Analyst: Call of Duty Ghosts Sales Numbers Are 'Troubling'

Call of Duty: Ghosts debuted on Nov. 5 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and PC. Last year, Black Ops II didn’t release until Nov. 12. In 2011, Modern Warfare 3 hit stores on Nov. 8. That means that even with more time to sell, Ghosts couldn’t keep up with its two most-recent predecessors.

[TomShoe]

Because gamers are getting tired of the same old thing. I'll admit, BO2 was great, and I regretted buying Ghosts day 1. I'll just sit this year out until the 3Arc (The A Studio) comes out with BO3.

[CursedHero]

Yep! I'm right there with you on Ghosts @_@

[mikeslemonade]

The sales are still beyond what they need to keep Activision afloat. It's the other games they are making that are bringing them down.

When you consider they rehashed the game and just ported it over to the current gen systems, they probably spent less money compared to other developers.

[SL1M DADDY]

IMHO the best thing they could do for this franchise is give each release a two year span and release more content on a regular basis. Game modes, maps, skins and perhaps an extended single player portion. Stop wit the yearly releases and just dish out more content for a reasonable price.

[cesuf]

I don't think it's really a matter of the same thing as much as over saturation. You can tweak and change up things only so much and remain true to the original formula.

One of the biggest things needed is to stop with the yearly refreshes.

[Daniel_Potter]

Black Ops 2 was great?
Ok, Zombies were awesome
And the campaign though, was the best out of all COD's, wasn't really all that good compared to other singleplayer games like Deus Ex Human Revolution for example
And the multiplayer for the most part was a broken mess
Full of OP guns, broken spawns, and small maps, that forced everyone to go into close combat
Plus, i am not a graphics freak, but they completely threw all the graphical standards out of the window when making the game
the game is just ugly

[dcj0524]

Yeah. Imo the last good COD was black ops.

[Cuzzo63]

Whoa... never disrespect Cod 4 campaign again.

[hellzsupernova]

I have never bought a call of duty game. I have only ever rented them. Play through the campaign get some trophies have a bit of fun then return them.

[uncharted56]

So you will buy another cod game? I liked mw2 until people abused it and really liked cod:bo but after that I feel the games really lost their sight. You have people running around with snipers. More stupid killstreaks were added. Game has lost its focus, it should be more about basic gameplay first but it seems they always focus on perks, killstreaks and all that bull. Now that you make any combination of loadout it seems even worse. Then they dont have dedicated servers on consoles, and netcode is pretty horrendous and overall there is a major lack of innovation in the past 6 years. I like the levloution aspect of bf4 aka dynamic maps which should be the next big step in online gaming. Also cod games need a new engine specially in terms of physics seeing what dice is doing.

[bunfighterii]

Exactly, Guitar Hero syndrome - flog it until its dead.

Still love Guitar Hero btw...

[Statix]

You mean Lag Ops 2? The game with the absolute worst lag compensation I have ever experienced in a videogame? That game was nearly unplayable for me about 50-60% of the time due to the lag comp designed to give laggy players an advantage in certain gameplay situations. I've heard Ghosts is better in this regard.

Some good info: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[mic_cala]

Good its about time people wised up to activision act of regurgitating cod games.

If activision were smart they will lay of the yearly entrys and let it rest for abit and then come bavk with something awesome.

Hype would be through the roof but if they keep up the yearly additions they will destroy watever reputation cod has left amongst gamers

[SaturdayNightBeaver]

Tired but you are waiting for BO 3? lol

[DeadIIIRed]

If you own stock in ATVI, now would be a good time to walk away. I wouldn't buy into the whole, "gamers are waiting on next-gen purchases" as a valid excuse for poor sales.

[ramiuk1]

i feel games like COD hold back some of the decent stuff for extra DLC ,
im all for extending the life of a good game,but when your taking it away from the original game to begin with it annoys me.
alot of game companys doing it and i wont buy DLC.

i thought ghosts was ok tbh,but the maps are crap,by far the worst maps ever in a cod game.

[TheLostCause]

I've got to agree with you on that one, I remember how much I loved MW and how I loved nearly every map on it and the same can be said of MW2 and to a lesser extent BO... The games since then I've hated nearly every map on it and in Ghosts case I hate EVERY map.

[herbs]

Decline in sales for this annual rehash are a good thing...

[first1NFANTRY]

The herbs don't lie.

[A LIVING LEGEND]

Same analyst suggests that waning consumer interest in senseless repetition may spur
revival of actual innovation in games industry.
Leading redundancy expert supports claim

[Ninjamonkey82]

3arc will use the same engine again next year people will say same game again people will still rush and buy. people need to do what they did this year buy less.

Keep doing it they may eventually be forced to use a new engine. maybe even be creative in there way off making the game. had a look at my bro completing the single player off Ghosts on the PS4. Beat it in 4 hours -_-.

Then watched the credits threw its a joke how many people work on that game. Its like what the fcuk did they all do?. What where they hired for what a waste off time. Graphics yeah they have improved a bit looks nice in places don't egt me wrong 1080p looks sweet.

