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CoD 2 Hits 1 Million Sold
Gamasutra reports that the first 360 to hit a million copies sold is, unsurprisingly, Call of Duty 2. From the article: "The World War II themed first person shoot 'em-up was already the best selling title available at launch in the U.S. and is now officially the best selling title of all time on the format, as well as being the most popular Xbox 360 game on Xbox Live. Although console launches have traditionally been dominated by first party releases this convention has proven less true in recent years with LucasArts' Star Wars: Rogue Leader - Rogue Squadron II (also published by Activision in Europe) proving to be the best selling title at the launch of the GameCube. Sony meanwhile, has rarely relied heavily on first party titles for any of its console launches."
I really thought that people were getting sick of the World War 2 setting in shooters. I know I am.
I guess there are at least 1 million people that disagree with me!
COD2 is the most popular game for xbox360 because there isnt that many cool games out for it....
IMHO...
With the 360 dead in both Japan and Europe it's no wonder that it took so long for it to finally get a million seller.
It is telling though that the first million seller for the 360 is a game anyone with a pc can play a cheaper and better looking version of.
Ouch...
Odd how the lists i've seen MajorNelson publish such as this one for the week of 9/4 show COD2 as being third behind Madden and Saints Row: http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2006/09/09/Xbox -Live-Activity-for-week-of-September-4-2006.aspx
The week before that was also Madden topping it: http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2006/09/02/Top- Xbox-Live-Games-for-week-of-8-28.aspx
But I guess Activision is working off of old information even though their Press Release is from today and their game has not been the top game on Live for almost 3 weeks now.
Sadly, no 360 game can hold the title of "Top Live" game period as Halo 2 has held that position since its release. Hopefully Gears of War will have a good shot though.
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FPS games are like Indiana Jones movies, they are only good when there are nazis to gun down. So COD2 is a good game.
I love COD. I currently play COD2, but started out with COD1. It's so good, that I think it actually hurts the gaming market. I play it online all the time, and it's so fun and changing when you play against real people that I have little reason to seek out or buy another game.
COD has provided me with hundreds of hours of gaming fun.
Steve
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Is the 2003 invasion of Iraq still considered too risqué to make a game of?
Maybe in 50 years we can play out the gulf war.
I don't think the horror of war should ever be reduced to a computer game.
Those figures look a little fishy :)
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Hear, hear.
>I can name at least 50 people who will never buy an Infinity Ward product again - because of their shoddy treatment of the PC gamers that made them what they are. Stay on the console side of the fence, Grant.
Make that 54 (me + 3 of my friends). Yes, damnit.... I do have 3 friends.
Yes, COD2 is the first million selling title on the Xbox 360 in the US. So, it doesn't matter that you think the 360 is a flop in Europe, and it doesn't matter that you're sick of WWII shooters. The thing sold a million units to customers in the US. With a little over 3 million consoles in the US, that means a third of all 360 owners has COD2. The only other game with that kind of attach rate is Halo. So, snark all you want, people liked the game enough to buy a million copies of it, and it had been the #1 360 title on Live for most of the product's life. Yes, the last three weeks has seen Madden and Saints Row at the top. And yes, Halo 2 is the most played title of any platform. So what? The game was a well made, well crafted, popular game.
I saw COD 1 on sale at the local EB Games for 19.99, so I picked it up. What a waste. It had basically the same engine as Medal of Honor: Allied Assault but it was significantly less fun. One person on an Amazon review described it aptly: it's like you're playing "on rails". You're directed on a set path and don't have much freedom or creativity in attacking the targets. Moreover, there were plenty of times when your team members got shot but didn't die (e.g. on the securing the bridge level where you run back to the big tank-dispatching gun).
I shoulda put my money toward the Unreal Tournament 2004 DVD that's on sale at Amazon right now. The *demo* of that game has given me a lot more pleasure than COD 1.
But, that being said, maybe COD 2 is way different.
I can add a couple more to that list. After spending a few hundred hours playing base assault and domination from CoD United Offensive, imagine our suprise when they were missing from CoD2.
Still a bit disappointed about it, as you can probably tell.
I reckon UO is more enjoyable than the single player modes in any of the games in the long run, and requires more skill to hit someone than in cacky COD2, which has a stupidly large hitbox and daft crosshairs that tell you when you're on target, even when your view is obscured by a bush.
I kinda hope they'll bring out an expansion pack for COD2, one that gives you larger maps and vehicles. Some decent mapping tools would be nice too. Yeah these things are slowly trickling out unofficially, but it's still not enough
I was about to click on the "parent" link to see what had you so pissed off. Then I noticed it didn't exist, your well aimed retort was aimed at, well, no one really. The story just reports the figures, there is no grandparent, so what's making you so mad? What your posts remind me of is when a radical feminist claims that what a bunch of men are thinking right now is wrong after wrongly guessing what they were actually thinking. Leave your angry rebuttals until there is something to rebut, until then, chill out and be happy.
When Argumentum ad Hominem falls short, try Argumentum ad Matrem
I finally succumbed and bought a 360.
CoD2 is a decent game, but certainly not a great game. I'd give it a solid B.
So far the only games that have true visual 'wow' factor and great gameplay are
Ghost Recon and Test Drive Unlimited. PGR 3 is a big letdown IMHO.
Ghost Recon is a huge surprise in terms of gameplay and a graphics engine that
is surprisingly awesome. And the co-op Splitscreen multiplayer rules.
TDU is a little odd, but its a grower. I'm usually not big on driving games,
but the MMO/persistent world aspect of it is a nice feature.
I find myself playing that game all the time.
A great little surprise.
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