Call of Duty: Ghosts tracking to be 'most pre-ordered' game of year

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Gamestop's VP of merchandising has put the kibosh on Call of Duty not being its blockbuster self this year.

"Call of Duty is an entertainment juggernaut and cultural phenomenon. We are excited for the upcoming release of the new installment of this blockbuster franchise, Call of Duty: Ghosts," said Gamestop exec. Bob Puzon. "We look forward to celebrating the worldwide November launch of this great game that is on track to be the most pre-ordered title of the year."

The statement by the mega retailer comes as a slight surprise, given the annualized release of the series had yet to show fatigue, especially in the face of next week's Grand Theft Auto 5 launch.

Last month, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg was quite clear that pre-orders for Ghosts were "well below the record-setting pace set by Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 last year."

"Our quantitative consumer research indicates that hesitation amongst past COD pre-orderers is primarily due to not knowing which platform they will be playing on, which is natural at this time in the console transition," said Hirshberg recently, referring to the imminent launches of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/09/09/call-of-duty-ghosts-tracking-to-be-most-pre-ordered-game-of-y/

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-SkillzPosted:

I think that cod got boring

-SkillzPosted:

I thought that GTA V would be?!?!

MentalistPosted:

ZENU96
McCutchen Surprised that this garbage actually is the most pre-ordered.


Well it is one of the easiest game to get into as in playing it


That's true, once you start CoD, it's hard to stop!

MentalistPosted:

Droiidz Wow I thought GTA V wold have been the most pre ordered game.


Same, they still sold loads of games I think they made 1 billion dollars on launch week.

DinePosted:

Wow I thought GTA V wold have been the most pre ordered game.

SIKSPosted:

McCutchen Surprised that this garbage actually is the most pre-ordered.


Well it is one of the easiest game to get into as in playing it

TristanaPosted:

Katsumi
Wagering I figured GTA V would be most pre-ordered.


I also thought that Grand Theft Auto V would of taken out this title, it's actually kind of surprising that it didn't.


Yeah I think so too.. I mean, we've been waiting for a new GTA for a while, but we get a new CoD every year..

fexPosted:

May be most preordered BUT who will sell most copies in 24hrs, Im voting GTA V

KatsumiPosted:

McCutchen Surprised that this garbage actually is the most pre-ordered.


I wouldn't go as far to call the game garbage. If you want to see a garbage game then go and check out games such as ride to hell retribution. Despite not being an excellent game call of duty at least deserved to be classed as 'good'

PlusnetPosted:

Surprised that this garbage actually is the most pre-ordered.