[shinobi602]

Amazon has revealed that day one pre-orders for Call of Duty: Black Ops II are ten times the pre-order numbers of the original Black Ops on its first day of availability. In addition, pre-orders are also 30 percent higher than Modern Warfare 3's day one pre-order numbers. Previously, Modern Warfare 3 set the Amazon record for most pre-ordered game of all-time. In fact, MW3 is among the top 20 pre-orders ever for Amazon, including non-game items like books and movies. http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/122/1224307p1.html

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[Kayhan]

The power of Woods.

[darkwing]

eh who is surprised by this? it's a given

[mxgt]

It's never going away, is it?

[LiK]

Horses vs Choppers

[electroplankton]

MW3 is still selling behind BO despite bigger pre-orders, right?

[Riposte]

I love this stuff because every year someone says "This will be the last year Call of Duty will grow", citing MW2, BO, MW3...

[kurahador]

It's never going away, is it?

sadly...

[milsorgen]

The bros have awoken!

[Lagspike_exe]

This only means it's becoming more frontloaded.

[Alrus]

I love this stuff because every year someone says "This will be the last year Call of Duty will grow", citing MW2, BO, MW3...

MW3 is tracking quite a bit behind Black Ops.

[george_us]

Giant Bomb's podcast got me genuinely excited about the changes coming to Black Ops 2.

[Rebel Leader]

I was/am thinking of getting BO2.. I had fun the the first 1

[IceDoesntHelp]

Well










Fuck.

[Petrichor]

This is self-defeating. It claims that Black Ops 2 is on track to do better than Black Ops1 and MW3 because the preorders are 10x Black ops 1 and 1.3x MW3, but also has to admit that MW3 preorders > Black Ops pre-orders, when we all know that MW3 hasn't sold as well as Black Ops in the long run.

Thus, first day pre-orders mean fuck all, and this press release is meaningless.

And to top it all off, it's not even comparing like-for-like, as BO2 was announced far later in the year than either of its predecessors, meaning more people were always going to be itching to preorder it. Compare the first 3 months of BO1 or MW3 preorders to day 1 BO2 pre-orders for a fair comparison.

[ShinUltramanJ]

Didn't we just have a thread on how gamers are losing interest in CoD?

[BlazingDarkness]

It will probably drop off in sales at a higher rate as well

[maquiladora]

CoD will never die.

[params7]

Holy shit. The curve is still rising for this product line. Will CoD ever hit maturity in sales?

[Yager]

I don't understand this. I mean, how is this possible? Every year is the same.

[RoboPlato]

I guess Gamestop opening early to take Black Ops 2 preorders was a good move, despite how insane it sounded.

[maquiladora]

eh who is surprised by this? it's a given

10X the pre-order numbers for Black Ops I is kinda huge.

[mxgt]

I don't understand this. I mean, how is this possible? Every year is the same.

There are a hell of a lot of people who only play CoD and nothing else.

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

whuh? how? Me and my friends who play and buy every cod since 4 thought this was the downfall of the game..cod is probably appealing to soccer moms now or something.

[MMaRsu]

Damn seriously? Fucking WHY????

I saw the trailer, it looks like garbage ( graphics wise, let's be honest here those textures were disgusting and I'm no graphics whore ) graphics wise. Sure we don't know much about the gameplay but aside from the fact it might not be as linear as previous games, it's probably gonna be more of the same.

I think this is a very sad trend in the gaming industry.

I talked to a few very big call of duty fans who play only that and Fifa, and they said this looked stupid more like Halo. I didn't bother arguing with them because it looks nothing like halo but eh.. they will probably buy it anyway.

[Krev]

Sales are likely getting more front-loaded. It wouldn't surprise me if total sales don't exceed Black Ops.

[Arnie]

I didn't buy MW3 but I'll give this a look because they're trying something with a wisp of originality.

[SuperEpicMan]

Good for Treyarch, everyone has thought Infinity Ward were the big guys when it comes to making COD games, but they have been pure lazy about MW2 and MW3. Treyarch seems to be giving the fans what they want with this one, I can't wait to see what they are doing with zombies, I was pretty addicted to the zombies in BLOPS and WAW.

