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7 Games Sent to Die on Black Ops II Launch Day

IGN - Whether you're a Call of Duty fan or not, it is impossible to deny that each new entry in the franchise carries with it an insurmountable level of buzz, chaos, and retail insanity. The latest in the series, Black Ops II, is the most pre-ordered video game ever and will likely bring with its launch some of the biggest first-week sales numbers in the history of gaming on November 13th.

moegooner884200d ago (Edited 4200d ago )

Most of these games cater to an audience completely different from the COD one, they seem like games that parents would get for their kids for Christmas.

kratos1234200d ago

these guys are game journalist working for IGN don't expect them to understand that their are other audience groups other than COD Group

HammadTheBeast4200d ago

But honestly, half of those games would've died with or without Black Ops 2. Pretty clever move by the devs.... Blame the death of these games on the "accidental" arrival of CoD.

ikkokucrisis4200d ago

Damn, I was really hoping that Monster High Skultimate Roller Maze was gonna hit its day-1 sales quota...oh well!

portal_24199d ago

Yet another fail article from IGNorant..

Arcee4199d ago

COD = Completely One Dimensional

COD fans think that the only game that matters that day is COD. As a father with two kids, I already was planning on buying Ben 10 and Monster High for my adolescent sons and daughter when I pick up my copy of Black Ops II.

While none of those two games, or the others on the list, will even come close to matching the sales COD will rack up, they will find a small niche with the gamers, young gamers, they are catering to.

Army_of_Darkness4199d ago (Edited 4199d ago )

All of those other games are games that the average gamer don't even care about?! They are all basically casual to children's games.
COD really doesn't have any competition on release when you look at the big picture here.

I hope recently released games go one sale that week like RE6, Dead or alive 5, Borderlands 2, dishonored or sleeping dogs cause I would definitely buy one of those instead:-)

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HarryMasonHerpderp4200d ago (Edited 4200d ago )

I think he's trying to be funny and making out that only 12 year olds play COD
(just look at the list)
very lame and unprofessional.

chrispseuphoria4200d ago

That's Brian Altano for you. They do this all the time on IGN's Up At Noon.

Cam9774200d ago

I completely agree, there no true competition here.

Muffins12234200d ago

Not really...cod is full of little kids

COD=CHILDREN ONLINE DAYCARE

Detoxx4200d ago

That made my day, thank you sir :D

HammadTheBeast4200d ago

Usually, I would've rolled my eyes, but this was priceless.

braydox214200d ago

thats is funny, however i have had very little experiance with children on cod ( i play on ps3) i have had children (or child like behaviour) on mics with setting switched so they come out really swqeaky, but i have never experianced trash talking kids before and ive played black ops and mw3, the closest thing would be when one smartass kid thought that adults didn't play cod and the kiwi told him he was old enough to be his dad, so there was that unpleastaness communication between those in one match but that was it. you guys are lucky, just so everyone knows Im at senior teenage years, so Im not a tween or 12-10 year old. man you guys are lucky i mean iv'e never had that experiance, i kinda feel left out, but who knows i might get luck this time black ops maybe there will be some arrogant, ignorant kids that i will outwit and disprove all their chilidish insults and insult their intelligence or basically point out their childish stupidity

Run_bare4199d ago

hahaha.. that's funny..

joeorc4199d ago

with the parents must make sure they also have Cash on delivery

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showtimefolks4200d ago

This list is for casuals but wonder book can hit it big time if advertised a bit for parents to buy for their kids. It's things like wonder books which can sell unexpected numbers and big numbers because it's geared towards kids

With Disney on board I believe wonder book will be a huge success

braydox214200d ago

i saw wonder book at the EB games expo 2012 and it looked great a little bit i suppose maybe glitchy, or sometimes it maybe difficult to turn pages. but that was a demo which is all right with these sorts of games. for a childrens game it looks really entertaining as well as educational, in read and explore kind of way, the voice over kind just puts you into that atmosphere of harry potter.

Neonridr4199d ago

The only thing going against Wonderbook is the kids of today's generation have the attention span of a rock. Meaning unless they are blowing stuff up or killing things, will they really give the time of day to sit down and read a book, even if it has some simulation scenarios on the TV?

Don't get me wrong, I think Wonderbook is a novel idea, but they are going to need tons of content to get this thing going. Having JK Rowling doesn't hurt either..

Marquis_de_Sade4199d ago

Neonridr, it always amuses me to hear such remarks from older generations, especially when they are of a generation producing children so lacking when it comes to attention span. It seems in western society it's easier to blame the children than the poor parenting that influences them from an early age.

Knight_Crawler4199d ago (Edited 4199d ago )

As a father 3 kids I think Wonder Book is a great idea and might pick it up depending on the price.

