Sales of Call of Duty are disappointing.

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Sales of Black Ops 2 are currently looking to be down 15 percent on last years launch of Modern Warfare 3. Which itself was down 5 percent on the previous years Black Ops launch. This is despite it's incredible $500 Million first day sales.

Analysts are calling this trend “a cause for concern” for Activision-Blizzard as the Call of Duty franchise is responsible of 45% of Activision's earnings.

Players and reviewers have become increasingly complacent regarding the latest Call of Duty releases, going so far as to call Treyarch and Infinity Ward, lazy. Shorter single player campaigns and the same old game engine being the most common complaints.


David Vondehaar recently had to defend the use of an ancient (in gaming years) gaming engine. “Anybody who comes at the engine needs to remember it's the 60 frames they love in the first place," he asserted. "And we can make it beautiful - that's through years and years of working with the engine, improving upon it and improving the pipeline and improving our approach, our lighting rendering.”

"People like to talk about the engine, but the truth of the matter is that this isn't like something that was invented six years ago. At this point that engine doesn't resemble anything like any engine - we've ripped out the UI system, the rendering and the lighting are all new, the core gameplay systems are all new.”

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DeadlyDasherPosted:

Cincy123
DeadlyDasher
DrRageface

First off bops2 can't say it has more online players, they did a study two weeks after halo4 came out for 10 days which had more people. That doesn't prove ****, give me numbers at the end of january.

Second Halo4 just barely under sold halo3 and how is that even count. Halo4 is made by a different studio, nobody knew how the game would come out; so of course it sales wouldn't be as high. And it beat Reach's sales showing a comeback.

And third I wouldn't say CoD isn't strong anymore. Their still making money up the ass, but there fan base and sales are starting to drop showing there heading down hill. Unless they make a drastic change with next gen consoles the franchise could be in trouble.

Nuff said.


I don't give a **** about what they said after 10 days. According to the Director of Programming of Microsoft; Major Nelson, Black Ops 2 has more online players than Halo 4.

Nobody knew Halo 4 was even coming out? Lmao you're a dumb ass.

Nuff said, keep the fail arguments coming pubescents.



Funny, because all your arguments make no sense, or aren't related to the discussion at all. Who said anything about game population? Who said anything about 'going strong'? Call of Duty is dying. As is Halo. It's gotten old, and yes, they're both still going strong, but they're dying. It won't be long before people are saying "Call of Duty? Halo?"

He didn't say no-one knew Halo 4 was coming out, by the way. He said no-one knew HOW Halo 4 would come out. As in how good it would be.

Also, quit saying 'nuff said.' It's extremely childish.


Halo is one of those games where people don't give a **** and will buy it because it's Halo. I guess I can make the same argument about BO2 saying it didn't beat MW3s first week sales because no one knew how it would come out. So that's a fail argument. Sorry, but I highly doubt the 2 most played games on Xbox Live are dying. Unless someone comes out with a better fps, these games won't die for a while. And I'm only saying nuff said because one of you pubescents said it to me.

DrRagefacePosted:

DeadlyDasher
DrRageface
DeadlyDasher
the-antiivenom
DeadlyDasher
basedmike has nothing to do with the engine, people are just tired of call of duty. they woke up


Name a games series that started in 2003 or before 2003 that is still going strong. Did all fans of that game just "wake up" too?

*******.

Halo. Nuff said


Black Ops 2 has more online players than Halo on 360. Nuff said.
Halo 4 didn't outsell the first week sales of Halo 3. Nuff said.
If that means it is still going strong, then Call of Duty is too.

Keep it coming pubescents, and I make yall look stupid all day.


First off bops2 can't say it has more online players, they did a study two weeks after halo4 came out for 10 days which had more people. That doesn't prove ****, give me numbers at the end of january.

Second Halo4 just barely under sold halo3 and how is that even count. Halo4 is made by a different studio, nobody knew how the game would come out; so of course it sales wouldn't be as high. And it beat Reach's sales showing a comeback.

And third I wouldn't say CoD isn't strong anymore. Their still making money up the ass, but there fan base and sales are starting to drop showing there heading down hill. Unless they make a drastic change with next gen consoles the franchise could be in trouble.

Nuff said.


I don't give a **** about what they said after 10 days. According to the Director of Programming of Microsoft; Major Nelson, Black Ops 2 has more online players than Halo 4.

Nobody knew Halo 4 was even coming out? Lmao you're a dumb ass.

Nuff said, keep the fail arguments coming pubescents.


Wtf? Your the one that sounds stupid. I never said people didn't know the game was coming out...learn to read. And second I love the fact you don't count my arguement about a study of only 10 days, to me this sounds like i found a flaw in your arguement and you won't except it.

AndyPosted:

I do believe that call of duty has started to go down hill

Cincy123Posted:

DeadlyDasher
DrRageface

First off bops2 can't say it has more online players, they did a study two weeks after halo4 came out for 10 days which had more people. That doesn't prove ****, give me numbers at the end of january.

