Call of Duty will still be King of the Mountain when it comes to sales in 2012

No matter how good Battlefield 3 is, it still won’t outsell Modern Warfare 3 in 2012.

Love it or hate it, the Call of Duty name is still going to be the King of the Mountain when it comes to gaming sales in 2012. And no matter how good EA’s upcoming Battlefield 3 is, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will still outsell it in droves.

[Solidus187-SCMilk]

someone should tell the author of this article that we are in the year 2011, not 2012.

but I agree that the sales of BF3 wont even be close to COD sales. I have friends IRL that only play COD and the only game they will buy all year is the next COD.

I will probably pick up BF3 if I upgrade my PC, otherwise I will pass on both games. FPS are my favorite, but im sick of "warfare", modern, future or even past. I never thought the day would come when it would be refreshing to see another great WW2 shooter, but now im just sick of modern warfare FPS, they all look and play too much alike.

[erasure242]

The games come out the last few months of 2011 so I think the author is implying 2012 sales totals(fiscal year).

[curtis_boy]

I wish you all gamed on pc's it would be so fun and epic! lol I love my ps3 but PC is the definitive choice for BF3

All a pc needs is a decent graphics card a good processor and a 500w+ power supply and your good to go!
Any computer running vista or windows 7 supports dx11 and should have at least 4 - 8 gb of ram.

You can use ps3 and 360 controllers!
I dont use kb + m either I use the ps3 controller

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[fatstarr]

yes man pc gaming is cheap. especially if you already have a tower if you cant play the game you just do some upgrades. but almost every game can be played on low, i popped out my old 8400gt and it plays all of today's games.

and you can play it on your tv just like you would a console.

[MysticStrummer]

It doesn't matter what year it is, Call of Duty will win the sales war because it's easier to play.

[saladthieves]

There's something that needs to be considered here. Last year, Activision had all the consumer base to themselves. EA and Dice were present with a game (Medal of Honor) that was set to counter Activision's Call of Duty release. This didn't work out in terms of sales.

This year shit is DIFFERENT. Battlefield is looking huge, and I mean HUGE! People have played it and without doubt they have declared it a worthy contender. It is a significant upgrade; and it's looking to get better and better before release. On the side of sales, Activision has been doing very well with their games, but when it comes to QUALITY, something that the end customer will care about, they just fail.

Exhibit A: People were not happy about Call of Duty Black Ops issues present on all platforms, especially the PS3 and PC versions. The overall quality of the game was worse than its predecessor, Modern Warfare 2. They are using the same game engine that dates to 2007 which shows that they are not doing any significant improvements.

The quality bar dropped low after the original Modern Warfare. Like I said, this year it's different. Battlefield 3 is there, and hopefully people will realize that it's a better game and will end up playing it. Which brings me to 2 realizations:

1) There is a slim chance that MW3's sales could be lower than Black Ops' sales due to Activision's recent bad performance in the quality department and also due to the fact that people have another excellent choice: Battlefield 3.

2) There is a larger chance that MW3's sales will be higher than Black Ops's sales. Their base grows bigger every year, despite the same game releases. With the addition of Elite people might get attracted even more.

We have to wait and see. Oh, we're also not in 2012 YET.

[homer]

This post is great and all, but....
Modern Warfare 3 is currently tracking above Black Ops preorders (in the Americas) on both platforms, and I doubt it is tracking below it anywhere else other than maybe Japan. Battlefield 3 will be amazing, and I bet it will be better than MW3, but they cater to two different demographics that rarely intertwine so the possibilities you mentioned are not likely at all.

[DeadlyFire]

Battlefield 3 will last longer. Typically its been at least 3-5 years before a new one comes out and its always surpassed the last one. 3rd one looks to top all competitive FPS Genre.

Modern Warfare 3 will be boring after 3 months.

[matey]

Since Valve said WiiU is alot more powerful than ps3 and that WiiU fits better with there PC work makes me want BF3 WiiU as it will crush MW3 to pieces end of 60fps/DX10.1/DX11 yes please.

[XSquareCircle]

Sales mean nothing when the Battlefield series is still king of the modern FPS shooters in my opinion. Kids will flock to Call of Duty, in which I say good riddance. Equip your microphones this November and I'll see you on the Battlefield. :-D

[Pandamobile]

October* :)

[Warprincess116]

Oh yeah because only immature kids play COD. COD is a popular for a reason. The sooner you battlefield fanboys realize that. The quicker this COD VS Battlefield debate will end.

[Liquid_Ocelot]

Naw, not only immature kids. But also immature grown-ups.
And a few players here and there that aren't all that immature of course.
About the ''war" between this two(BF vs CoD), naw I doubt it'll end.

Ps: it's ironic that you defend the CoD community by calling the BF community "fanboys".

[Biggest]

There is a reason. It's easy as hell. Call of Duty is a throwback arcade shooter.

[WetN00dle69]

Im planning on getting both BUT ill make sure to stay away from MW3 online. For some reason EA has always had better servers for online gaming. For the most part its always been lag free. Wish i could say the same about the Activision servers.

