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Treyarch's traditionally been perceived as the "B" development team for the Call of Duty franchise, but impressive showings for Call of Duty: Black Ops have suggested their latest could be a coming out party of sorts for the studio, a culmination of their work on the series. Besides industry buzz, it seems to be translating to potential sales, as GameSpot reports a Pacific Crest Securities analyst is currently estimating that Black Ops pre-orders are outpacing those for Modern Warfare 2.
Pacific Crest Securities analyst Evan Wilson made the claim in a report released to various outlets. Wilson increased his sales estimate for Black Ops' holiday sales from 10 million to 12 million.
In the past, the Treyarch-developed Call of Duty games have performed extremely well but failed to achieve a similar blockbuster status to the Infinity Ward-produced installments. Growing evidence suggests that could change with Black Ops, scheduled for a release on November 9.
Source: GameSpot
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wwealex96
why is everybody obsessing of a zombie mode it should still be a good game anyways with out it
NinjaSaku
COD rules no matter who or what company makes them.
-NinjaSaku
dantastic4
Thats so true what US_Assassin said about a majority of the COD fanbase.Heck when a buddy of mine went to pick up his copy of MW2 at a local Gamestop he asked a few people if they were excited about what
infinity Ward did and some of them said "Who's Infinity ward?While one guy said are'nt they the guys who are owned by Nintendo which is owned by EA?This is pretty much proof that some of the audience does't now what their buying by who unless it has something to do with Marines,guns and blowing crap up.
The_US_Assassin
The Majority of COD players don't know anything about games... let alone who develops what.. that being said there is no way Treyarch can make a worse game then the complete and utter garbage that was Modern Warfare 2..
Fyzban
gaming industry is becoming a joke.
jedimasterchief9
Black Ops has been abe to use MW2's press and word of mouth, to help them out. Right around the NBA finals, they released a trailer like MW2. They used one of Eminem's songs, like MW2. It looks like epic global combat, like MW2. So people think and assume this game will be as good, I'm not say it will be or it won't be, I'm just saying what they expect. Also I don't recall pre-orders for MW2 all the way back in april of last year.
Aztec23
Zombies, Zombies and more Zombies if thats the only thing this game will offer thats different from MW2 than a no-sale for me. Activision is milking this game more than microsoft milks the Halo franchise.
TokeLotz
how is this game even going to be compared to MW2. they did a better job with W@W then MW2 could of ever done, even now. the servers are beyond f'd and there is no way they can fix that game. if Treyarch dont mess this up and keep up with their promises this will be the best game with the name "Call of Duty".
TheC0mm0nEnemy
not gonna happen,
theres alot of people who are not happy with trearchs work
frictionman
If iBlack Ops does outsell MW2 it will be because MW2 was such a giant success. I know there are people who were disappointed by MW2, but the fact remains, that MW2 was one of the most widely bought and widely played games of recent memory; MW2 certainly helped grow the Call of Duty brand, which was already one of the strongest, if not the strongest brand in video games, and Black Ops can only benefit from that. Couple that with the fact that this is a great looking game in a fresh new environment, and I think Treyarch has a chance to knock this one out of the park
Viconaz
I dont really care if there are zombies in it that mode can be fun FOR ME for like 2hours straight then i find it gets a little boring IMO, but I wont end up buying it in the first month, ill wait a bit, rent it and then most likely buy since its a CoD Game :P, and all i have to say about treyarch making it is, Thank god its not in WW2 anymore. IMO I got bored of WaW because it was WW2, dont get me wrong it was a great game, I just preffered CoD4 / MW2 over it.
silver6kraid
Though I am hopeful, I'm not about to throw my money at this game until I know for sure it's good. I certainly hope it is, if that is the case than Treyarch would certainly be the subject of a sort of Cinderella story in the gaming world. Here is to hoping they can become the great developer we all want them to be!
bigmike91
MW2 definitely deserved all the hype it got, but this game, looks like it has the exact same graphics as MW2 and nothing really special. Sure it has a few new weapons, but the game is just a series of missions as different soldiers with the same old graphics. The big difference between CoD4 and MW2 was the graphics, which really setup a new standard for FPS, but BlackOps seems overrated.
gravy666
Shooters have lost their variety. You play one, you've played them all.
Chipsthe1st
Let's see how it goes. I hope to have a better system other than the Wii soon.
BigShow
It's funny, I will rent it and buy it if I like it enough. IDGAF what you others think of it.
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Have a great day!
Bollocks_2_ya
There are personal reasons I don't want this game. First, the game tells the story leading to the vietnam war. That war was staged by the u.s government! 58,000 u.s soldiers died in that war, based on a lie, because our government is blood thirsty. Terrible!! Besides, there are too many good games coming soon. SOCOM 4, INFAMOUS 2, GT5, GHOST RECON, KILLZONE 3 and much more.
Bollocks_2_ya
I am not looking forward to this game, I'm not saying it bad. I just had enough of cod for the next 2 years.
FuzzyLumkins
Okay where do you get a poster /w preorder? Where?
Double_J169
I preordered to get my poster!
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