In a little less than a month, the new Call of Duty game will be released, and as it always does, it’ll undoubtedly sell ridiculously well, and sit at the tippy-top of countless Christmas lists. I remember working in CEX when the first Black Ops was released and I’d say a good 75% of all of our customers were asking about it: do we have any copies, and why is it still so expensive second hand?!
Why? Because you’ll pay it, that’s why. I can’t count the number of people that left our shop, furious at our ridiculous price (£40 second hand I think it still was, at least a month after it was released), only to return later, tail between their legs to purchase it when they couldn’t find a copy in Liverpool’s entire city centre.
Yep, it’s safe to say that the Call of Duty franchise can pretty much do no wrong, if sales figures and general critical reception are anything to go by at least, and in my mind, this is largely due to its hugely active and heavily marketed online community.
But I remember a day when it was undisputed king of the multiplayer, when no other game touched it in terms of competitive online modes, and I argue that today, that’s simply not the case. I used to play heavily, as did many of my friends, but one by one we all seem to have just… lost interest. And we can’t be the only ones, can we?
Here are my theories as to why CoD is no longer the king, queen and duke of competitive multiplayer.
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I can name 1 reason why your wrong:
http://www.vgchartz.com/preorders/
america seem to care more so this should count towards what will happen
What a senseless, stupid so freakin amateurish article. I just wasted 5 minutes of my time!
This is the most senseless article on the internet right now.
no, the most senseless one was 5 reasons why blops2 will be better than halo 4
the most senseless is actually you, and actually you are borderline retard and looney.
I actually agree i was playing mw2 and 3 alot last year but theb i played battlefield i perfer the teamwork required to play battlefield even if you have the best playeron your team it doesnt gurentee victory, i remember quite a few times a guy went 25-1 and his team won dispite his other teamates not going positive. right noe im playing battlefield and gotham city imposters to me gci has so much more flavor and there are rarely any douchebags on the servers
COD is a moldy piece of bread that keeps being dusted off every six months. COD is for kids Battlefield is for adults.
Totally agree with quaneylfc.. Pre-order number speak for themselves and I’m guessing it’s the same story across Europe. Battlefield is a decent game but pre-orders and the number of players alone put COD at the top of the list.
Finally someone who tells it like it is.
“You can give an old car a new paint job but in the end it’s still an old car….”
Sales at this point mean nothing. Most of the Mature gamers have moved on. Only the kids are left. Sales will suffer soon as more people wake up.
Battlefield is the only game in town right now.
Your theory that Red Dead Redemption is giving COD’s MP a run for its money is hilarious.