Tue, Feb 09, 2010 | 12:42 GMT
Pachter: Call of Duty sales down by $250 million this year
Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter has said he expects Call of Duty franchise sales down by $250 million this year.
The analyst made the claim in a note ahead of Activision’s Q4 FY10 financials on Wednesday.
“Call of Duty’s phenomenal launch poses a difficult comparison, and we expect a year-over-year decline of $250 million for the franchise,” said Pachter.
Back at the start of the year, Activision confirmed Modern Warfare 2 had made over $1 billion in revenue.
Pachter also said that, thanks to the “phenomenal launch” of the Infinity Ward juggernaut back in November, sales of the shooter could be the reason behind low sales for other Activision games like DJ Hero, Tony Hawk: Ride and Band Hero.
Treyarch will be doing this year’s installment. As for who’s doing the one after that, almost certainly Modern Warfare 3, the rumourmongers reckon it’s not Infinity Ward.
Expect Big Bob to talk about how much richer he has become thanks to MW2 tomorrow.
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Tags: michael pachter, wedbush morgan
8 comments
#1
ShakaCarnage
09/02/10, 12:45 pm
So, considering the game sold for a higher SRP, and is currently around 1.4m copies ahead of the previous title in sales, he’s basing his guesswork on what?
I give up on you, Pachter. Love you really, obviously.
#2
DJ Deathstar
09/02/10, 12:47 pm
Hahaha no Patcher the reason for low sales of Tony Hawk: Ride are for the fact its shit and that reason alone!
#3
Eregol
09/02/10, 12:55 pm
I’m beginning to think he bases these around the philosophy of throwing a dart at a dartboard and seeing what it hits.
#4
NGCes26294BIV
09/02/10, 12:56 pm
He doesn’t say it, but the reasoning for this is clear – It’s a Treyarch CoD year, not a IW one.
#5
Bulk Slash
09/02/10, 1:05 pm
Do we know the setting for Treyarch’s CoD yet? I’d heard it might be ‘Nam, which might actually sell quite well. I think the biggest problem Treyarch have had so far is being stuck in WWII. I think people are just getting bored with killing Hitler’s minions, I know I am.
#6
NGCes26294BIV
09/02/10, 1:11 pm
Yes, it’s Nam, although it hasn’t been announced formally yet.
#7
PolyGoneWithTheWind
09/02/10, 1:12 pm
The rumours are Vietnam “they’re in the trees”… but there already have been a few games in that setting.
I hope that in many years time we’ll be looking at the more obscure wars like Korea… M*A*S*H the videogame.
#8
AHA-Lambda
09/02/10, 5:43 pm
Hey people can bash pachter as much as they want but I actually agree with him on this.
This game will flat out NOT outsell MW1 and 2 that is fact. Plus I don’t think it will outsell WAW because of:
1) vietnam setting might be offputting to some of the less hardcore crowd.
2) some fatigue must have set in on this franchise by this point and only a new MW title will redeem that IMO.
3) It’s treyarch