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superchunk on 06 November 2012
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runqvist said:
superchunk said:
runqvist said:


CoD-brand has grown a lot since 2005. I did not mention by end of the year. End of next year would be a good measure.

COD is a front loaded game and doesn't have legs that make long term comparisons worth it.

Just look at X360, it took ~3yrs for it to become dominant in games over previous gen, specifically PS2. (maybe closer to 2yrs than 3...)

Your comparison is pretty much irrelevant, because you are comparing 360 to last gen market leader. We aren't looking at the sales of current gen leader, just second and third placed consoles. If you want, we can disregard the second best selling console and compare Wii U sales to the biggest loser, whichever  console it might be in 1.1.2014. If you want to compare, compare the sales of GC version to 360 version. 360 is likely the third place console this gen.

Or are you expecting Wii U to be the last next gen?

Anyway, total sales in one year and some extra is a good measure.

 

GC Cod 2005:

http://www.vgchartz.com/game/4931/call-of-duty-2-big-red-one/

360 CoD 2005:

http://www.vgchartz.com/game/298/call-of-duty-2/

As we can see, 360 version sold 6 times as much as GC version. Maybe we should expect the same from Wii U?

I don't see how that comparison is possible. GC had a userbase of 1/4 of Wii and 1/3 of PS360 (individually).

I was comparing X360 (first out) to PS2 (leader of gen for core and overall). So here I'd compare WiiU to PS360 (individually as they are statistically equal). But even that is a tough comparison as WiiU has a stigma to overcome due to Nintendo's image/perception among the 18-25 male userbase.

Its going to take games like Bayonetta2 being made in a fashion that blows away current gen (thank fully it comes out before rest of next-gen) to make that group realize WiiU meets their worries head on and is a viable system. Next winter with rest of next-gen launching and WiiU's power really being shown off in comparison to this gen will be a true indicator if A) it will get proper 3rd party support and B) if some part of core gaming will jump on board or not.

Personally I'm only concerned with A.