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Old 28-04-2015, 01:22   #17
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Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops III

I think when it comes to a Battlefield and COD debate a lot of people forget you're looking at two games that are actually entirely different. One is an arcade adrenaline rush, run and gun. The other is massive borderline sim with vehicular warfare.

Titanfall was a great game but again it lived on hype and innovation. It's paved the way for other games to utilize the ideas and do so far better than it ever could. Game modes? COD has more, maps, COD has more, weapons, COD has more, Titans? Killstreaks, Gameplay? Undoubtedly the freshest in many years but again that's what this black ops will do, take the best and make it better.

Titanfall shipped under 2.5 million copies in my estimation. Despite it's hype and praise it never really took off as was expected. 3700 players on Xbox and then 3 on PC. That tells you a lot about it's success and lifespan if COD 4 and CS:GO push over a million combined.

EA's numbers released for Titanfall were 925,000 sold in the US. They wouldn't release the rest. The answer is simple. Whether people like it or not, a budget of around $100-150 million has left this game a commercial flop. If you factor in the new consoles it probably sold then it wasn't. But that was the exact reason it didn't get the massive sales that were anticipated. £500 for an Xbox then £60 for the game, silly. Its likely there weren't even enough consoles to reach it's target.

They jumped into bed with Microsoft over having what could have been a 5 million+ game over PC, Xbox and PS3. It'll improve with the sequel but they really should've went last gen, GTA V did this, I doubt it'd have record sales if it was Xbox One, PS4 and PC only.
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