[erasure242]

The first week of Battlefield 3 will most likely be bad online. This ALWAYS happens with dedicated server game releases. Not just EA. It also happened with HomeFront.

[WetN00dle69]

That is true. Brinks servers were UGLY the first 2 weeks as well. Here is hoping that isnt the case with Battlefield 3 though.

[joydestroy]

yes, last time i checked, sales never equaled quality...
BF3 could flop in terms of sales but it will still be the best first person combat shooter in 2011, in my opinion

[Alos88]

I don't really care about sales; whether the games are good or not is all that matters to me. I don't care much for the COD franchise, but if the game is well made then I'll play it.

[Hufandpuf]

I'm not worried about sales at all, and never have been. I just want the BF franchise to get the respect it deserves.

[KillerPwned]

The only people that should care about sales is the people making the money from selling the game. Us the consumers we should not give a damn about the sales. Just how the product shapes up to us since it is our money going to the people making this game. They are the ones that truly care about the sales.

[fooxy]

thankfully most of the kids play those cod titles since bF ones are 2 complicated for them

[JeffGUNZ]

Just as complicated as completing a comprehensive and grammatical sentence.

[FunAndGun]

Don't care as I don't play sales.

[DrFUD]

If you really want numbers, chew on this...
I bet COD has better sales numbers just on its map packs than Battlefield does on everything

[mistajeff]

I definitely don't think Battlefield 3 will outsell call of duty. Battlefield 3's function as a weapon against COD for EA is to have people say, "ugh, this call of duty is so similar to the last ones, i feel like nothing has evolved. wait, what's this other game, this is amazing!"

[Raider69]

MW3 well my 12 year old son my 10 years old nephew and my 13 years old cousin will be all over it!Since im at my fourteen anniversary BF3 its my pick!I hate kids bragging at my ears!

[pandehz]

Don't care what sells, will play Battlefield coz I only have time for quality entertainment.

[dinkeldinkse]

Duh, any one that disputes that is out of their mind.

[Optical_Matrix]

Yeah but, if the game is nuts, whether it sells 10 copies or 10 million copies, it won't stop it from being a good game. I personally can't wait for it. I love war films. Hurt Locker, Black Hawk Down and Saving Private Ryan being some of my favorites and BF3 looks close to giving me a cinematic warfare experience. So I don't care what it sells.

[Killzone3___]

get over your self and start enjoying the games you wanna play , if people buy Mw3 then that's what they want , they enjoy it that's why they buy it ..

november gonna be the best month , alots of games gonna release ..

Battlefield 3 / Uncharted 3 / Mw3 / Assassin creed / SKYRIM / MGS Collcetion

don't forget Resistance 3 / sorcery

[ndl1531]

mcdonald's also sells millions and millions than everyone else but its nowhere near a quality meal . please people dont be stupid quantity does NOT equal quality . i have nothing against mw3 people are free to buy whatever the hell they want its just to those saying mw3 will be better cause it will sell more .

[CanadianTurtle]

There will be a time when next gen consoles come out and people will become tired of 60 frames per second with old hashed out gameplay and graphics. Then they will move on once they see actual awesome shooters.

[CaptCalvin]

problem is there wont be enough money for anyone to make anymore awesome shooters if everyone's money keeps going to the crappy shooter.

[matey]

BF3 is 30fps on ps3/360

BF3 is hitting WiiU and MW3 isnt as far as i know so expect BF3 to stand a good chance because 90% of purchasers of WiiU will buy BF3 so expect at least 4/5 million sales just from WiiU in 1st 6 months

[Phantasm]

If you have an open mind, you can see that outside of game sites such as N4G, not everyone sees COD as being mediocre or tiresome. I mean, just look at last month... Black Ops was still hanging around the top 10 at #6.

[Hicken]

And what does that prove, except that the CoD hype machine marches on? A million people have said "sales don't prove quality," and they're right.

Yet you talk about and open mind and are too close-minded to realize that the majority of those who don't see CoD as "being mediocre or tiresome" also don't know what to look for.

On a daily basis, I sell anywhere from 10-30 copies of various CoD entries; nearly every copy is for a kid under the age of 14, and few are for those over the age of 20. On the other hand, I may sell that many copies of BFBC2 in a week: almost every copy is for someone over the age of 18, many of them current or former military.

If that doesn't say anything to you about the QUALITY of the game, I don't know what will.

[ZBlacktt]

Sales yes, because so many kids like a brainless thinking shooter. Not because it's a better game at all. On a hardcore level, BF is way way way above that basic FPS COD is. They are not even in the same class really.

[kesvalk]

and CS still outsell the two of them... combined...

[gcolley]

this is because they will release 2+ games in that year

[Here2SpeakTruth]

COD is FUN.

[JeffGUNZ]

One is an arcade shooter which is extremely fun and addicting

Another is a more team-squad based tactical war shooter, which is fun and addicting.

They are different types of play-styles, why do people keep comparing them?

[CaptCalvin]

Because one of them has a strong tendency of pulling the industry in the wrong direction.