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Analyst Predicts Call of Duty 4 To Outsell Halo 3
Analyst Predicts Call of Duty 4 To Outsell Halo 3
escapist - November 9, 2007
Submitted by Just_Ben (112) at 9:01AM PST on November 9, 2007
Nollenberger Capital Partners analyst Todd Greenwald is predicting big things for Activision's new Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, going as far as to suggest that it may outsell Halo 3.
"Call of Duty 4, which was released two days ago by Activision, appears to be in extremely high demand and is sold out across the board.
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5Laoldar posted on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) at 10:03AM PST on November 9, 2007. RE: Analyst Predicts Call of Duty 4 To Outsell Halo 3He refers to CoD3 selling 3 million copies, and that wouldn't have been in one month...so I think he's talking about more than just monthly, but the article is so short it's hard to tell (note to gaming websites, stop being lazy...elaborate beyond the headline).
Either way, he's predicting 4 million in sales over 4 platforms. The only info they give to really back up their claims, is that some reports say that retail stores are selling out. Of course, Microsoft shipped a LOT more copies of Halo 3 than Activision sent of CoD4, so sell outs aren't going to give any concrete trends. Retailers could have ordered fewer copies based off of CoD3's sales.
I'm really quite annoyed when websites post articles like this. We have an analyst who might not know what they're talking about (we've seen plenty of cases of that recently), making a vague prediction without a timeline (is it one month, til end of 07, lifetime, ?) and they give virtually no reasoning for what they predict. I'm not sure whether this is the fault of the analyst, the writer or the website, but there's a lot of room for improvement.
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1Alpha posted on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) at 9:29AM PST on November 9, 2007. RE: Analyst Predicts Call of Duty 4 To Outsell Halo 3@Just_Ben, reread the article again...it is somewhat misleading as it doesn't mention time frame. The analyst may just be comparing November sales for the two games, not lifetime sales. CoD4 may very well outsell Halo 3 in November.[ Guru ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 173 ]bids
1Just_Ben posted on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) at 9:25AM PST on November 9, 2007. RE: Analyst Predicts Call of Duty 4 To Outsell Halo 3bids
1Alpha posted on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) at 9:06AM PST on November 9, 2007. RE: Analyst Predicts Call of Duty 4 To Outsell Halo 3@Just_Ben, that's a big call. We're predicting CoD4 (4.04 million) to be pretty huge, but nowhere as big as Halo 3 (10.42 million). This would certainly help my real ATVI stock so I'm all for it.[ Guru ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 173 ]bids
23Just_Ben posted on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) at 9:01AM PST on November 9, 2007. Article: Analyst Predicts Call of Duty 4 To Outsell Halo 3Nollenberger Capital Partners analyst Todd Greenwald is predicting big things for Activision's new Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, going as far as to suggest that it may outsell Halo 3. "Call of Duty 4, which was released two days ago by Activision, appears to be in extremely high demand and is sold out across the board.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 112 ]
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