CoD 2 Hits 1 Million Sold 41
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."
World War 2? (Score:1)
I guess there are at least 1 million people that disagree with me!
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Pick a middle east conflict (Score:1, Flamebait)
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.
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Well... (Score:1)
IMHO...
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Out of the launch titles, sure. Geometry Wars was hands-down the best launch title, and it only costs $5. However, there have been a number of titles released since then that range from good to excellent (Oblivion, Dead Rising, Saints Row, Fight Night Round 3, etc). Maybe you have esoteric tastes (no hentai tentacle porn on 360 ... yet), or loyalty to a specific brand rather than genre (Ninety Nine Nights
Poor 360 Sales Why It Took So Long (Score:1, Insightful)
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...
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I submit this to you:
How can you have a game that sells over a million copies on a specific console when you don't even have a million copies of that console sold?
Halo 1 didn't sell it's first million copies in the first months either.
Now that the 360 has a few millions in installed user base, you can expect to begin to see a first few million seller games coming around. It is absurd to think that you can sell millions when the hardware is barely out.
Most Popular On Live??? (Score:2)
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FPS Indy Nazi (Score:1, Funny)
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I know I'm a COD addict! (Score:2, Insightful)
COD has provided me with hundreds of hours of gaming fun.
Steve
Hmmm... (Score:2)
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>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.
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Still a bit disappointed about it, as you can probably tell.
Unbearable snarking (Score:4, Insightful)
Where's the unbearable snarking anyway? (Score:2)
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, chil
How does it compare to COD 1? (Score:2)
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There is a particular mission in one of the next to last levels where you have to defend a barn against several waves of nazis. You could simply use the mg in the barn to mow them down, but I preferred
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Firstly, you find yourself in a standoff where you are trying to advance, and have infinite allied forces that constantly respawn, and they have infinite bad guys that constantly respawn, and it's a matter of just culling them down before a spawn so that you can charge in and trigger the level flag that turns off that spawn, thus 'capturing that position' and allowing you to move onto the next such setup.
Or
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At least, that is my opinion. Also, my experience is limited to PC (not game console) play.
There are better games... (my 2 cents) (Score:3, Informative)
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.
... and 4 million pirated (Score:1)