You underestimate the impact of such news.
Like i said, its not about COD, its about the demonstration of the difference between PS4 and xbox one
With internet, information travels fast and easily become public( the rumor is already everywhere in the world on all the forums, its not just gaf who cares about the resolution, eveyrone care about power, everyone care about buying the best hardware , especially for a better price).
everyone = early adopters, those who look for the best ( this is why they buy a new next gen hardware, to get the new most powerful system and get the best console version of ac/cod/bf/... , if they dont care about this, then they buy a wii u with more exclusive games or just keep the current gen waiting for more exclusive games to buy a next gen )
Do you know why Sony wins against Sega ? One of the main reason is that everyone believed PS2 was more powerful (even if it was wrong, so, now, since its true for the PS4, its a real matter )
Predictions for end of 2014 HW sales:
PS4: 17m XB1: 10m WiiU: 10m Vita: 10m
