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#1 Zinix

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Posted 28 September 2014 - 06:39 PM

 

This is according to Cinema Blend, who reports the Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia expects Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare to ship 15% fewer copies in the fourth quarter of 2014, which equates to 17 million instead of 20 million.

Call of Duty experienced a down year in 2013 despite Ghosts selling $1 billion into retail—not actual sales to customers—in its first 24 hours.

Players may be fatigued by the annual blockbuster franchise, as Call of Duty: Ghosts was met with somewhat lukewarm reception. Bhatia expects this may lead players to holding off on purchasing Advanced Warfare unless “word-of-mouth or reviews are strong”.

According to Bhatia 2014 will likely be a down year for PS3 and Xbox 360 sales—50% and 46% respectively—and consumer indecision about upgrading to PS4 and Xbox One may be factors working against cross-generation titles like Advanced Warfare.

He does concede that Advanced Warfare could perform better than its predecessor due to the “lack of competition” this year, as Battlefield Hardline has been delayed to early 2015. Activision’s latest billion dollar franchise, Destiny, has performed well early in its release. It remains to be seen if the Xbox One exclusive Halo: The Master Chief Collection will cut into Advanced Warfare’s sale numbers.

 

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Posted 28 September 2014 - 08:34 PM

As hipsters rise, Call of Duty falls



#3 Raiden

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Posted 28 September 2014 - 08:53 PM

As hipsters rise, Call of Duty falls

And both should die



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Posted 28 September 2014 - 09:17 PM

i am surprised this decline has taken this long. Black Ops 2 would have been my prediction when that was released. 



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Posted 29 September 2014 - 05:35 AM

Going even further into the future does not change the series enough, that's why sales will probably decline.

 

I'm curious to see what Treyarch will be doing, I always think they make the most creative CODs.

 

I heard Ghosts will be another trilogy, is this true? There obviously will be a second one, but a third one?? The story wasn't that good IMO.. good concept, but poor, POOR execution. It had so much more potential. 


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Posted 29 September 2014 - 05:37 AM

Still 17 million too many.  :laugh:


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Posted 29 September 2014 - 07:12 AM

Crysis of Duty



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Posted 29 September 2014 - 11:10 AM

If they spent a decent on the game itself, stop relying on the passing luck the series had and stop with the crazy marketing spree. I wish I could go back in time and steal the COD idea and destroy it. Acti have ruined some of the best developers for what they did. 

 

 

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Posted 29 September 2014 - 03:00 PM

And both should die

Agreed






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