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small44 on 15 November 2013

Some will buy it on ps4,xboxone some got tired of Call Of Duty and Vgchartz could undertracked it.



PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m

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Too_Talls on 15 November 2013
Hercz said:

Quit with excuses, Ghosts flopped hard. It's a reason why Activision had that built in excuse sold $1bil to retailers in 24 hours, not customers. It's a reason why Activision wasn't cocky, & bragging this year 1st day after release, they did it the last 4 years, but not this year. Next hen releases shouldn't be an excuse, GTA5 is at 25mil already. Ghosts was expected to beat GTA5, but since GTA5 won, now here comes the excuses. Yes, 2.9mil for CoD is a flop, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. BF3 sold that 3 years ago.


Ignore the elephant in the room all you want. why didn't battlefield do as well this time? NEXT GEN CONSOLES 

Why did GTA 5 do so well? september launch plus no announced plans of a next gen release so if you wanted it, you'd have to get the current versions.

If GTA was announced next gen less people would hold out because there is a lot of time inbetween september and november but ghost released in the same month the new consoles are releasing in.

But hey what ever floats your boat. Ignorance is bliss.



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daredevil.shark on 15 November 2013

Finally people are fed up over same formula. COD was a refreshing game back in 2003. It became cool with Modern Warfare 1. It became mainstream with modern warfare 2 and black ops. Now its a generic game.



MontanaHatchet on 15 November 2013

It's a combination of:

1. People switching over and buying it on the PS4/XB1

2. Players going over to Battlefield 4

3. General series fatigue

I know the thread is meant to be satirical hyperbole, but the series is still massive and will likely continue to be a force in the 8th gen. Which is disappointing, because I don't want the 8th gen to just be a continuation of the 7th with the same series dominating the charts.



 

 

daredevil.shark on 15 November 2013
MontanaHatchet said:
It's a combination of:

1. People switching over and buying it on the PS4/XB1

2. Players going over to Battlefield 4

3. General series fatigue

I know the thread is meant to be satirical hyperbole, but the series is still massive and will likely continue to be a force in the 8th gen. Which is disappointing, because I don't want the 8th gen to just be a continuation of the 7th with the same series dominating the charts.


Spot on.



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Seece on 15 November 2013

Maybe the numbers are wrong ....



 

fatslob-:O on 15 November 2013

COD ghosts is far from a flop.



Mr Puggsly on 15 November 2013
C0LINx said:
Not surprised, the hype has died. They killed it. Should stopped annual releases after Black Ops.

 

USA Pre-Order Chart

1
Call of Duty: Ghosts (X360)
Activision, Shooter
1 220,851 957,388
2
Call of Duty: Ghosts (PS3)
Activision, Shooter
1 142,348 499,328

 

Pos Game Weeks to Launch Weekly Change Total
1
Call of Duty: Ghosts (PS4)
Activision, Shooter
1 80,454 440,772
2
Call of Duty: Ghosts (XOne)
Activision, Shooter
2 56,469 431,764

 

You're ignoring many people are waiting for the 8th gen releases instead. It might be down YoY, but series is still going strong.

Furthermore, BF4 saw a massive decline on 7th gen consoles and that isn't an annual series.

Hence, your logic is wrong.



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Anfebious on 15 November 2013

Given the context, it could be considered a "flop".



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Hercz on 15 November 2013
ishiki said:

I think first month comparisons will be better, because of the weird circumstances. Though I still expect a huge drop. I think people were holding off for next console as well, that won't actually end up buying it.

I hesitate to call anything that sells that much and is going to make money a flop. I think expectations were lower for this as well.
However, underperforming I'd say for certain. But this is just semantics.


Get your point, but a flop is a flop. Like if Avengers 2 doesn't gross $1bil, it'll be a flop, & it definitely needs to surpass the 1st one in order not to be labeled a flop. CoD is no different especially the way they paraded around MW2 - BO2 sales. All this proves is that GTA is this generations hottest series. GTA5 sold 25mil in under 2 months, CoD takes 8 months, to a year to do that. & Red Dead is about to be on COD heels whenever the next 1 is released.