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Analyst: The Orange Box, CoD4 to nibble at Halo 3's sales |
Listed in: Xbox 360, PS3, PC Gaming Tags: Activision, Bungie Studios, Jesse Divnich, The Orange Box
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Microsoft and Bungie Studios' Halo 3 is hands down the standard by which video game sales success is measured these days, but analyst Jesse Divnich of simExchange says that things just might get a little tighter in the FPS market. The Arrival of A-list shooters such as The Orange Box and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare could weaken Halo 3 sales dramatically in the weeks to come leading to the holidays.Divnich also says that this influx of top-caliber games could create an FPS environment in the game industry where "sales cannibalism" could ensue. That is, a lot of players who can't shell out the big bucks all at once will have to choose between members of the shooting genre.
"The cannibalization theory can be seen as Halo 3 sales expectations declined while expectations for Orange Box increased," comments Divnich about the growing competition among shooting titles. The analyst continues:
This phenomenon will not only hinder first-person shooter sales this holiday season but will likely play as a barrier to those AAA titles pushed back into Q1 of 2008—as if being delayed wasn't bad enough on sales.
Inversely proportional to the sales decline of Halo 3, simExchange expects a fast rise from Activision's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Expectations of 600,000 to 700,000 copies sold in the initial weeks have been drawn, which just might make the title one of the best-selling cross-platform games of fiscal 2007.
Like The Orange Box, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare enjoys great quality as well as multiplatform availability across the Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, and PC. This status makes the title available to more people who own different game systems. This means hot competition will also happen between shooting games on the PC and the Sony PS3 even if Halo 3 isn't available for the two platforms.
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its still hella satisfying wen ur winning and its a lot more vibrant in many ways.
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Currently COD4 seems like a pawn to me. I wouldn't say Halo 3 is king, but getting pretty damn close.
On my friends list, it looks like the people who had bought COD4 (...maybe around 9-18 people) are no longer playing online (Or maybe they are offline, who knows) but seem have moved back to Halo 3. I have personally picked up Phantasy Star Universe and started playing that with my small group of friends. (Around 5)
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With regard to the comments that relate COD4 to Halo 3 there is a fundamental flaw. COD4 is based on realism whereas Halo is fantasy. I find both games to be great but in their differences I find Halo more enjoyable but COD more challenging.
Games like music you choose to fit your mood.
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