But next to BF4 on ps4 then my PC version :/. There's four man indie development teams out there coming up with better stuff than infinity ward atm.

That's the truth and its a complete joke they can charge what they do for there games anymore. Esp the fact them indie teams charge no where the likes off what Activision are looking for there games.

Time to get the finger out i say....

[beereal360]

I have every call of duty game but I only play mw3 .. I hate ghost and black ops 2. I cant wait for Titan Fall.

[Goro]

That is one of the dumbest comments i've ever seen.

[CPTN MITCHELL]

is because the game is crap so stop the bs activision..Iw try to b like bf!! oh yea gta v still holds the record....by the way the copy i got my stepson got traded for gta v for his girlfriend

[Gore-Content]

I played Ghosts' multiplayer on my PS4 and it's a total disaster. I already spent 20 hours into it and I'm not getting better.

Terrible map design, terrible spawn system, that's all you need to ruin the multiplayer in ANY game.

[daboosa]

Fully agree!

[badboy776]

Who will take the throne this Gen? Don't say TitanFall.

[shivvy24]

Garden warfare

[Shadonic]

Pacman

[CPTN MITCHELL]

mario warfare mushroom world

[Totoro17]

Black Ops 2 is Call of Duty done right. Ghosts? Not so much. It's tiring, repetitive and irritating. Playing it is like a chore.

Black Ops 2, on the other hand, had wonderful maps, wonderful perks and weapons and was much more balanced than it's predecessors.

[hiptanaka]

They're not troubling to me. Reduced sales of COD = positive thing for the rest of the industry.

[daboosa]

I think it needs a massive change again. How cool would WW2 be next gen?

[A LIVING LEGEND]

not very cool to be honest but I'm excited for shooting in space
sigh

[grassyknoll]

The quicker this mess of a game dies, the better it will be for the industry.

[quenomamen]

The fact that they sell more than 100 copies is troubling.

[BZNCAPONE]

im sure someone will hate me for this but i have BF4 & COD Ghosts on PS4. I am a single player guy so I play alot of single player games. BF4 was ok but weak but I am actually enjoying COD Ghosts single player.

As for online it is tiring, Nothing new its the same ol COD. Over & over & over with no innovation.

[Agent_hitman]

They should have made another MODERN WARFARE series instead of making a gamble about Ghost..

[The_KELRaTH]

It's just always the same in a new wrapper guise.

The only game of this style I really found refreshing and clever was an expansion pack for Battlefield 2 called Special Forces. Just adding rope hooks and zip lines changed the whole dynamics and made every object on the map of value and so much more fun.
Released in 2005 with just 8 maps there's still no new fps games that use or expand on its unique features - it's certainly the kind of features that CoD needs to go forward.

[Ben12]

The only reason ghost is not meeting expectations is because of the new system launches. To many people were holding off from buying games during the new generation transition. After Christmas things will likely change. Just my opinion though.

[il-JumperMT]

Sales numbers are troubling?

The less COD: Ghost sell, the better for industry

[Fishermenofwar]

I love COD games and i admit it...Its a guilty pleasure...I hate myself for it...

My friends and I play LAN custom games together and its fun the crazy game modes we can invent..

There I feel better....Liking COD goes against every moral value that I have...But I can't help myself..

It gets worst....I will buy that wolf skin for Reilly the dog..Or UBU as I call him...You know sit UBU sit...

Please don't judge..I know I have a problem....

[StrykerDragoon]

never been a COD fan but Activision has a horrible stubborn tendency to over produce games. If Sky landers wasn't selling as great as it was they would be bankrupt by now

[Superherox70]

Cod has been shit since cod 4, regen health, iron sights, sprinting, that's pussy shit, Quake 3 and Counter Strike are real shooters

[Master-H]

Ghosts MP is just not fun imo. Crap maps, you die very quick and when you factor in the lag it feels even quicker forcing a lot of noobs to camp and move much less than in other CODs even though the maps are much bigger, sound whoring , plus the spawns are completely out of control, it fixes some of the problems that BO2 had like the BS camera angels and poor hit detection and the guns are more balanced than BO2 but overall BO2 just felt much more fun to play.
Ps : whatever happened to the dedicated servers they were touting ? you can still come across host migrations in Ghosts on Ps3. Another thing they lied about is Quick scoping, it's still there even though one of the developers said they removed it and "made a conscious choice" or whatever ..

[JeffGUNZ]

I think its dedicated on next gen. consoles. Also, Treyarch removed wuick scope and IW said they will keep it and it's part of their game so it makes sense you see it in Ghosts.

[mmj]

Indies are the future.

Big developers are one trick ponies, the same games eternally rehashed with very little creativity, add to that the price hikes, them withholding content and monetizing it people have had enough.

[daboosa]

Back to WW2 me thinks, think it would be excellant next gen power

[Aerialbots]

i think ghost would have done a lot worst if battlefield online was working right

[KratosSaveUs]

Because no one looks forward to cod every year anymore but Xbox fans.

[SoulSercher620]

I've played Call of Duty 3, 4, World at War, and Black Ops. I only own COD4 the best COD and it's going to stay that way.

[MrCrimson]

Call of Duty Ghosts was insulting.