COD: Advanced Warfare pre-orders are 50% behind Ghosts, says analyst

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Activision is one of the biggest video game publishers in the world thanks to a handful of gigantic properties. But as it unleashes its upcoming megahit, its most successful brand of the last 10 years looks like it’s starting to lose its sales luster.

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.

Of course, it’s important to keep in mind that a poor-performing Call of Duty is still likely going to end the year as one of the industry’s best-selling games. In a note to investors, Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia says that he expects Advanced Warfare to sell 17 million copies — that’s down 15 percent from Ghosts’ 20 million copies sold.

“We believe that the preorders [for Call of Duty] need to accelerate significantly over the next few weeks,” Cruetz wrote. “Or else the evidence for meaningfully weaker performance by Advanced Warfare vs. Ghosts will, in our opinion, become too strong to rationalize.”

The Cowen analyst notes that Call of Duty’s biggest problem right now is that gamers are still busy playing Destiny. If players don’t switch that game off and start looking toward their next shooter, Advanced Warfare could get off to a sluggish start.

“Call of Duty faces a very competitive slate following its launch on Nov. 4, with Halo, Grand Theft Auto, Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Dragon Age all scheduled for release between the Nov. 11 and Nov. 18,” said Cruetz. “With light competition pre-release and heavy competition post-release, we think a slow start for CoD could be difficult to overcome.”



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Source: http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/30/call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-preorders-are-still-sluggish/

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OPPosted:

YellowPony Not really surprising. Hopefully it doesn't sell well enough to make another.


jeez. i just want another cod with zombies.

KatsumiChanPosted:

Not really surprising. Hopefully it doesn't sell well enough to make another.

lolohnoeszszPosted:

YA8
lolohnoeszsz
YA8
Gulp This is no surprise looks awful


"no surprise" like i literally can not stand you guys on this forum. you guys complain about call of duty being the same every year which it has, but when they add tactics in the game that is totally going to change how you play, every 1 is like it looks awful. You kids are so stupid why not just have the same game play tactics every year oh wait they have allready done that. like im honestly tired of seeing posts like this if you don't have anything nice to say dont post.

k thnx bye

oh and btw if you grammar nazi me idgaf.


See where you're wrong is it's always the same. You can throw around the "new tactics, modes, guns, maps, etc" all you want. It's the same it's always been the same and nothing will ever change.

Right now with AW it looks like a prettier version of Black Ops 2. Funny how irony works out sometimes right?


so ur saying ur going to be playing the same as you where in all the other call of duties?

lolohnoeszsz
YA8
Gulp This is no surprise looks awful


"no surprise" like i literally can not stand you guys on this forum. you guys complain about call of duty being the same every year which it has, but when they add tactics in the game that is totally going to change how you play, every 1 is like it looks awful. You kids are so stupid why not just have the same game play tactics every year oh wait they have allready done that. like im honestly tired of seeing posts like this if you don't have anything nice to say dont post.

k thnx bye

oh and btw if you grammar nazi me idgaf.


See where you're wrong is it's always the same. You can throw around the "new tactics, modes, guns, maps, etc" all you want. It's the same it's always been the same and nothing will ever change.

Right now with AW it looks like a prettier version of Black Ops 2. Funny how irony works out sometimes right?

so your saying that the game play is going to be the same as in all the call of duties? one question have u watched multiplayer game play?


Yes i've seen the game i know how it plays. My point still stands.

HorizexPosted:

Ghost was trash call of duty is trash you only like it if your a 12 yr old kid it's about time the series started to die literally same damn game every year except this year you have jetpacks lmfao

YA8Posted:

lolohnoeszsz
YA8
Gulp This is no surprise looks awful


"no surprise" like i literally can not stand you guys on this forum. you guys complain about call of duty being the same every year which it has, but when they add tactics in the game that is totally going to change how you play, every 1 is like it looks awful. You kids are so stupid why not just have the same game play tactics every year oh wait they have allready done that. like im honestly tired of seeing posts like this if you don't have anything nice to say dont post.

k thnx bye

oh and btw if you grammar nazi me idgaf.


See where you're wrong is it's always the same. You can throw around the "new tactics, modes, guns, maps, etc" all you want. It's the same it's always been the same and nothing will ever change.

