopping before December sounds like a USA thing. Either way, I’m probably getting an XB1 (again) on Black Friday sales. Good thing Black Friday made it to Europe.
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> > I think October. Gives plenty of time to buy for the holidays. Plus, above all else, I’m anxious to play…!
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> The release date is “Holiday 2020.”
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> Where in the world is Halloween Celebrated other than the US and England? It would need to be closer to Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanza. Mid to late November would be within 45 days of those Holidays. It only makes sense.
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> I would find it very odd if it came in October. Not as odd if December. But still would feel very late.
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> I think Thanksgiving week would be a bad idea. But it can work as a third possible date. It will not come on the first Tuesday. That is the day of the US Elections. The third is most likely. The second maybe. It could work if sold along with the sales.
After thinking about it, the last time Halo released with an Xbox was November 15th 2001, Halo CE release with the original Xbox. Maybe a parallel with the Series X. Infinite is releasing with the new Xbox Series X console. That’s my best guess.
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> > The release date is “Holiday 2020.”
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> > Where in the world is Halloween Celebrated other than the US and England? It would need to be closer to Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanza. Mid to late November would be within 45 days of those Holidays. It only makes sense.
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> > I would find it very odd if it came in October. Not as odd if December. But still would feel very late.
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> > I think Thanksgiving week would be a bad idea. But it can work as a third possible date. It will not come on the first Tuesday. That is the day of the US Elections. The third is most likely. The second maybe. It could work if sold along with the sales.
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> After thinking about it, the last time Halo released with an Xbox was November 15th 2001, Halo CE release with the original Xbox. Maybe a parallel with the Series X. Infinite is releasing with the new Xbox Series X console. That’s my best guess.
I thought the same. I actually predicted several things like this late last year. I don’t want to take the time right now to find the post. It is in the Halo Infinite E3 2018 thread. One of my first few posts. But I said it will probably be a next gen launch game launching around the same time as the first Halo. I can loom for it and post it later. But am slightly busy right now. I have enough time to write this though. I do want to point out the Xbox Series X is already in production. That much confirmed. They are being built and shipped to warehouses across the world. With Priority countries getting them first. (US, Canada, UK, France, etc.) This was confirmed by two people. The Xbox head in France and Brad Sams.
Brad Sams videoIf it is in production, we can expect a release date within days or even hours of PlayStation’s release date and pricing.
I also noticed Xbox Series X pre order page is now up and running. News is basically imminent.
I know this topic is slightly older, but I have info that may show it is the 17th when Infinite launches.
So far, Halo MCC has released every two months. If timing is correct, ODST comes in September and Halo 4 in November. But MCC PC has to launch BEFORE Halo Infinite. As stated, the first Tuesday will not happen. Not possible. But the 10th is a great day for Halo 4! And one week later, Halo Infinite! Halo probably has a launch of November 17th. Unless it is not in November, this date is almost certain at this point.
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> I know this topic is slightly older, but I have info that may show it is the 17th when Infinite launches.
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> So far, Halo MCC has released every two months. If timing is correct, ODST comes in September and Halo 4 in November. But MCC PC has to launch BEFORE Halo Infinite. As stated, the first Tuesday will not happen. Not possible. But the 10th is a great day for Halo 4! And one week later, Halo Infinite! Halo probably has a launch of November 17th. Unless it is not in November, this date is almost certain at this point.
I still feel like ODST comes in August. Although the every two months thing seems to be the case, without multiplayer ODST shouldn’t be terribly difficult to adapt. It’s also been touted as being “later this summer”, which to me means August. I’d also say Halo 4 gets an October launch at least - although it’s not the most popular or anticipated title for MCC, I doubt they’d interfere with what’s coming in November.
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> > I know this topic is slightly older, but I have info that may show it is the 17th when Infinite launches.
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> > So far, Halo MCC has released every two months. If timing is correct, ODST comes in September and Halo 4 in November. But MCC PC has to launch BEFORE Halo Infinite. As stated, the first Tuesday will not happen. Not possible. But the 10th is a great day for Halo 4! And one week later, Halo Infinite! Halo probably has a launch of November 17th. Unless it is not in November, this date is almost certain at this point.
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> I still feel like ODST comes in August. Although the every two months thing seems to be the case, without multiplayer ODST shouldn’t be terribly difficult to adapt. It’s also been touted as being “later this summer”, which to me means August. I’d also say Halo 4 gets an October launch at least - although it’s not the most popular or anticipated title for MCC, I doubt they’d interfere with what’s coming in November.
ODST is getting its multiplayer “later this Summer” on both PC and Xbox One. September is the end of Summer/Beginning of Fall.
September 22nd is the beginning of Fall. The 21st is the last day of summer. Unless one were Australian. Then it would be reversed.