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.

[moegooner88]

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.

[kratos123]

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

[HammadTheBeast]

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.

[ikkokucrisis]

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

[portal_2]

Yet another fail article from IGNorant..

[Arcee]

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_Darkness]

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:-)

[HarryMasonHerpderp]

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.

[chrispseuphoria]

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

[Cam977]

I completely agree, there no true competition here.

[Muffins1223]

Not really...cod is full of little kids

COD=CHILDREN ONLINE DAYCARE

[Detoxx]

That made my day, thank you sir :D

[HammadTheBeast]

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

[Vickistheman]

LOL.. so true.

[braydox21]

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_bare]

hahaha.. that's funny..

[joeorc]

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

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[showtimefolks]

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

[braydox21]

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.

[Neonridr]

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_Sade]

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_Crawler]

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.

[FamilyGuy]

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

[doogiebear]

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.

[Baba1906]

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

[Eyeco]

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

[TopDudeMan]

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

[SilentNegotiator]

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

[ajax17]

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

[-Gespenst-]

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.

[Kaneda]

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

[Godmars290]

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.

[Relientk77]

I think it's something really cool for kids

[HammadTheBeast]

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

[Anon1974]

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

[testerg35]

Ummm.. Yes

[rpd123]

What the fuck kind of question is that?

[JellyJelly]

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.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

Is that a serious question?

[BitbyDeath]

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.

[Relientk77]

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

[mafiahajeri]

They forgot blops declassified...

[baldulf]

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 addict]

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.

[Tales RPG addict]

IGN is biased I don't listen to them at all.

[PontiacPete]

So are all video game websites, for the most part. The bias comes down to the person who wrote the article.

[jagstatboy]

LOL they should all be sent to die regardless of when they come out.

[ChunkyLover53]

Those games aren't selling much no matter when they launched. The only one I've heard of from that group is Wonderbook, and the only reason I know that was because I clearly remembered the huge fail and 20+ minute "demo" at E3.

There has been zero advertisements for any of those games, COD coming out on the same day is irrelevant.

[Lior]

I never heard of 6 out the 7 on the list

[InTheZoneAC]

rabbids will probably be the only game that sells more than 1 copy

[smashcrashbash]

Many of these games were probably going to die any way.

[GamerElite]

Those games are already Dead on Arrival with or without Lack ops 2. I haven't heard on any of those

[f789790]

WTF story quality.

[Yodagamer]

I honestly don't see a game on this list that will do better or worst with black ops on the market rabbids has always done well even without ads. and the rest are gonna be doa or unheard off until this point

[DivineAssault]

Is this a joke? All those casual titles were going to die anyway

[r21]

Well...at least i know when Kickbeat's releasing :L

[Redempteur]

i'm gonna get kickbeat too

[Neko_Mega]

Only one of those games I see doing ok, the rest seem like trash.

[Mounce]

Sent to their graves? I haven't even seen or heard most of the titles listed in there....Except for Sony's Wonderbook, but that of which is like.... not anything expected to sell to begin with... Everything else is casual random kiddy-crap :/ And they're clumping it with what will be neglected due to a worldwide-known title, an FPS....that happens to be COD?

What a wonderful article, which seems to have the underlying purpose of Hyping COD rather than the topic(Which is 'Direct') about 'These games gonna suck due to this game', it's irrelevant.... This is just free publicity and Indirect Hyping.

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

Mothers ask for Monster High games ALL THE TIME at my store.

[specialguest]

Wonderbook never had a chance even if it was released outside of COD's release month. The game is 3 years late during the tail end of the Harry Potter hype and when the Move had hype.

[SovereignSnaKe]

Stupidest article of the Week right here, Just because you release a game up against something as over rated as COD does not mean it's going to fail, I bought Resident Evil 6 a week after it released! When did day one become the be all end all of a games a games success? I truly wonder how many years it takes for people to just stop buying these "Fad Franchises" and THEY Die. Is it weird that when someone finds out I'm a gamer and they say "oh you play call of duty brah", I look at them like they just killed my dog... -_-

[StreetsofRage]

Wonderbook is coming out this year? :/

[abzdine]

WOW what an objective article from a famous gaming website.

I am buying Book of Spells, Sports Champions 2 and Battle Royale before end of the year.
I'm not interested in Bang Bang you're dead Bang Bang you're dead Bang Bang you're dead Bang Bang you're dead Bang Bang you're dead.

I encourage studios who try to develop something new, unique and refreshing. FPSs suck so bad it's always the same, ALWAYS!!

[sly-Famous]

I dont agree with Wonder book being there, I think Sony has a great opportunity with that game to really bring the younger audience to Playstation if they get the marketing right, for me though, COD is already DOA.

[Captain Tuttle]

lol wonderbook

[AtomicGerbil]

I'm really starting to believe that some of these pre-order and sales numbers thrown around for CoD are bull.

As of this moment I don't know of anybody who is interested in buying this year. In fact non of my adult friends, my son or his friends are interested or bought it last year. I work in a major UK city college with a student population of 16,000 and I haven't heard a single person mention it. Which is a far cry from two years ago when you couldn't turn a corner without overhearing somebody talking about getting the next CoD, and I couldn't get through a single class without somebody asking me if I was getting it.

I may very well be wrong, but the silence this year is deafening.

[sjaakiejj]

These games cater to a completely different audience than CoD. It's a different market - it's like saying that the new ferrari is going to sell horribly because a new Jeep is coming the same month.

[thybrutalthrone]

Are you all retarded?! Its a joke article they're not being the slightest bit serious. I swear my hope for humanity deteriorates every living day you idiots are on this planet.

[Crazay]

Also known as 7 games that noone cared about from the beginning.

[GamerElite]

nice pic

[killasouljah]

Come on this list sucks or is this list was Purposely made up to make a already broke game look better? You be the judge....

[mi_titan27]

Im actually gonna purchase kickbeat instead of COD.

[Simco876]

All children's games

The next CoD should be set during the American Revolution...reloading their guns for 1.5 minutes while people do circles around each other....epic!

[ziggurcat]

most of those games don't look like they'd do well regardless of whether CoD was being released...

[Tzuno]

If all you do is to play COD then your not a gamer.

[Cam977]

This is irrelevant. I doubt a man going out to buy BO2 will see Monster High Skultimate Roller Maze and think 'OH, I NEED THAT GAME! SCREW BO2!'

This should be removed.

[C_Dub]

You don't go against COD and win. Nobody does. COD is the king of gaming and always will be. What determines a great game? Sales. If everyone's buying it, it must be good...the best probably. This is why the iPhone is the best phone.

.............Yeah i'm bored lol. Really blops 2 might be an okay game but lets get real here, it's a game nothing more nothing less.

[frankiebeans]

im sure you don't play any of them games if you're buying call of duty anyway.

[DanielForth]

sentenced to death?

[Loki86]

Wonderbook is a hilariously bad idea, it was a terrible concept with even worse execution. Seriously, you have to put the book in your lap and then use the move to control it. If this was an MS idea it would be the exact opposite to anyone defending this horrible piece of crap.

[garibubuprincess]

They aren't going to die because they're coming out on the same day as COD, they're going to die because they suck

[TheGameHuntah]

Those games are already dead. Don't blame BOPS2

[VideoGameJimmy]

People seem to be missing the point that these games are being released on the same day as Blops 2, therefore, from an analytical standpoint, they'll receive lower sales. Then again is Blops is sold out, someone may buy Wonderbook or Ben 10.