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tokilamockingbrd on 17 March 2015
Kerotan said:
tokilamockingbrd said:

 


Yeah black ops 3 will bring the sales back up again. Actually what time of the year do they usually announce the new cod?  

 

My thoughts on the series 

COD4, MW2, WAW and Black Ops was the COD golden age. MW3, black ops 2 and Ghosts left a sour taste in many fans mouths.  Yes MW3 sold a shit ton like BO2 and were loved by many but I think they turned many of the long time fans away like me who'd played cod since the ps2 days. 

 

My theory is that millions of fans have quit the series but the new generation of young gamers since are taking our place. I've a few friends who played MW3 and loved it.  But it was their first cod. If black ops 2 or MW3 was my first cod id love the series still.  

 

They basically fucked the long time hardcore fans over and are aiming at the casuals now. The best we can hope for is a remake of cod4 and/or mw 2 or black ops 2 to return to its black ops 1 roots.  


I started with COD4, then played WaW, MW2, skipped BO1, played MW3 and skipped BO2 and Ghost, then got AW

My favorite was MW3. I thought it was the most balanced, no super knifing (MW2), no op grenades (COD4), no bad maps (WaW and MW2), No one weapon everyone used (looking at you MP40 from WaW), no nube toob overkill (MW2 and WaW), killstreaks were rewarding but not overkill (MW2, COD4, WaW... dogs)

Its the only one I returned to after a new one launched (got really into MW3 again August-Sepember) 2013.

Last gen CoD, Zelda, FF, GT, and Fire Emlem were the only console games I really played. Spent all my time on the PC. The PS4 has me into console gaming like I have no been since the Gamecube/PS2.

That is why I appreciate most of these remasters because I missed just about all the other games (TLOU, TR, GTA5, DS2, FFX/X2, etc)



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Zappykins on 17 March 2015

People hated Ghost, but it still sold well because it's a Call of Duty. People are loving Advanced Warefare AND it's a Call of Duty.

I've also heard it called Call of Duty/TitanFall. Which I think is pretty funny.

I think cause AW was really liked so much, that the next one will sell well. Even with it being up against Halo 5 (Which I also think will sell well.)

I like that if I want to play some of the old blockbuster COD games, that I can get them really cheap now. I've never played one, but they look cool.



 

Really not sure I see any point of Consol over PC's since Kinect, Wii and other alternative ways to play have been abandoned. 

Top 50 'most fun' game list coming soon!

 

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tokilamockingbrd on 17 March 2015
Zappykins said:
People hated Ghost, but it still sold well because it's a Call of Duty. People are loving Advanced Warefare AND it's a Call of Duty.

I've also heard it called Call of Duty/TitanFall. Which I think is pretty funny.

I think cause AW was really liked so much, that the next one will sell well. Even with it being up against Halo 5 (Which I also think will sell well.)

I like that if I want to play some of the old blockbuster COD games, that I can get them really cheap now. I've never played one, but they look cool.


COD4 MW went up against HALO 3. HALO has never been the same since (in power of the IP)....



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A_C_E on 17 March 2015
tokilamockingbrd said:

COD4 MW went up against HALO 3. HALO has never been the same since (in power of the IP)....

All mainline Halo's after Halo 3 boosted the system more than Halo 3 did. Alot of people were saying that Halo Reach or Halo 4 wouldn't do anything for Xbox 360, because everyone who likes Halo already has an Xbox 360, but they both ended up boosting more systems than Halo 3 did when it launched. Ever since CoD4 MW released the FPS market has grown, not shrunk. Halo was already a beast with Halo 3 selling as much as it did, to expect the next Halo's to sell that well is a little too optimistic. But when you include digital download (I don't have data to back this up) I'm quite certain that each mainline Halo game has either reached or come close to 10 million in sales which is alot more than Halo was doing the previous generation.

Halo doesn't have nearly as big of a market share but its power as an IP hasn't shrunk at all I don't think.



Zappykins on 17 March 2015
A_C_E said:
tokilamockingbrd said:

COD4 MW went up against HALO 3. HALO has never been the same since (in power of the IP)....

All mainline Halo's after Halo 3 boosted the system more than Halo 3 did. Alot of people were saying that Halo Reach or Halo 4 wouldn't do anything for Xbox 360, because everyone who likes Halo already has an Xbox 360, but they both ended up boosting more systems than Halo 3 did when it launched. Ever since CoD4 MW released the FPS market has grown, not shrunk. Halo was already a beast with Halo 3 selling as much as it did, to expect the next Halo's to sell that well is a little too optimistic. But when you include digital download (I don't have data to back this up) I'm quite certain that each mainline Halo game has either reached or come close to 10 million in sales which is alot more than Halo was doing the previous generation.

Halo doesn't have nearly as big of a market share but its power as an IP hasn't shrunk at all I don't think.

That's really interesting.  I wonder if anyone feels like making a same system (i.e. Xbox) Halo vs COD chart over the various games.



 

Really not sure I see any point of Consol over PC's since Kinect, Wii and other alternative ways to play have been abandoned. 

Top 50 'most fun' game list coming soon!

 

Tell me a funny joke!
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oniyide on 17 March 2015
Zappykins said:
A_C_E said:
tokilamockingbrd said:

COD4 MW went up against HALO 3. HALO has never been the same since (in power of the IP)....

All mainline Halo's after Halo 3 boosted the system more than Halo 3 did. Alot of people were saying that Halo Reach or Halo 4 wouldn't do anything for Xbox 360, because everyone who likes Halo already has an Xbox 360, but they both ended up boosting more systems than Halo 3 did when it launched. Ever since CoD4 MW released the FPS market has grown, not shrunk. Halo was already a beast with Halo 3 selling as much as it did, to expect the next Halo's to sell that well is a little too optimistic. But when you include digital download (I don't have data to back this up) I'm quite certain that each mainline Halo game has either reached or come close to 10 million in sales which is alot more than Halo was doing the previous generation.

Halo doesn't have nearly as big of a market share but its power as an IP hasn't shrunk at all I don't think.

That's really interesting.  I wonder if anyone feels like making a same system (i.e. Xbox) Halo vs COD chart over the various games.


is it fair to compare a multiplat yearly series to one that isnt?



Zappykins on 17 March 2015
oniyide said:
Zappykins said:

That's really interesting.  I wonder if anyone feels like making a same system (i.e. Xbox) Halo vs COD chart over the various games.


is it fair to compare a multiplat yearly series to one that isnt?


On the same platform? sure, and you could line up the same years if you want.

I think it's obvious that COD will follow whats trendy and doing well.  It followed the Halo multi player years ago, and AW borrow some of TitanFall.  Heck, I wouldn't be surprized if they add a COD Card game, alla HearthStone, if they thought it could sell.



 

Really not sure I see any point of Consol over PC's since Kinect, Wii and other alternative ways to play have been abandoned. 

Top 50 'most fun' game list coming soon!

 

Tell me a funny joke!
A_C_E on 17 March 2015
Zappykins said:

That's really interesting.  I wonder if anyone feels like making a same system (i.e. Xbox) Halo vs COD chart over the various games.

CoD beat Halo handily on Xbox 360, but that's not to say anything towards either franchise, CoD is just simply more popular than Halo.