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UK: For the first time in about forever, Call of Duty is not No.1 in the UK physical charts during the week it came out
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Valhalla does take place in Britain so I can imagine interest in it is slightly higher in the UK compared to other Ass Creed games.
Can imagine it being Xbox's biggest game earlier in the week and people holding off for the PS5 version next week playing a fairly big part. Still would have to be big numbers mind
Idk the digital sales but from what I noticed, alot of players wanted MW to be continued for another year instead of a new game because many liked the approach IW did and I also would have liked that idea.
So Im not going to get Cold War because I still am more than statisfied with MW.
That said Cold War, from what I have seen, still is a step backwards on the technical side of things. Looks dated when it comes to visuals and animations. Just my opinion.
So Im not going to get Cold War because I still am more than statisfied with MW.
That said Cold War, from what I have seen, still is a step backwards on the technical side of things. Looks dated when it comes to visuals and animations. Just my opinion.
Anecdotal, but all of my friends who were obsessed with MW have no intention of getting the new black ops. Sounds like they're just gonna keep playing warzone instead
Watch Dogs does also take place in the UK but it didn't do too hot there
Aren't most sales front loaded on release day? Valhalla must have shifted huge numbers to get near to a new CoD anyway.
I wonder if the next-gen pricing shenanigans had anything to do with it? But then again I'd presume next-gen buyers would make up a tiny portion of total sales.
The PS5 also isn't out until next week here either. People may be waiting for that?
The PS5 also isn't out until next week here either. People may be waiting for that?
I would imagine with the sheer size of MW patches everyone is just accepting reality and buying it digitally. My CoD group went from 3x physical 1x digital to all digi this time.
I think it's caused by a lot of things
- People love to play Warzone
- MW is still getting supported
- Digital is not factored here
- PS5 launch next-week
Cold Wars beta was just such a let down, for me, that I wont buy it. It's a series that has been stale for years. They changed it up with MW2019 and it was great, and now they went back to the stale COD, old engine, old style, just boring.
Not only am I not surprised by this, but I'm also really glad. Activision shouldn't be rewarded for pushing out half baked games. The game was rushed, everyone knows it, it's not like its a secret or anything. Treyarch took over Sledgehammer and had less time to develop it.
Not only am I not surprised by this, but I'm also really glad. Activision shouldn't be rewarded for pushing out half baked games. The game was rushed, everyone knows it, it's not like its a secret or anything. Treyarch took over Sledgehammer and had less time to develop it.
Besides digital is not counted, the main reason probably is that AC Valhalla is marketed as one of the pillar games of Series X while CoD is marketed for PS5. And since the XSX had a great start in UK while the PS5 is not available yet, AC had the greater Next Gen boost. We'll see next week I guess if that is right.
First CoD I didn't buy at launch since CoD 4: MW. I just don't seem to care about Cold War at all.
There's something off.
Getting kills is a shit ton more laborious and it generally just feels very half baked.
Feels like Ubisoft spent a shit ton on marketing this year. Xbox & AC were basically synonymous with each other.
Whereas COD felt more or less the same and was really only marketed in like August.
Whereas COD felt more or less the same and was really only marketed in like August.
Probably didn't help that you couldn't preorder it on Amazon. I know people oversell the portion of the market Amazon takes up, but with physical stores closed in England I imagine they would have made up a larger chunk than normal.
I think that there are two big factors here.
My anecdotal view (as a fellow Brit) is that, every year, COD sells an absolute SHITLOAD from being positioned front and centre in supermarkets and other stores not typical reserved for games. And I don't mean 'it's available in supermarkets', I mean having specific COD displays at the front entrance or at the tills. Crash Bandicoot Trilogy had the same treatment. They become 'ooh there's a new one of those out, chuck it in the basket' items rather than an item for 'gamers' and it universally results in massive sales. As I said, remember Crash Trilogy in the UK.
COD is being positioned like this (I've seen it in supermarket displays at the tills today) but UK retail is also in a weird place at the moment. We're in the middle of a second lockdown. Any shops not selling essentials (food, medicines etc) are closed by law. There is far less footfall for physical retail in places that would sell games.
Also, Valhalla is really good and was definitely heavily attached to a new console launch. Remember that COD didn't come out until the end of the week when all Xboxes were already sold out. It's fair to say that Valhalla must've picked up a lot of sales from Series X/S buyers picking it up as their day one game.
My anecdotal view (as a fellow Brit) is that, every year, COD sells an absolute SHITLOAD from being positioned front and centre in supermarkets and other stores not typical reserved for games. And I don't mean 'it's available in supermarkets', I mean having specific COD displays at the front entrance or at the tills. Crash Bandicoot Trilogy had the same treatment. They become 'ooh there's a new one of those out, chuck it in the basket' items rather than an item for 'gamers' and it universally results in massive sales. As I said, remember Crash Trilogy in the UK.
COD is being positioned like this (I've seen it in supermarket displays at the tills today) but UK retail is also in a weird place at the moment. We're in the middle of a second lockdown. Any shops not selling essentials (food, medicines etc) are closed by law. There is far less footfall for physical retail in places that would sell games.
Also, Valhalla is really good and was definitely heavily attached to a new console launch. Remember that COD didn't come out until the end of the week when all Xboxes were already sold out. It's fair to say that Valhalla must've picked up a lot of sales from Series X/S buyers picking it up as their day one game.
I know its still doing great everywhere and its just physical UK numbers but i just couldnt resist