Activision exec says CoD Advanced Warfare can outsell Ghosts

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The CEO of Activision Publishing believes Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare can eventually outsell its predecessor Call of Duty: Ghosts.

Eric Hirshberg told GamesIndustry that although pre-orders for Advanced Warfare were reportedly lower than those of Ghosts, the newly released title is capable of outperforming last year's series entry in the long-term.

"We see purchase intent well above last year and we see engagement with the brand in social media channels all being markedly up, so I'm still optimistic," Hirshberg said.

A report from industry analysts last week claimed pre-orders for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare were down significantly from those of Ghosts.

Cowen and Company wrote: "Advanced Warfare is now pacing almost 40 per cent behind last year's Ghosts (vs 50 per cent last week) and almost 70 per cent behind 2012's Black Ops 2 (vs 80 per cent last week)."

But Hirshberg suggested these figures were not necessarily completely accurate, since they often focus on a single retailer (in this case Amazon) and don't take into account other types of pre-orders, such as digital sales.

"Preorders are a good barometer for day one, but I don't think they reflect the overall demand for the product," Hirshberg said. "[They] don't represent what they used to because of the move to digital and all the ways people can buy the game."

Advanced Warfare was released today on Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Early reviews of the game have been positive.



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SagePosted:

R3vo The campaign was fun, I just really wish I could test the multiplayer without having to buy the game. Hopefully they get a MP demo out and then if it is good they will have my buy.


Trust me the mulitplayer is very worth it im glad i spent 150$ on the special edition

R3voPosted:

The campaign was fun, I just really wish I could test the multiplayer without having to buy the game. Hopefully they get a MP demo out and then if it is good they will have my buy.

lolohnoeszszPosted:

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lolohnoeszsz
Tohka
lolohnoeszsz Doubt it. AW is a Ghosts clone but worse. The game plays like Ghosts but a lot worse. Gun balance doesn't even exist. This game wont outsell anything. Half-assed game that took "3 years" to make more like a year.


My spidey senses are telling me you've never even played the game, and if you haven't, it's really hard to judge the game play based off of assumptions. In the event you did buy the game, not only are you stupid for purchasing a game you knew you wouldn't like, but you also made yourself look silly by posting this comment.

I bought the game why would I make assumptions? It doesn't even matter that I bought it I can get my money back you idiot.

Call of duty fanboys are morons. smh..


You bought the game and played it, you also bought ghosts?

Something tells me your the CoD fanboy.

Not really. I only buy them just to play with friends. Thankfully I can easily return the game and get money back. So yeah I'm a "fanboy".

1989Posted:

lolohnoeszsz
Tohka
lolohnoeszsz Doubt it. AW is a Ghosts clone but worse. The game plays like Ghosts but a lot worse. Gun balance doesn't even exist. This game wont outsell anything. Half-assed game that took "3 years" to make more like a year.


My spidey senses are telling me you've never even played the game, and if you haven't, it's really hard to judge the game play based off of assumptions. In the event you did buy the game, not only are you stupid for purchasing a game you knew you wouldn't like, but you also made yourself look silly by posting this comment.

I bought the game why would I make assumptions? It doesn't even matter that I bought it I can get my money back you idiot.

Call of duty fanboys are morons. smh..


You bought the game and played it, you also bought ghosts?

Something tells me your the CoD fanboy.

lolohnoeszszPosted:

YA8
lolohnoeszsz Doubt it. AW is a Ghosts clone but worse. The game plays like Ghosts but a lot worse. Gun balance doesn't even exist. This game wont outsell anything. Half-assed game that took "3 years" to make more like a year.


Plays like ghost.... So ghost had jet packs, Exo abilities, super jump and able to freely get on top of allmost all of the buildings on the map, please inform me how aw is a ghost clone plz.


Yeah because that's what totally what I mean't right? I was talking about gun damage, TTK, bad map design, etc. I didn't have to mention anything about exo suits stupid.

YA8Posted:

lolohnoeszsz Doubt it. AW is a Ghosts clone but worse. The game plays like Ghosts but a lot worse. Gun balance doesn't even exist. This game wont outsell anything. Half-assed game that took "3 years" to make more like a year.


Plays like ghost.... So ghost had jet packs, Exo abilities, super jump and able to freely get on top of allmost all of the buildings on the map, please inform me how aw is a ghost clone plz.

YA8Posted:

V10 I think this game is 200x better than ghosts.


It is they just need to fix connection issues, and hit detection

The-ProfessorPosted:

Any other COD is better than ghost. That game was just rushed i think..

DragonPosted:

I think this game is 200x better than ghosts.

DPMPosted:

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GreatLogic
thejonodzn
GreatLogic Ghosts was terrible, a sponge bob game could outsell it.


I agree with you on that, I remember buying a spongebob game on ps2 when i was little, and it was a lot better than ghost. lol


Revenge of the flying dutchman? That was the game I would happily take over ghosts anyday.


Battle for Bikini Bottom was the best, never tried revenge of the flying dutchman, would you recommend?


Haha yes, it was one of the best games I played when I was little.


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