People downplaying WB or Kinect have been on N4G way too long and need to realise that people on gaming website are a small majority compared to the casuals.

The only problem with wonder book is that Sony is the one making it which will make it an instant fail in the sales department.

If MS was the one releasing wonder book this think would probably beat Kinect as the fastest selling gadget of all time...Sony need to step up there marketing department and put WB in every TV commercial in America and every Subway as well.

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FamilyGuy4200d ago

WTF all these games look DOA to me to begin with...

doogiebear4200d ago (Edited 4200d ago )

I'd rather give those other games a try instead of another cod. They may be childish, but at least they do new, creative things in the gaming industry, unlike cod.

Baba19064200d ago

this is a joke for sure. he cant be serious about the list. =D

Eyeco4199d ago

Very obscure list of games, most of these wouldn't have sold well regardless of COD.

TopDudeMan4199d ago

Let's be fair... These games are being sent out to die no matter when they come out.

SilentNegotiator4199d ago

Wonderbook, kids cartoon game, racer, dancer, game that is doomed either way, 3DS rabbids, game directed at little girls....

Yeah, they sure are doomed because of COD.
/s

ajax174199d ago

I know, I almost thought it was a joke. What an idiot he's comparing apple to AK's.

-Gespenst-4199d ago

I don't know about that moegooner88... I heard some kids, that couldn't have been older than 6, unsupervised, in a gamestop, arguing about Nuketown and other maps from Black Ops.

It's not a good thing that a game as effing stupid as COD has become so culturally ubiquitous. Big videogame corporations feeding us fetishistic representations of war... no thanks.

Kaneda4199d ago (Edited 4199d ago )

I am actually getting F1 Race Stars and MOH warfighters.. BLOPS is not on my list.. :)

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Godmars2904200d ago (Edited 4200d ago )

The Wonderbook would be alright if Sony put some commercials on TV.

And could someone please explain to me how Ben 10 Omniverse wouldn't be sent out to die as the only thing released in the middle of a game drought?

@Relientk:
Still needs advertising.

Relientk774200d ago (Edited 4200d ago )

I think it's something really cool for kids

HammadTheBeast4200d ago (Edited 4200d ago )

If schools and daycares get a look at it, Sony could make some serious money.

Anon19744200d ago

Do game companies usually advertise products that aren't available for purchase?

rpd1234200d ago

What the fuck kind of question is that?

JellyJelly4200d ago

This whole Wonderbook thread is beyond retardation.

"The Wonderbook would be alright if Sony put some commercials on TV."

No. It never looked good to begin with so the commercials excuse won't pass.

"If schools and daycares get a look at it, Sony could make some serious money."

Because schools and daycare are very wealthy institutions? Don't you think they would spend that money on getting something more important than a gimmick book for kids?

"Do game companies usually advertise products that aren't available for purchase?"

Don't know if serious.

BitbyDeath4200d ago (Edited 4200d ago )

I'm tempted to get the BBC Dinosaurs one just for myself.

Unfortunately my daughter isn't old enough for this yet so i hope it continues into nextgen.

Relientk774200d ago (Edited 4200d ago )

I agree Godmars290, it does need to be heavily advertised. Kids could really like and want Wonderbook for Christmas

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mafiahajeri4200d ago

They forgot blops declassified...

baldulf4200d ago (Edited 4200d ago )

Oh god, I don't even know if IGN is trying to do a joke or they are that retarded.

No wonder the site is going bankrupt.

Tales RPG addict4200d ago

I agree they forget at IGN that there are other gamers out their who are part of a different audience other than COD only or FPS only Gamers.

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darthv728h ago

Garrr... more people to walk the plank and send to Davey Jones locker.

would have been funny to release this on talk like a pirate day.

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TrueRican694h ago

I pre-order the premium edition for my PS5 today

Crows9029m ago(Edited 28m ago)

40 million have set sail...that's great. How many are sailing now? Monthly active users....when it actually matters. How many people purchased the game is another important number.

Gamingsince198121m ago

You don't get numbers like that from MS mouth pieces, they just like to say stuff like "this game was looked at 129 million time, the biggest amount of people browsing a game of this genre on xbox gamepass ever in the last 3 weeks compared to before gamepass was out (small print only 2 million bothered playing longer than 20 seconds and only 100 people are playing it concurrently)

It's all smoke and mirrors

nibblo4m ago

There are usually around 10,000 concurrent users on Steam not counting Xbox or PS but really it doesn't matter as long as there are enough people on the servers to play which there always were and will be for a long time now with the PS players coming on board. Same goes for how many people bought it and how many are on GP, we aren't the accountants of these console companies so why would we care?