kidhero99 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare preorders continue to track more than 50 percent behind 2013’s Ghosts, according to Cowen and Company analyst Doug Cruetz. The industry-tracking expert notes that Advanced Warfare is tracking 80 percent behind 2012’s Black Ops II. Call of Duty game regularly generate $1 billion in revenue for Activision, but Ghosts didn’t perform as well as Black Ops II. If Advanced Warfare sells worse than Ghosts, this could signify that the franchise is on a permanent decline. http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/30/call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-preorders-are-still-sluggish/ Seems the franchise is a ghost of its former self. Bubble finally ready to burst? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrManBuz Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 (edited) This sums it up better than I can put into words Edited October 2, 2014 by MrManBuz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRgreen55 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 It's just Cuz every one Wants Zombies That why sale look like sh!T.. But if that Hell mode is real that = kinda zombies but i don't think it real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Weight Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Just a friendly reminder that it's spam to post just meme/gifs according to the new-ish forum rules "No posts with just an image/meme, it's also spam." https://psnprofiles.com/forums/topic/17792-siteforum-rules-26th-july/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrManBuz Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Just a friendly reminder that it's spam to post just meme/gifs according to the new-ish forum rules "No posts with just an image/meme, it's also spam." https://psnprofiles.com/forums/topic/17792-siteforum-rules-26th-july/ Happy now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carville87 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Don't worry activision will make their money back on all the destiny dlc that they cut out of the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Maybe people are starting to realize that the multiplayer (the most popular part of the game) is the same boring repetitive thing over and over again. I still might get it eventually for the platinum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kubanga Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I think a reason why is because of all of these blockbuster games like far cry 4, the 2 ac games, shadow of mordor, gta5 for next gen, battlefield hardline, all of the sports games and the list goes on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar83x Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Well, Activision tends to whore out franchises until there's little left of their rotting corpses. It was only a matter of time before Call of Duty felt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kubanga Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Yes the only 2 colds I enjoyed were mw3 and b ops 1 all others including the clown of a game called lag ops 2 can go away! Although I liked mw2 waw etc etc ok actually shit ops 2 is the only one that can go away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihiris- Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Well I was told that Ghosts was a complete mess by some friends who owned the game. Hell, one of them is a huge CoD fan and even he called it "Glitch: The Game". So maybe Ghosts still leaves a sour taste in the mouths of the fans of the franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kubanga Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Tbh cod used to be a quality game before yearly releases then it went pppbbbttt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielVT Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 (edited) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare preorders continue to track more than 50 percent behind 2013’s Ghosts, according to Cowen and Company analyst Doug Cruetz. The industry-tracking expert notes that Advanced Warfare is tracking 80 percent behind 2012’s Black Ops II. Call of Duty game regularly generate $1 billion in revenue for Activision, but Ghosts didn’t perform as well as Black Ops II. If Advanced Warfare sells worse than Ghosts, this could signify that the franchise is on a permanent decline. http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/30/call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-preorders-are-still-sluggish/ Seems the franchise is a ghost of its former self. Bubble finally ready to burst? Yeah.......no. A couple of factors to take into account. First alot of people are in limbo between last gen and next gen and won't be buying it. Secondly, Ghosts soured some people. Thirdly, this doubtfully includes digital pre-buys which alot of people are leaning towards. Advanced Warfare should make easily over a billion, and might sell more than ghosts if Advanced Warfare is really as good as it looks. Edited October 2, 2014 by DanielVT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Tron Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Advanced Warfare should make easily over a billion, and might sell more than ghosts if Advanced Warfare is really as good as it looks.Did Ghosts even make a billion? I'm no sales expert, but if the pre orders of this game are only ranking half of what Ghosts did, I think it's gonna have a tough time breaking a billion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielVT Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Did Ghosts even make a billion? I'm no sales expert, but if the pre orders of this game are only ranking half of what Ghosts did, I think it's gonna have a tough time breaking a billion. It shipped 1 billion dollars in copies on day 1, and sold around $500 million day 1. So yeah, it crossed the billion dollar mark easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 You seem to forget that 50% of a shitton of people is still a lot of people. Call Of Duty might no longer be the cashcow it was in its prime, but it's still profitable enough for Activision to keep milking it for the next years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearIsEverything Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Even if Call of Duty lost 75% it will still be the biggest seller of the year by a long way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 and might sell more than ghosts if Advanced Warfare is really as good as it looks. sorry but it looks the same as the last few games with all the hightech garbage that made them boring. Could be different completely but from what i've seen it not. The better games for me were cod4 and WaW back when it felt at least a tad realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielVT Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 sorry but it looks the same as the last few games with all the hightech garbage that made them boring. Could be different completely but from what i've seen it not. The better games for me were cod4 and WaW back when it felt at least a tad realistic. You haven't played it yet. I guarantee you it will be better than Ghosts. Give it a chance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie1989 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I never get the big issue with people disliking CoD, they are damn good games!! Along with Battlefield they are the best FPS on the market and sales show it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamburger Helper Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Yeah.......no. A couple of factors to take into account. First alot of people are in limbo between last gen and next gen and won't be buying it. Secondly, Ghosts soured some people. Thirdly, this doubtfully includes digital pre-buys which alot of people are leaning towards. Advanced Warfare should make easily over a billion, and might sell more than ghosts if Advanced Warfare is really as good as it looks. Being in a limbo phase between last-gen and next-gen does not mean people won't purchase it - more than likely they will, for whatever the cheapest price can be. Secondly, Ghosts is not the only Call of Duty game to sour people's taste; your tastes, yes, as you've claimed numerous times before, but not some or all. If anything, consumers have felt too saturated with these games. Third, where is your claim that "... this doubtfully includes digital pre-buys which a lot of people are leaning towards..."? Aside from PC gaming, where it's practically mandatory to have every game thrust into the digital library (where Call of Duty is selling less), the digital marketplace is not the first place of interest in the console marketplace. Advanced Warfare's pre-orders are looking poor, and if that is any indication of how well it will do, that translates to perhaps one of the lowest selling COD titles. Consumers are getting fatigued of COD, and it does not alleviate the situation that a developer who hasn't proven their worth is taking rein on one of the highest selling franchises in media. When there are bigger and more promising games on the horizon, such as Shadow of Mordor or Assassin's Creed: Unity, people would want to invest in something a bit more evolutionary, if not revolutionary. Black Ops: Declassified was absolutely horrendous, deemed from the highest echelons of gaming as well as the average bloke, so anything is possible within this franchise. It shipped 1 billion dollars in copies on day 1, and sold around $500 million day 1. So yeah, it crossed the billion dollar mark easily. Shipping copies does not equate to generating the same amount of money those games are worth. There has not been an article that clearly states that Activision actually did profit the billion dollar mark whatsoever - their quarterly revenue stream during the time of Ghosts release was unveiled, however there was no such statement or claim from Activision showing fool-proof evidence that they actually produced substantial sales other than the estimated $500 million on day one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willmill97 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I bet Sledgehammer are really peed off with Infinity Ward for making Ghosts so dull, so Sledgehammer's great new game Advanced Warfare will suffer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidson2004 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Honestly, I'm not surprised by this. I mean, LOOK what's coming out in November: Call of Duty Advanced Warfare Assassins Creed Rogue and Unity Dragon Age Inquisition Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor (PS3) Hatsune Miku Project Diva F 2 The list goes on. Before, the month of November belonged to COD, now there's a paradigm shift, and the sales are suffering as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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