No idea. I have some family members who have fallen off the CoD bandwagon of late, but that doesn't mean anything of course. What do the XBL numbers look like? Is it still being played online like crazy, or is it tapering off? It has to come to an end at some point, no? The question is what does that end look like? Do military shooters stay popular and people just look for a replacement for CoD, leaving an opening for Battlefield? Or does CoD saturation taint similar products and drag down the whole genre the way Guitar Hero and Rock Band took down DJ Hero and everything else in the music genre with it, leaving the door open for something a bit different like Skyrim. Battlefield feels like a series on the rise, with a relatively dedicated core audience, so I doubt it will be hurt too badly even if there is CoD backlash, but it might prevent a breakthrough success for that game.
When I look at the second half of the year and everything coming out on all systems, and E3 will likely add a couple more, that it seems personally impossible that anything could stand out, even CoD. However, I guess that's not the way things work. There's going to be a WHOLE LOTTA great games that don't receive the sales they deserve this year.
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