Right now with AW it looks like a prettier version of Black Ops 2. Funny how irony works out sometimes right?


so ur saying ur going to be playing the same as you where in all the other call of duties?

lolohnoeszsz
YA8
Gulp This is no surprise looks awful


"no surprise" like i literally can not stand you guys on this forum. you guys complain about call of duty being the same every year which it has, but when they add tactics in the game that is totally going to change how you play, every 1 is like it looks awful. You kids are so stupid why not just have the same game play tactics every year oh wait they have allready done that. like im honestly tired of seeing posts like this if you don't have anything nice to say dont post.

k thnx bye

oh and btw if you grammar nazi me idgaf.


See where you're wrong is it's always the same. You can throw around the "new tactics, modes, guns, maps, etc" all you want. It's the same it's always been the same and nothing will ever change.

Right now with AW it looks like a prettier version of Black Ops 2. Funny how irony works out sometimes right?

so your saying that the game play is going to be the same as in all the call of duties? one question have u watched multiplayer game play?

gtapro151Posted:

FourStar
YA8
Gulp This is no surprise looks awful


"no surprise" like i literally can not stand you guys on this forum. you guys complain about call of duty being the same every year which it has, but when they add tactics in the game that is totally going to change how you play, every 1 is like it looks awful. You kids are so stupid why not just have the same game play tactics every year oh wait they have allready done that. like im honestly tired of seeing posts like this if you don't have anything nice to say dont post.

k thnx bye

oh and btw if you grammar nazi me idgaf.


People are allowed to post their opinions.

Anyway, This game needs to die it's like a series of movies that has gone on for too long all they need to do is remake a little call of duty bundle that includes COD 1,2,3,4,5,6 for the Xbox one, PS4 and PC then that's it


exactly just remake the old good ones thats all we ask lol i would pay dubble for a updated version of cod 4 or mw2 on next-gen that would be awesome. In a nice little bundle like you said for like 120$ that would keep me busey for life haha

gtapro151Posted:

Evanrude10 honestly. people need to stop saying this looks like titanfall with out the titans, the only thing that looks even remotely similar is the jumping aspect of the exo-suit, this does NOT look like titanfall at all. I will be getting this game just to see if it is any good but if it turns out to be trash then I will surely be done with COD.


when have you been able to swim around the map in a multiplayer game on cod? when we say it looks like titan fall we mean mostly the jumping around as you said but also everything else is just to much and ruines the runngun style we know and love dont let this cod ruine it for you at least give bo3 a chance then make that decision its unfair to let AW decide cods fate lol

gtapro151Posted:

GT-R
Ramslots I know this may get hate but it's my own "Opinion", Since infity Ward got a 4 year contract, and treyarch nothing to do, they have ruined The Call Of Duty Franchise, every year Treyarch always sell out Call Of Duty, because i know that technol isn't what it used to be but come one, if you compared titanfall to Advanced Warfare i see no difference, Infity Ward have ruined they game, as they did on ghost & Advanced Warfare, but while the contract is still 3 years till treyarch get to get involved, just think of all the ideas and what visuals they will be able to come up with in the future, But unfortunately i will not be getting Advanced warfare as, i feel i will be more happy going on my xbox 360 on Black ops 2, which has out sold both.


Sledgehammer games is actually developing AW not IW.


yeah but they both dev'ed ghosts witch is terrible the last good cod was bo2 and thats not even that good but its 10x better then what we have got now and whats coming lol

GT-RPosted:

Ramslots I know this may get hate but it's my own "Opinion", Since infity Ward got a 4 year contract, and treyarch nothing to do, they have ruined The Call Of Duty Franchise, every year Treyarch always sell out Call Of Duty, because i know that technol isn't what it used to be but come one, if you compared titanfall to Advanced Warfare i see no difference, Infity Ward have ruined they game, as they did on ghost & Advanced Warfare, but while the contract is still 3 years till treyarch get to get involved, just think of all the ideas and what visuals they will be able to come up with in the future, But unfortunately i will not be getting Advanced warfare as, i feel i will be more happy going on my xbox 360 on Black ops 2, which has out sold both.


Sledgehammer games is actually developing AW not IW.

TTGYINDOPosted:

because it is becoming a joke, GET BACK TO MAKING WW2 GAMES!!!!!!


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