| Slimebeast said: I believe Halo 4 has a shot at a 90% Meta and Call of Duty Black Ops 2 will get just above 85% Meta. But in sales Blops 2 will crush Halo 4. Blops 2 on X360 will sell 15 million within just a year while Halo 4 will crawl to 10 million in two years. First week online activity of BalakOps2 on Xbox Live will be more than double that of Halo 4's because everyone and their friend plays Call of Duty online and almost nothing else. Honestly Halo is losing popularity by every year while Call of Duty has reached the skies. COD is a phenomenon on a different level than Halo. In skool everyone can join in and feel part of Call of Duty because everyone can play it since it's on PS3 too. And remember, not even Battlefield 3 could shake Call of Duty. Halo 4 release in November will take a beating from Call of Duty. |
In terms of sales Battlefield 3 has never held a candle to Call of Duty so that is a terrible comparison. Based on current trends, Call of Duty will likely beat Halo but probably not by as much as you are predicting it will. Halo 3 will be 5 years old by the time Halo 4 releases and its a safe bet that many Halo players skipped over ODST and Reach as they prefer to wait for the main instalments, and even then both games sold in excess of 5 million copies in addition to GoD figures that are unknown. Don't forget in holiday season sales, Halo 3 was the last game to best a Call of Duty instalment (doubt it can repeat this, GTA V is the only game with a shot).
You've said in terms on online actitivy CoD will outstrip Halo by more than 2:1 on day one. Multiplatform maybe, but if your talking on the 360, not even close. More interested to see how many sales each game loses to the other, fair bet a huge number of gamers will want both but for various reasons only be able to opt for one.
