Call of Duty 5 Beats Gears 2 in Sales on the 360

Not surprised since CoD consists of running around in circles shooting each other in the back with little to no skill involved so anyone can get into it and feel like they "own".AAllxxjjnn

To be honest, I had no idea the Call of Duty series had become that popular. I'm a little disappointed that it was Modern Warfare that drove it to its popularity, because I expect the next games to have the same feel in multiplayer.. and I preferred CoD 1 and 3 in that regard. Oh well. The games are still fun, and i really like World at War.

I dont see the big deal?

who wants to bet COD5 sells more on ps3 than kilzone

I dont see the point of the thread

Wow treyacrh >>>> Epic Thats always good to see :DGh0st_Of_0nyx

Treyacrh>>Konami (cant reember the sllly studio name that made mgs4, i just know it;s under konami) go figure casual crap sells.

It's not exactly a hit to the 360, not when COD outsold the PS3s biggest hitter (while Halo 3 is still light years ahead sales wise and was at this point in it's life cycle too) and then the 360 sold more copies of it than the PS3, I'd Say thia topic backfired a bit on the OP

I dont see the big deal?

who wants to bet COD5 sells more on ps3 than kilzone

I dont see the point of the thread

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I dont see the big deal?

who wants to bet COD5 sells more on ps3 than kilzone

I dont see the point of the thread

NinjaMunkey01

this is SW, its all Fanboy stuff

but your right it is interesting

Gears 2 must suck hard if a WWII shooter can outsell itp2250

so by your logic mgs4 and lbp must suck pretty hard as well

I dont see the big deal?

who wants to bet COD5 sells more on ps3 than kilzone

I dont see the point of the thread

this is SW, its all Fanboy stuff

but your right it is interesting

[QUOTE="p2250"]Gears 2 must suck hard if a WWII shooter can outsell itrobflores370

so by your logic mgs4 and lbp must suck pretty hard as well

MGS and LBP are not shooters, there's really no other games like them that they have to compete with. Gears 2 was supposed to be the premium new shooter on the 360, it wasn't supposed to be upstaged by another WWII shooter. Just my thoughts.

call of duty 5 is way better than Gears 2 anyways it deserved to beat it in sales.

I can't believe people actually think Gears 2 shoulve been a contendor for GOTY

tek91

Wow, I'd think you of all people would be skeptical of VG Chartz numbers.

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[QUOTE="p2250"]Gears 2 must suck hard if a WWII shooter can outsell itp2250

so by your logic mgs4 and lbp must suck pretty hard as well

MGS and LBP are not shooters, there's really no other games like them that they have to compete with. Gears 2 was supposed to be the premium new shooter on the 360, it wasn't supposed to be upstaged by another WWII shooter. Just my thoughts.

Gj WaW!

sounds like WW2 genre isnt so dead yet eh?

its funny how people are quick to point out the bugs in gears 2 but no one mentions the huge amount of glitching that goes on in cod5, THAT multiplayer is truly broken on so many maps its pathetic and almost unbearable to play. At least in gears you have a functioning horde mode and private matches. hopesfall2own

Casual of Duty 5.

one_on_one

[QUOTE="Chutebox"][QUOTE="one_on_one"]

Pretty much the reaction for the thread.

Also COD5 beats Left 4 Dead in sales.

one_on_one

So it's impressive that COD5 outsold Gears of War 2 but it's not impressive that it also outsold Resistance 2 and Left 4 Dead? :|

[QUOTE="Zoso-8"]How is Gears NOT casual? It's the easiest shooter I've ever played :lol:.doobie1975

So the 360 alone could give Activision enough reason to make a yearly COD game Now add in the numbers the PS3 version and PC version will add as well....crap we are all but guaranteed COD=Madden in terms of yearly releases. jg4xchamp

Maybe the fact that CoD5 was $37.99 for about 2 weeks during christmas should have helped.Tulak_Hord

Yes! I was just about to post this. Target stores had it on sale for $39.99. I cannot believe this very significant factor was left out of the article. Very shoddy journalism.

[QUOTE="AAllxxjjnn"]Not surprised since CoD consists of running around in circles shooting each other in the back with little to no skill involved so anyone can get into it and feel like they "own".Gh0st_Of_0nyx

Call of duty 5 - Multiplat Gears 2 - 360 only What did you expect?navyguy21

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]So the 360 alone could give Activision enough reason to make a yearly COD game Now add in the numbers the PS3 version and PC version will add as well....crap we are all but guaranteed COD=Madden in terms of yearly releases. KingTuttle

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[QUOTE="p2250"]Gears 2 must suck hard if a WWII shooter can outsell itp2250

so by your logic mgs4 and lbp must suck pretty hard as well

MGS and LBP are not shooters, there's really no other games like them that they have to compete with. Gears 2 was supposed to be the premium new shooter on the 360, it wasn't supposed to be upstaged by another WWII shooter. Just my thoughts.

It sort of looks as though most expected CoD to beat Gears 2. Someone pointed out that CoD4 beat out Gears 1, so it seems as though it would've been a bigger surprise if Gears 2 beat CoD5.

Doesn't matter really though since they're both selling well and they're both great games...at least that's what I've read.

its funny how people are quick to point out the bugs in gears 2 but no one mentions the huge amount of glitching that goes on in cod5, THAT multiplayer is truly broken on so many maps its pathetic and almost unbearable to play. At least in gears you have a functioning horde mode and private matches. hopesfall2own

It sells entirely on the multiplayer. People wanted an extension on to the CoD 4 multiplayer, and that's what they got. CoD 4 was so popular because it had such an easily accesible, and generally easy to play multiplayer. It must be more or less the same with WaW. The whole experience was extremely casual (And unbalanced.), and managed to water down the very competitive nature of online games and create an addictive forumla. It still has an excellent leveling system, which really can make the game feel addictive for a while. But for anyone who either dislikes multi games in general, or likes them a hell of alot, the MMO effect generally starts to wear off when the player realises that they are doing it all for nothing. The game offers so little challenge for someone such as themselves half the time that it becomes boring fast. First prestige is enough for most to get very bored. Gears by comparison isn't half as assesible, with a very slow matchmaking service, and alot more challenging opponents with a far slower pace. The other thing that CoD has is it's use of realistic weaponry. Alot of gamers seem to have a strange fascination with guns (I'm not really exempt from this.), and CoD 4 has alot of them. The great thing is they all feel distinctly diffrent from each other, and all have customisation options. It's actually really quite cool, and that really helps to sell it, Modern day or otherwise.

I think the thing about CoD is that it's a game that can be sold to pretty much anyone with an intrest in shooters. It's just that type of game.

[QUOTE="KingTuttle"][QUOTE="jg4xchamp"]So the 360 alone could give Activision enough reason to make a yearly COD game Now add in the numbers the PS3 version and PC version will add as well....crap we are all but guaranteed COD=Madden in terms of yearly releases. yoyo462001

I think the idea people have that WaW is a "reskin" is incredibly unfair. It follows a similar presentation, with the menu style and the multiplayer remains largely unchanged. Complaining about the fact it looks and plays similarly is really unfair though. To put it quite simply, it's running on the same engine and was set to be created in two years, what did you expect? They can't recreate an entire engine just to create a whole new game in such a short period of time. They have to make compromises at the will of Activision, and that's what they have done, and from what I have seen and heard they done a fine job with those compormises, creating a game that can quite easily rival it's IW predesecor, which, by the way, took twice aslong to make. Treytech were not even familiar with the engine, they wern't building it on something they had used in the past, it was all entirely new to them. I say they achived alot more than people give them credit for.