Analysts said this year’s Call of duty had a slim chance of outselling the previous one. The last one was so bad that it scared customers off, they said. Activision, however, was confident that Advanced Warfare would manage to at the very least, match Ghosts sales. Early indications show Activision may have been right. According to GfK, who tracks the UK charts, Advanced Warfare is “convincingly” outselling Ghosts right now. But that’s not all.
According to the sales-tracking gurus, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare sold more copies in the UK in its first week on sale than other heavyweight shooters by a staggering margin. They say its first week sales are 14 per cent higher than the first week tallies of Titanfall, Destiny and Wolfenstein: The New Order combined. That is a staggering amount of Call of Duty. GfK says that Advanced Warfare is now the 5th fastest selling Call of Duty game – coming in behind, presumably, Modern Warfare 2, Modern Warfare 3, Black Ops and Black Ops 2.
Unsurprisingly, Xbox platforms were the most popular for the new game, accounting for 53% of sales. What makes it a little interesting though, is that despite the great big Xbox push, the single largest platform for the game is the PlayStation 4 with 35 per cent of sales. given the system’s larger install base, that’s perhaps not as surprising as it may seem. The Xbox One, with half the install base, managed to garner Xbox One at 32 per cent of the total sales.
uptake of the game on old gen systems is lower, with the Xbox 360 nabbing 21 per cent, and the PlayStation 3 securing a lowly 11 per cent. I do wonder though, if the current server issues will affect the game’s usually long sales tail. Will word of mouth prevent more people from picking the game up until it behaves online?
Here’s a look at the UK charts, without any specific numbers attached:
1.CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE
2. FIFA 15
3. FOOTBALL MANAGER 2015
4. ALIEN: ISOLATION
5. DESTINY
6. MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION
7. SKYLANDERS TRAP TEAM
8. SUNSET OVERDRIVE
9. THE EVIL WITHIN
10. MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION
11. FORZA HORIZON 2
12. DISNEY INFINITY 2.0
13. WWE 2K15
14. MIDDLE EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR
15. WATCH DOGS
16. ASSASSIN’S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG
17. SUPER SMASH BROS.
18. LEGO THE HOBBIT
19. TOMODACHI LIFE
20. FROZEN: OLAF’S QUEST
Last Updated: November 11, 2014
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 11, 2014 at 10:05
That header is magical.
Matthew Holliday
November 11, 2014 at 10:06
server issues are much improved, as sandy pointed out yesterday.
still not perfect, but much better.
Mossel
November 11, 2014 at 12:28
The last two nights I played with great ping, so I think my issues have been sorted. Still struggle a bit with one on one combat, but maybe I’m just slow and out of practice. lol
Admiral Chief Wang
November 11, 2014 at 10:07
Soooooo besides the fact that it is a MP lagfest….it is doing better?
My brain cannot comprehend the CoDsales
ToshZA
November 11, 2014 at 10:08
I feel like a variation of this statement is made every year.
Admiral Chief Wang
November 11, 2014 at 10:08
Aye dude, you have a point there
Hammersteyn
November 11, 2014 at 10:24
The XBOX crowd sure laps it up every year… Not sure what that says about them…
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 11, 2014 at 12:21
Lack of games?
Hammersteyn
November 11, 2014 at 12:31
Maybe, but there’s no denying the XBOX gamers support COD the most.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 11, 2014 at 12:21
It’s best not to think about it.
Hammersteyn
November 11, 2014 at 10:11
The guy on the left in the header is such a slut. His mouth is wide open 😛
Admiral Chief Wang
November 11, 2014 at 10:14
I just vomited a little…
ToshZA
November 11, 2014 at 10:37
Good thing Mr. Swayzee didn’t. 😉
Jonah Cash
November 11, 2014 at 10:14
Destiny still in number 5…. And the first DLC is on its way in December… To all the people that told me it didn’t make any money, please rethink!!
Hammersteyn
November 11, 2014 at 10:23
Destiny was fun. But the strike missions has finally become as monotonous as the PVP.
FoxOneZA
November 11, 2014 at 10:46
The ship has sailed then? Time to move on to the next Activision blockbuster….
Hammersteyn
November 11, 2014 at 10:57
LOL not COD though
Dawid Eduard Roestorf
November 11, 2014 at 10:15
So according to your article, the PC sales for the game account for 1% of sales
Given:
Xbox 360 = 21%
Xbox One = 32%
PS3 = 11%
PS4 = 35%
Which is 99% of sales.
Or am I missing something?
Admiral Chief Wang
November 11, 2014 at 10:15
Geoff has issues with math…
Matthew Holliday
November 11, 2014 at 10:25
no one includes PC sales in stats because “reasons”.
the real money for devs is in console sales and R800 games.
so its all about the console push.
ToshZA
November 11, 2014 at 10:35
Steam sales.
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November 11, 2014 at 10:53
1% sounds about right for PC.
PC sales should be around 15% so nothing to brag about.
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
November 11, 2014 at 10:57
PC sales aren;t tracked, and numbers are rounded down to nearest 1. so Xbox might be 21.23%, etc etc etc.
Sir Rants A Lot is a DADDY
November 11, 2014 at 10:26
Dat header
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November 11, 2014 at 10:51
This happens every year. Articles about how well Call of Duty has sold. I remember last year, I think, when Geoff used wording to make it seem that Ghosts sold better than GTA 5. Don’t me wrong Call of Duty does sell well but the numbers that get promoted are sell-in numbers and not sell-through numbers.
Now we have an article saying that the new Call of Duty is outselling Ghost. Black Ops 2 sold about 24 million units and 26 million is the peak with MW3. Ghost sold over 14 million units. The last Call of Duty game to sell close to 14 million was COD 4.
So of course the new COD is selling better than Ghosts. But did it beat Black Ops 2 day 1 sales? I will say no. Will the game sell over 20 million units. We will just have to wait and see. All I know is that I’m not buying this shit.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 11, 2014 at 12:22
It’s the annual hype. Let’s just hope COD AW doesn’t win GOTY at Lagz… :/
Ryumoau
November 29, 2014 at 07:53
its a realy shame that the gmae is suffering from lag issues since the game itself is amazing, especially the campaign.
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