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Activision's Call of Duty Unit Sales Tumble 25% Year-over-year

NPD unit sales data is out for the month of November 2014. A Wall Street source says that Activision’s Call of Duty Advanced Warfare unit sales were down 25% year-over-year compared to last year’s Call of Duty Ghosts. This number was confirmed by a post on Neogaf.

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CerealKiller3416d ago

Keep in mind that this does not include digital sales or bundled copies.

torchic3415d ago

what difference does that make since all numbers don't include bundled + digital copies?

the point these stats are trying to drive home is the fact that CoD is losing popularity.

pompombrum3415d ago

Well for the last two versions I'd say the difference is significant..Digital downloads on consoles have came a long way in recent years with both Microsoft and Sony promoting them. It's also the first year of the new generation, for cod fans the bundled consoles make for a very lucrative money save on buying their new console.

Utalkin2me3415d ago

Did you just really say that? What difference does it make? Cause alot of people started buying digital instead of retail copies, that's the difference it makes.

Sure COD is not the super power it once was, but it still sells well. And people moving to digital doesn't reflect sells.

pkb793415d ago (Edited 3415d ago )

Or a bigger percentage bought digital which should lower the sale of physical games. I don't care personally as I'm not an Activision share holder but the numbers could be interpreted that way without more information.

Testfire3415d ago

And many people have gotten tired of ps3/360 but have yet to buy an x1/ps4. There's a lot of gamers right now not playing anything. I've sold my 360, rarely touch my ps3 and have been mostly on my PC now. Not sure just when I'll get a current gen console.

MCTJim3415d ago

World at War did that poorly? WoW it was one of the best of them.

pompombrum3415d ago

Yeah but it came after COD 4, going from possibly the best call of duty and the refreshing (at the time) modern setting back to the WW2 one just didn't seem all that appealing to many gamers back then.

RugbyGod3415d ago

You are looking for ways to kill a franchise? Have it release annually...kiss of death

pkb793415d ago

I think fifa, madden and every other yearly sports game disagrees.

ramza043415d ago (Edited 3415d ago )

I think sports games have a little more advantage of getting away with yearly releases than games like cod where the game should at least offer significantly different game mechanics. Football will always be football. How many changes to a sport can u make before u run out of ideas?

RugbyGod3415d ago

Sports games are not Call of Duty.

crazychris41243415d ago (Edited 3415d ago )

I bought the digital version of advanced warfare and i was disappointed with the multiplayer. Seems like half of the players just camp. Idk maybe i just grew out of cod. The previous game i bought was mw2 n the last i played was black ops. Campaign was great but this is the last cod i buy.

Nesflix3415d ago

You definitely grew out of it. I started playing Call of Duty since its original release on the PC and I loved the franchise to death all the way up to Modern Warfare ... maybe even Modern Warfare 2. After that, I haven't been able to play any Call of Duty for more than a month.

Nesflix3415d ago (Edited 3415d ago )

Everyone wants to see the Call of Duty franchise fall. I want it to thrive and change for the better. Call of Duty AW was a step in the right direction but it still lacked and felt too familiar as a Call of Duty game. Does anyone remember playing Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2 and then Treyarch was introduced and they put out Call of Duty 3 and we all complained about the game's mechanics and how it felt nothing like the previous titles? I thought Treyarch making the game maps much larger and adding vehicle warfare in Call of Duty 3 was a step forward. I bet we all forgot that Call of Duty 3 was technically the first Call of Duty to have "killstreaks". The snipers could call in artillery shells through their binoculars. It was great and Call of Duty needs that change.

Iamnemesis48803415d ago

Was there when i first played COD that was there finest moment

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Call Of Duty Advanced Warfare 2 Was In Development Before Being Canned For WWII

Former director at Activision, Bret Robbins, revealed that Advanced Warfare 2 had a working prototype, but it was eventually shelved for COD WWII.

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chicken_in_the_corn377d ago

That is a shame. AW is my favourite CoD. I hope they do a sequel one day.

LordoftheCritics376d ago

Thoroughly enjoyed AW.

Good campaign and everything.

LOGICWINS376d ago

Same. Fantastic campaign, but I wasn't crazy about the jetpacks in multiplayer.

RaidenBlack376d ago

I still prefer CoD based on historical settings or in near future settings(like CoD: Ghost) ... even though I liked infinite Warfare's campaign ... it was top notch

CobraKai376d ago

I felt it was a good time to revisit WW2

porkChop376d ago

I actually really enjoyed WWII. I never understood the hate it got.

JEECE376d ago

A lot of people who never played a shooter prior to like 2012 get really mad about anything that isn't a modern combat game.

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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Weapons That Should Return in a Sequel

Game Rant Writes "With rumors swirling about a sequel to Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Sledgehammer Games can bring back a few weapons for a modern encore."

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MaximusTKG477d ago

Here’s hoping that a sequel just doesn’t happen.

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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare remains the series' lone bright spot this gen

GR: "If one series truly defined the seventh generation of consoles it was Call of Duty. Sadly, the series has struggled to reach the same heights on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and only Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare feels like the previous era of innovation and top-notch storytelling."

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Killa781625d ago

I quite enjoyed it but I think black ops 3 was the high point.

Modern warfare could be if a few tweaks are made and the new maps are good.

Baza1625d ago (Edited 1625d ago )

Story wise.. black opps 3 was all over the place. Modern Warfare story is so much more cohesive and actually makes sense.

Immorals1625d ago

Black ops 3 was terrible. The story was absolutely atrocious.

Knushwood Butt1625d ago

I quit that campaign after about an hour. All I remember is some crappy robot drone combat R2D2 thing that you had to use. I didn't make it past that.

Epicor1624d ago

For me the Black Ops installations have always been the high peaks in terms of PVP mode. Black ops 3 campaign was pretty bad though. Advanced Warfare's campaign was pretty good, one of the best ones - but PVP was bad!

gamer91625d ago

LOL Advanced Warfare, too funny

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Kabaneri1625d ago

The campaign was OK, but the guns sounded like cap guns and the multiplayer maps were not memorable at all.

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