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.
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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.
3 page interview with Infinity Ward�s head honcho Grant Collier: CoD 4 will be 1080P 60 FPS on PS3 & 360.
http://spong.com/detail/editorial.jsp?eid=10109596&cid=&tid=&pid=&plid=&page=1
[Posting this as a comment because I tried 5 times as News Article on CoD4's page but kept getting Status 200 errors, even with less than 100 words]
Does anyone know what Status 200 errors are? I had thought they were when you posted over 200/250 words, but now it seems its not.
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.
IGN previews the anticipated sequel to the acclaimed Call of Duty series. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a departure from other CoD games because it is set in modern times, as opposed to WWII. But this game, developed by Infinity Ward, is much more than just a modern-looking CoD 2. The game looks amazing, and, according to the article, the screenshots are actual gameplay footage, not computer generated.