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[Report] Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Preorders 50% behind Ghosts
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Oh god I hope not
Quadraphonic
Member
Given the sheer number of people working on this shit, if it ain't super profitable, prepare for megaton layoffs in January.
Aquamarine
Member
It depends on how quickly the franchise deteriorates.
If Activision can stave off severe decline this year...and we see moderate declines...they might keep the high-powered COD machine going for 1 more year...maybe 2.
But if we see a steep -50%+ dropoff, they'll start slashing and shutting down studios for sure.
They'll still continue making them for at least the next 3 years regardless of performance, though. The IP is strong enough to weather any kind of significant decline for quite a while before the games actually become unprofitable to make.
If there's any justice in the world more people will be playing halo 2 than AW this fall.
illmatic24
Banned
Ouch. I figured this would be getting crazy numbers of preorders with that day zero deal.
But it looks like the combination of lame recent entries in the franchise combined with seemingly big changes to the usual CoD gameplay in this upcoming game is keeping people away for now. I guess we'll find out in November if people really want stuff like hovering and cloaking in their CoD games.
But it looks like the combination of lame recent entries in the franchise combined with seemingly big changes to the usual CoD gameplay in this upcoming game is keeping people away for now. I guess we'll find out in November if people really want stuff like hovering and cloaking in their CoD games.
……forgetit
Member
One platform versus five. Would be impossible.
silvermember
Banned
Good for progress, it might force activision to step up their game. And it might reduce the amount of me to shooters.
But I think the real losers are the investors of Activision. Activision might have the worse year ever if things keep playing out the way it seems. First WOW, then their 500 mil baby and not their Billion dollar angel not doing as predicted. I would sell my stock if I had any of that company.
But I think the real losers are the investors of Activision. Activision might have the worse year ever if things keep playing out the way it seems. First WOW, then their 500 mil baby and not their Billion dollar angel not doing as predicted. I would sell my stock if I had any of that company.
IISANDERII
Member
Nice to see some people get it. COD burning down was inevitable as soon as they decided to design the games centered around myopic player complaints.
Son of Sam
Banned
Halo 2 was fantastic durign it's time and i played it religiously but i just don't know how well it will hold up now. I think there's going to be a lot of people shockingly disappointed when they realize compared to what's out there now Halo 2 will seem pretty bland.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
Waiting for next Treyarch entry. I played BLOPS2 until max prestige - I think I prestiged once in Ghosts. Treyarch has long been the king in this series. Too bad they're not doing this year's.
Masquerader
Member
Not too surprising. People do know when things are getting stale and bland.
nullpoynter
Member
I'll just wait for Treyarch's next game in the franchise. Black Ops 1 and 2 are the only COD games I've really enjoyed in recent years. Ghosts was horrible all around.
Wishmaster92
Member
More like the same type of shit every year(multiplayer) effect. I will rent this solely for the campaign.
Sentenza
Member
Unlike many publishers seem to think,I would guess there isn't actually much room for [other] MOBAs to become popular, when you have few incredibly strong products (like LOL and DOTA 2) already dominating the market.
Um what exactly is out there that's so good? I'm really not seeing it.
I think people will love it now just as much as they did back then. Good game design is eternal.
SolidChamp
Banned
Edit: Swapped out the seizure-inducing gif.
abstract alien
Member
It's next gen only so why wouldn't it be?
Maybe I should make sure.
Maybe I should make sure.
Duxxy3
Member
Diiiiiieeeeeee!
Thanks a bunch, almost choked to death.
No it isn't.
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
Funny to see people using Ghosts as the reason for this. Most of the complaints leveled at Ghosts could be leveled at any of the other CoD games. It's just fatigue. A shake up has to happen on grand scale or else sales will continue to slip. And, no, the shake up can't be "hey, we now have jet packs! Weeeeee!"
abstract alien
Member
Oh shit. Where the hell did I get that idea from Lol
Naw, Ghosts was trash in it's own special way. At least BO2 did multiplayer right.
