ᴍaʀᴋᴇt dɪsʀuptɪᴏn: halᴏ waʀs 2 ᴍultɪplaʏᴇʀ ᴇdɪtɪᴏn
thᴇ ᴍultɪplaʏᴇʀ aspᴇct ᴏf halᴏ waʀs 2 has gᴇnᴇʀatᴇd sɪgnɪfɪcant ʀᴇᴠᴇnuᴇ fᴏʀ ᴍɪcʀᴏsᴏft. thᴇ gaᴍᴇ’s ᴍɪcʀᴏtʀansactɪᴏns sʏstᴇᴍ, whɪch allᴏws plaʏᴇʀs tᴏ puʀchasᴇ ɪn-gaᴍᴇ ɪtᴇᴍs such as nᴇw unɪts and aʙɪlɪtɪᴇs, has ʙᴇᴇn paʀtɪculaʀlʏ lucʀatɪᴠᴇ. ɪn 2017, halᴏ waʀs 2 was ᴇstɪᴍatᴇd tᴏ haᴠᴇ gᴇnᴇʀatᴇd ᴏᴠᴇʀ $100 ᴍɪllɪᴏn ɪn ᴍɪcʀᴏtʀansactɪᴏn ʀᴇᴠᴇnuᴇ alᴏnᴇ. thɪs ʀᴇᴠᴇnuᴇ has hᴇlpᴇd ᴍɪcʀᴏsᴏft ᴏffsᴇt thᴇ gaᴍᴇ’s hɪgh dᴇᴠᴇlᴏpᴍᴇnt cᴏsts and has ᴍadᴇ halᴏ waʀs 2 ᴏnᴇ ᴏf thᴇ ᴍᴏst pʀᴏfɪtaʙlᴇ xʙᴏx ᴏnᴇ gaᴍᴇs ᴏf all tɪᴍᴇ. thᴇ gaᴍᴇ’s ᴍɪcʀᴏtʀansactɪᴏns sʏstᴇᴍ has alsᴏ ʙᴇᴇn pʀaɪsᴇd fᴏʀ ʙᴇɪng ʀᴇlatɪᴠᴇlʏ faɪʀ and nᴏn-ɪntʀusɪᴠᴇ, whɪch has hᴇlpᴇd tᴏ pʀᴇᴠᴇnt ʙacᴋlash fʀᴏᴍ plaʏᴇʀs. ᴏᴠᴇʀall, thᴇ ᴇcᴏnᴏᴍɪc ɪᴍpact ᴏf halᴏ waʀs 2’s ᴍultɪplaʏᴇʀ has ʙᴇᴇn pᴏsɪtɪᴠᴇ fᴏʀ ᴍɪcʀᴏsᴏft, wɪth thᴇ gaᴍᴇ gᴇnᴇʀatɪng sɪgnɪfɪcant ʀᴇᴠᴇnuᴇ whɪlᴇ alsᴏ ᴍaɪntaɪnɪng a pᴏsɪtɪᴠᴇ ʀᴇputatɪᴏn aᴍᴏng plaʏᴇʀs.
