COD fatigue finally settling in? Black Op2 USA pre-orders significantly behind MW3.

[Sal.Paradise]

bevochan said:

Sal.Paradise said:

Not likely.

http://www.shacknews.com/article/73651/call-of-duty-black-ops-2-pre-orders-setting-records

4th May: "Preorders from day 1 of Black Ops II were more than 10 times the amount of preorders for the first Black Ops on its first day of availability," an Amazon US representative told GameSpot.

http://www.vg247.com/2012/10/16/call-of-duty-black-ops-2-pre-orders-shatter-gamestops-records/

16 October: GameStop president Tony Bartel revealed the news...“Consumer anticipation for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is tremendous. We are seeing the highest pre-orders in history,” he said. “With its current pace, this Call of Duty is on track to break records and is likely to be our biggest game launch of all time.”

To play devil's advocate (because I work in academic research and deal with research publication issues such as bias/fraud in pharmaceutical company sponsored data), it's not in the best interest for either GameSpot and Amazon to make a statement that Black Ops 2 isnt't matching the pre-order pace of MW3.  The sellers want hype and want consumers to buy products from them whether or not they make a profit on Black Ops 2.  Hype and consumer awareness are good for their overall business.

That's true, but, I don't think they'd issue a straight up lie about the pre-orders either, they'd use more ambiguous wording. Here they're using very categorical statements with no room for interpretation.