Well, in that case, CoD3's lifespan is also a year, and us here at The Sim Exchange think CoD3, yet another WWII shooter game, will sell more than CoD4, the first modern turn for the series. I guess 2 mil. may be a slight overstatement, but I still think CoD4 will sell more than CoD3.
m-man- 2 Million copies is 20% of the current market. Seeing as how they are already at COD4, it will only be time before COD 5 is announced and released. I think the life cycle of this game is shorter than you imagine.
Remember that when the 360 came on the scene, it sold out and COD was one of its launch titles. It was also one of the demos at stores like best buy. These 2 factors helped sell the game, it was one of a few choices.
I think 2 million is pretty high, i would even go so far as to say that this stock is currently over-valued.
Currently, CoD3, developed by Treyarch, costs about 168 DKP. Since CoD4 is (1) developed by Infinity Ward, the makers of CoD and CoD2 (which I think is better than CoD3), and (2) is treading new ground instead of staying in WWII. Both of these reasons can attract 360 owners. So I think that CoD4 for the 360 should sell at least 2M copies.
@Joe80, it's a known bug. It happens where there is a special character, like the curly quote after Ward. I don't know why the comments accept it but the articles does not. It says on the submission form to reformat any special characters to plain text characters.
Call of Duty has been an impressive franchise. It will be interesting to see if it continues to thrive in a modern setting. The first impressions certainly lean to an "Oh hell yes" and I should think it will make the prediction and some.
From looking at the trailer, this game seems to be of to a good start. If the footage from the trailer is actually in-game (which I think some of it is) then this could be a visual treat. The real wonder is if Infinity Ward will keep the same type of gameplay we have seen in past call of duty's and upgrade it or whether they will totally revamp the series. If they do revamp the series, I wonder what they will keep in order to justify the Call of Duty name, probably the great sound and cinematic missions Call of Duty is known for. As more is released it will be easier to see where they are taking this game.
I think the current forecast of 2 million copies sold over lifetime seems accurate, but Call of Duty is competing in an increasingly crowded part of the market, so it remains to be seen if it will have to split its sales with other games like it.
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