I'm surprised in the drop for this Future. Even the disapointing CoD3 managed 410,800 in DEC 06 with competition like Gears of War and the deflection of PS3 and Wii launching, on a smaller 360 userbase. This year CoD4 & Mass Effect are the Gears of War for 360.
It looks like Microsofts collection of Metracritic titles in the 90s is increasing almost daily. Luckily for Sony some of these new titles will make it to that console too (after the obligatory delay that is).
The link attached is only to verify the score that OXM gave, 10/10. Their website is under construction, but I receive the actual mag. The gist of the review is that it has a terrific single player experience, multiplayer that rivals, if not exceeds, Halo 3, and an enormous amount of content
@-THE-RAY-, you do have to take into account the fact that there are many top quality FPS games this holiday season over last year. Many Xbox 360 gamers will be happy with just one FPS this holidy and that FPS will likely be Halo 3. I do hear that CoD4 will be a much better game than CoD3 thought.
Although these figuers are coming from vgcharts and are probably 50% wrong its the only site i know.Anyway last year according to vgcharts this game sold 478,027 in 4 weeks.That year they had around 3-4 million xboxs this year there are 9million so Call of Duty sales would be a bit higher than last year even if vgcharts are at the most 50% wrong?if what i said is right wouldnt this future be 80-100dkp?
More great news for this game. Harry Gregson-Williams who did the remarkable soundtracks to Metal Gear Solid 2,3, & soon to be 4, will be doing the main theme and music production for CoD4!! I loved the music in MGS games.
With the Beta test having officially come to a close, we now begin the wait. The beta was a massive success in showing that CoD4 is not just an alternative to Halo 3, but an actual competitor in the Multiplayer FPS realm and also demonstrating that it runs smoothly, and plays beautifully.
It fits a beautiful middle ground between ultra tactical and Arcade.
In the upcoming holiday buying frenzy, expect CoD4 to be a player in sales. My only concern is that the beta may have been a little too succesful and could serve to deter would be buyers that "got their fill" in the beta.
So an extra 200k is not reflective of a high user base and this title being a big name title like CoD3 was?
I think 600k is probably pretty close to what it will do.