


Halo 5: Guardians took more than $400 million (£263 million) in global sales in just one week, making it the biggest game only available on Xbox so far. Now Microsoft, which makes the Xbox, has revealed to MailOnline that the latest title in the first person shooter Halo series pulled in £7.7million ($11.7 million) in gross revenue in the UK, beating Spectre.īy comparison, the Bond film took £6.3 million ($9.6 million) in first-day box office sales in the UK. Globally, the video game market is now thought to generate $80 billion (£48 billion) a year. Xbox video game Halo 5:Guardians reaped more money on its first day of sales than Spectre did at the box office. You may have been unable to escape the hype surrounding the new James Bond film.īut there’s another release that leaves 007 in the shadows.
