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Call of Duty 4 officially sold over 7M copies
Call of Duty 4 officially sold over 7M copies
Activision - January 1, 2008
Submitted by sonycowboy (515) at 5:55AM PST on January 25, 2008
Based on actual sales from NPD, Charttrack, & GFK.
Call of Duty(R) 4: Modern Warfare(TM) Ranks #1 Title in Units Worldwide for Calendar 2007
Friday January 25, 8:00 am ET
Game Sells in Excess of Seven Million Units According to The NPD Group, Chart Track and The GFK Group
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1apujanata posted on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) at 7:24AM PST on January 25, 2008. RE: Call of Duty 4 officially sold over 7M copies@apujanata,
Sorry. I miscalculate. The last sentence should be "jump from 15% to 50%+". I am sleepy, so I miscalculate.[ Oracle ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 14935 ]bids
1apujanata posted on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) at 7:23AM PST on January 25, 2008. RE: Call of Duty 4 officially sold over 7M copies@sonycowboy,
I think Europe PS3 will only contribute 900K, since in UK X360 is strong, and UK is a big component of Europe market.
I personally believe 50% of sales occurred in 1st 2 months, but a lot of other people believe in 65% figure. If we use 65% on 1.9 M, we got 2.9 M. Not as big as your estimate, but still significantly higher than the current 2.54 M price. It is a nice 15% (minimum) profit waiting for those who want it.
Considering the fact that COD4 is breaking all expectation (Nov AND Dec NPD), when you use 50% figure, the potential profit jump from 15% to 100%+.[ Oracle ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 14935 ]bids
4sonycowboy posted on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) at 6:45AM PST on January 25, 2008. RE: Call of Duty 4 officially sold over 7M copies@apujanata,
Nope. This also includes the PC version.
In the US Sales were:
360 almost 3M
PS3 almost 1M
PC 383k
In Europe, the sales differential is nowhere near 3-1 360 to PS3 based on every multiplatform number we've seen.
I'd put it at:
360 ~ 4M
PS3 ~ 2.25M
PC ~ 750k (trackers do not include digital distribution)
Even if we assume that 65% of the sales occurred in the first two months (a percentage which is almost never true), we'd still end up with ~3.5M for COD 4 PS3 GLS.
IMO, there's tremendous opportunity here.[ Elite ] [ Level 19 ] [ Rank: 515 ]bids
1apujanata posted on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) at 6:34AM PST on January 25, 2008. RE: Call of Duty 4 officially sold over 7M copies@sonycowboy,
Any info on the sales percentage breakdown between PS3 ver and X360 ver ?[ Oracle ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 14935 ]bids
31sonycowboy posted on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3) at 5:55AM PST on January 25, 2008. Article: Call of Duty 4 officially sold over 7M copiesBased on actual sales from NPD, Charttrack, & GFK. Call of Duty(R) 4: Modern Warfare(TM) Ranks #1 Title in Units Worldwide for Calendar 2007 Friday January 25, 8:00 am ET Game Sells in Excess of Seven Million Units According to The NPD Group, Chart Track and The GFK Group[ Elite ] [ Level 19 ] [ Rank: 515 ]
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I've got years and years of NPD data that show me that only under extreme circumstances should you assume 50% of sales in months 1-2. COD 4 may well be one of those given it's meteoric performance, but 65% doesn't hold true for even the biggies like GTA, Halo, Gran Turismo, Pokemon, Madden, etc who get monster sales in the first 2 months because of anticipation.
IMO, many buyers were unaware of COD 4 which is why it was able to actually increase sales in month 2, which even though it was December, rarely happens.