Second Halo4 just barely under sold halo3 and how is that even count. Halo4 is made by a different studio, nobody knew how the game would come out; so of course it sales wouldn't be as high. And it beat Reach's sales showing a comeback.

And third I wouldn't say CoD isn't strong anymore. Their still making money up the ass, but there fan base and sales are starting to drop showing there heading down hill. Unless they make a drastic change with next gen consoles the franchise could be in trouble.

Nuff said.


I don't give a **** about what they said after 10 days. According to the Director of Programming of Microsoft; Major Nelson, Black Ops 2 has more online players than Halo 4.

Nobody knew Halo 4 was even coming out? Lmao you're a dumb ass.

Nuff said, keep the fail arguments coming pubescents.



Funny, because all your arguments make no sense, or aren't related to the discussion at all. Who said anything about game population? Who said anything about 'going strong'? Call of Duty is dying. As is Halo. It's gotten old, and yes, they're both still going strong, but they're dying. It won't be long before people are saying "Call of Duty? Halo?"

He didn't say no-one knew Halo 4 was coming out, by the way. He said no-one knew HOW Halo 4 would come out. As in how good it would be.

Also, quit saying 'nuff said.' It's extremely childish.

DeadlyDasherPosted:

DrRageface
DeadlyDasher
the-antiivenom
DeadlyDasher
basedmike has nothing to do with the engine, people are just tired of call of duty. they woke up


Name a games series that started in 2003 or before 2003 that is still going strong. Did all fans of that game just "wake up" too?

*******.

Halo. Nuff said


Black Ops 2 has more online players than Halo on 360. Nuff said.
Halo 4 didn't outsell the first week sales of Halo 3. Nuff said.
If that means it is still going strong, then Call of Duty is too.

Keep it coming pubescents, and I make yall look stupid all day.


First off bops2 can't say it has more online players, they did a study two weeks after halo4 came out for 10 days which had more people. That doesn't prove ****, give me numbers at the end of january.

Second Halo4 just barely under sold halo3 and how is that even count. Halo4 is made by a different studio, nobody knew how the game would come out; so of course it sales wouldn't be as high. And it beat Reach's sales showing a comeback.

And third I wouldn't say CoD isn't strong anymore. Their still making money up the ass, but there fan base and sales are starting to drop showing there heading down hill. Unless they make a drastic change with next gen consoles the franchise could be in trouble.

Nuff said.


I don't give a **** about what they said after 10 days. According to the Director of Programming of Microsoft; Major Nelson, Black Ops 2 has more online players than Halo 4.

Nobody knew Halo 4 was even coming out? Lmao you're a dumb ass.

Nuff said, keep the fail arguments coming pubescents.

DrRagefacePosted:

DeadlyDasher
the-antiivenom
DeadlyDasher
basedmike has nothing to do with the engine, people are just tired of call of duty. they woke up


Name a games series that started in 2003 or before 2003 that is still going strong. Did all fans of that game just "wake up" too?

*******.

Halo. Nuff said


Black Ops 2 has more online players than Halo on 360. Nuff said.
Halo 4 didn't outsell the first week sales of Halo 3. Nuff said.
If that means it is still going strong, then Call of Duty is too.

Keep it coming pubescents, and I make yall look stupid all day.


First off bops2 can't say it has more online players, they did a study two weeks after halo4 came out for 10 days which had more people. That doesn't prove shit, give me numbers at the end of january.

Second Halo4 just barely under sold halo3 and how is that even count. Halo4 is made by a different studio, nobody knew how the game would come out; so of course it sales wouldn't be as high. And it beat Reach's sales showing a comeback.

And third I wouldn't say CoD isn't strong anymore. Their still making money up the ass, but there fan base and sales are starting to drop showing there heading down hill. Unless they make a drastic change with next gen consoles the franchise could be in trouble.

Nuff said.

PoonPosted:

"Sales of Call of Duty are disappointing." Should be "call Of Duty is Disappointing"

tebblyPosted:

Beggles worst cod out them all
cod 4 was the best by so much
waw was the second best
black ops 1
mw3
mw2
black ops2 but cod is gradually getting worse considering the games are suppose to get better there getting so much worse personally i want them to fix cod4 so lobbies cant happpen no more cus thats the only cod ive played more than 20days played time online and the only cod that doesnt bore me online, all my mates that played cod4 agree as well but they wont fix it sadly enough:(


CoD2 was the best cod

BegglesPosted:

worst cod out them all
cod 4 was the best by so much
waw was the second best
black ops 1
mw3
mw2
black ops2 but cod is gradually getting worse considering the games are suppose to get better there getting so much worse personally i want them to fix cod4 so lobbies cant happpen no more cus thats the only cod ive played more than 20days played time online and the only cod that doesnt bore me online, all my mates that played cod4 agree as well but they wont fix it sadly enough:(

DSJPosted:

This is the 2nd shittest cod iv'e ever played this sucks balls


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