[RadioActiveLobster]

They could fill a box with diarrhea, slap "Call of Doodie" on the front and people would still buy it.

It's quiet sad actually. Call of Duty, CoD UO and CoD 4 were such good games.

[Rebel Leader]

Didn't we just have a thread on how gamers are losing interest in CoD?

I believe is was interest in "modern warfare"

[BurntPork]

This only means it's becoming more frontloaded.

Based on MW3, yeah, that seems about right.

[LeleSocho]

This news makes me mad.

[Stallion Free]

MW3 is tracking quite a bit behind Black Ops.

I heard "slightly behind" and a blanket 20% drop for the rest of game industry sales.

[Kayhan]

MW, WaW, MW2, BLOPS and MW3 have all been good to great games.

It is not so surprising that they still sell so well. For a lot of not super hardcore gamers it may be their one shooter game of the year so fatigue is no problem.

[MikeE21286]

This only means it's becoming more frontloaded.

Honestly, that was my first reaction also.

Not sure that CoD is bringing in more people this year in all honesty.

[LiK]

I guess Gamestop opening early to take Black Ops 2 preorders was a good move, despite how insane it sounded.

it's Amazon

[Biggzy]

This only means it's becoming more frontloaded.

I guess we will have to wait and see if the sales are down again compared to Modern Warfare 3.

[shinobi602]

whuh? how? Me and my friends who play and buy every cod since 4 thought this was the downfall of the game..cod is probably appealing to soccer moms now or something.

Been playing COD since the original, bought every one of them, and honestly Black Ops 2 is the first time in a while I've been very interested in it since COD4.

[monome]

Whatever I think of COD, as a consummer I wouldn't feel cheated for pre-ordering the game when substantial info on the game is available, it's just 6 months away and major retail/online partners already promise swags for the firsts lined-up.

[jetjevons]

Black Ops was the most refreshing COD title in a long time. Bring it on, I say.

[yankeehater]

Giant Bomb's podcast got me genuinely excited about the changes coming to Black Ops 2.

Yeah it really sounds like this is going to be a much better game thanks to the changes.

[Enco]

Look forward to COD Grey Ops Warfare 4 in 2030.

Can't wait.

That being said, Black Ops was the best COD. Might give this one a go.

[Shiloa]

I'm sick of all the CoD hate. Yes, it bores me as a series, but I'm even more bored with the hate bandwagon. CoD is a decent series which runs beautifully and plays pretty well. It might not be perfect and each one is just derivative of the previous one, but it hardly puts a foot wrong.

People enjoy it. People want to buy it. Let them.

[Randdalf]

You know, this year on year increase in pre-orders is probably nothing to do with increased marketing or hype, but simply because another set of kids have grown up enough to start playing it. Because it is a kid's game really: shallow, easy, immature...

Also Black Ops is the worst game I've ever played

[gogogow]

MW3 is tracking quite a bit behind Black Ops.

How much has MW3 sold by now? And how much did BO do in the same time frame? Would be interesting to know.

[Tiduz]

MW3 is tracking quite a bit behind Black Ops.

cause people are waiting for dat blops 2 :D

[shinobi602]

You know, this year on year increase in pre-orders is probably nothing to do with increased marketing or hype, but simply because another set of kids have grown up enough to start playing it. Because it is a kid's game really: shallow, easy, immature... Also Black Ops is the worst game I've ever played

[Rahxephon91]

sadly...

Sadly? GTFO with that shit. You don't like it? Tough Tits. It's a solid francheise that deserves to be around.

Man I wonder if I went into one of those pedo Gust rpg threads and complained that they keep making them how long I would last.

Probably not very long and it should be no diffrent for CoD threads.

[Kayhan]

Also Black Ops is the worst game I've ever played

I find that hard to believe.

[Nibel]

There are people who always eat the same stuff.

And there are people who always buy the same games.

Funny, I thought that some analysts said that CoD is going to vanish in the next time