Call of Duty: Ghosts sales decline 'troubling', says analyst
Activision has said previously that it expects Ghosts sales to be down on last year's Black Ops 2 due to the upset of the console transition and they were; November sales showed a drop of 19 per cent year-on-year. But Cowen analyst Doug Creutz has warned investors that the declines could be notably worse than the reported 19 per cent dip would suggest.
"Upon further reflection, we think the [Call of Duty] numbers are a bit more troubling than they first appeared," said Creutz, reports VentureBeat.
He went on to note that the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Ghosts released almost two weeks earlier in November than Black Ops 2 (November 3 versus November 12 respectively), offsetting a portion of the sales drop which would have otherwise been far worse.
"While the year-over-year gap is only 19 percent thus far, that includes two extra weeks of sales for the 360 and PS3 versions [versus Black Ops II]. Against 2011′s [Modern Warfare 3], where the difference is only one week, the title is down 32 percent life-to-date," said Creutz.
The PS4 and Xbox One versions arrived later in the month, but failed to make up the sales deficit.
"We don't think it is out of the question that the title could wind up comparing down 20 percent to 25 percent year-over-year [to Black Ops II], which is appreciably worse than the down 10 to 15 percent that we think is baked in to guidance," predicted Creutz.
Despite its declines, Activision's FPS series is still in good health; Call of Duty: Ghosts was still the top-selling game in North America in November, according to NPD Figures. It's main rival, EA's Battlefield 4, came in second in the all-format software charts.
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HonkPosted:
Warden I mean i like the game don't play it as much as i played call of duty back in the day but i mean lots of people dislike it so i wouldn't doubt the declining numbers
Yah COD is declining. I have started to play battlefield it is a lot more fun
OrthoPosted:
UMFOrthoNo. They sold 1 million dollars worth of games to retailers, which isn't too many...Casbah I remember when they thought they would do as good as GTA 5.
They earned 1 billion in 24 hours while GTA took 3 days lmao
1billion is 1billion
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/call-of-duty-ghosts-sell-in-hits-1-billion/1100-6415993/
S1LENTW31RD0Posted:
sir_greco lookin at all these comments and laughin my rear end off at all the ppl saying its the same game. well no sht. the very first 3 words are... "Call" of" and "Duty". What did you expect it to be? a racing game? a game about princesses? seriously ppl. its a first person shooter that is truly famous for its fast online gameplay. so they revamp that every year keeping the core of it the same. do you ppl even think about what your saying? its like complaining that the 2013 Ford truck is the same as some 2014 Ford truck. obviously it is. its gonna stay a truck. theyre not gonna change it to a motorcycle and call it the 2014 Ford truck.
Ha Thats So True.I Never Thought Of It Like That. :]
sir_grecoPosted:
lookin at all these comments and laughin my rear end off at all the ppl saying its the same game. well no sht. the very first 3 words are... "Call" of" and "Duty". What did you expect it to be? a racing game? a game about princesses? seriously ppl. its a first person shooter that is truly famous for its fast online gameplay. so they revamp that every year keeping the core of it the same. do you ppl even think about what your saying? its like complaining that the 2013 Ford truck is the same as some 2014 Ford truck. obviously it is. its gonna stay a truck. theyre not gonna change it to a motorcycle and call it the 2014 Ford truck.
darkxbl13Posted:
i love how they blame it due to the upset of the console transition...uhhhh no ppl are waking the **** up and see they have been playing the same damn thing year after year COD: Copy & Paste
MinneapolisPosted:
I mean i like the game don't play it as much as i played call of duty back in the day but i mean lots of people dislike it so i wouldn't doubt the declining numbers
MaggardoPosted:
OrthoCasbah I remember when they thought they would do as good as GTA 5.
They earned 1 billion in 24 hours while GTA took 3 days lmao
They sold 1 billion dollars worth of copies to retailers, not to consumers.
lilrichard22Posted:
OrthoCasbah I remember when they thought they would do as good as GTA 5.
They earned 1 billion in 24 hours while GTA took 3 days lmao
wrong. GTA V "sold" 1 billion dollars worth of copies in 3 days.
Call of Duty "put out" 1 billion dollars worth of copies in stores in day 1 and claim they won. Not all were sold.
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