Scully Scully Scoo
Member
if titanfall can remove bots from their game modes and have a pilot skirmish permanent playlist they can kill cod for good. also release on ps4 for maximum damage
Ace Harding
Member
Aren't preorders down in general, what with day 1 digital downloads and all? And the fact that nobody is going to sell out of this game and everyone knows that?
Sledgehammer is developing the next gen versions exclusively while High Moon Studios is porting whatever they can over to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. This isn't a Ghosts situation where one development house is handling all the games.
Livingskeletons
If I pulled that off, would you die?
50,000 people use to play this franchise....now its a ghost town.
ProvenDeadly
Member
I wonder how Halo is affecting this.
I will most likely get this but it will collect dust once MCC comes out.
I will most likely get this but it will collect dust once MCC comes out.
Surprise surprise, another IW game
To me they have not delivered since cod4
All hail Treyarch
Rogue_element
Banned
No, just no. Ghosts was utterly utterly shit. If Infinity Ward had released a Ghosts that was any way close to the perfection that was COD 4 , we wouldn't be having this conversation.
Duxxy3
Member
The series has become far too American. Before MW you would play as characters from multiple countries. In MW you played americans, british and a russian. In BLOPS you played americans and russians. In ghosts... all american. In AW... looks like all american again.
The stories and characters need more appeal to people that don't live in the states.
The stories and characters need more appeal to people that don't live in the states.
joey_bone_bomb
Member
Was only a matter of time. In a few years no one's gonna buy these games anymore, and in 8 to 9 years the series will bee rebooted after everybody has forgotten about it. The reboot will have a major budget behind it, and will sell astronomically well, which will successfully revive the franchise, so a new game can be released each year, maybe 2 new games a year, until they don't sell anymore. Rinse and repeat.
It's down because the previous game was ass, this game will rebound in time just watch, it's inevitable
NaughtyCalibur
Member
Normally I'd agree that this sentiment is selfish and, frankly, ridiculous; but in this case I agree with who you quoted.
The FPS genre, love it or hate it, has all but dominated the entire fucking mainstream market. It's gotten so bad that games that should clearly not be shooters are pressured by the publishers to be more like CoD/Halo/Gears/etc, and thus directly affecting every genre's market saturation. Bioshock Infinite, fittingly enough, is undoubtedly a much better game in a parellel universe where CoD games share the same level of success as, say, the Need for Speed series.
So, no, I wouldn't go so far as to say I eant them to fail, but I honestly do think it would be better for the industry if at least 50% of its fanbase hopped off its nuts for a long while.
Depends on when Titanfall 2 gets released tbh. If it's next year competing with BO3 then no chance. If it's 2016 competing with Ghosts 2? Then it has a very good chance at "killing" CoD if done right content wise.
I know a lot of people will laugh at us for thinking like this but Titanfall plays very similar to CoD unlike Battlefield etc, if it's a choice between picking up TF2 and Ghosts2 then I'd say the answer is a no brainer to at least half of the CoD population.
Dick Justice
Banned
Good. Maybe this will mean less homogenization to try and piggyback off of its audience. Until the next big fad comes along at least.
Rogue_element
Banned
I'm British, and I kind of connected to Captain Price , Gaz and Soap, as I'm sure hundreds of thousands of other Brits that bought the game did too. I think that was the appeal of COD4. It had such an international feel to it. Then, as you say Duxxy - it went all fucking YU ES AY. Why ?. Why?.........
NeoGIF
Member
LMFAO! Good one.
On the subject matter, I am really not liking what I am seeing with Advanced Warfare.
I personally think that all the aerial assault nonsense for the multiplayer is a big turn-off. I can see myself and many others getting really annoyed by it. It may have worked well for Titanfall but it does not belong in a Call of Duty game.
I firmly believe that Treyarch and their next COD title will be the one to truly look out for, and will bring back the umph in sales for Activision.
Altered Juice
Member
it's only a matter of time.....haven't made a decent cod since 3.
Who knew that digging up dirt on the talent behind the series so that you can fire them just to save a few dollars on bonuses was a bad idea?
I agree, even though you never played as a german in COD (except as a nazi
) the last few cods (MW3,BO2 and Ghost) were way too much "Murica Fuck yeah" for me.