Call of Duty pre-order numbers are low, who will be the next FPS king?

Videogamedebate writes:

Call of Duty has long reigned supreme in terms of overall sales for a console game. It’s instant accessibility, coupled with its popularity among teenage boys and the esports crowd have seen sales showing no signs of letting up, until now that is.

[ZodTheRipper]

Destiny will be the go-to shooter this year... it has great competitive modes as well.

[mhunterjr]

I think Destiny will be the goto FPS for PS4 owners. Folks who have Xbox will be equally if not more interested in playing Halo:MCE. Either way, gamers have better options than COD...

[Zuperman]

who cares about FPS... 2014 is the year of GAMES! I remember a time during the PS2 era where I was excited to play all types of games. During the PS3 era, I was only focused on shooters and what's "HOT & POPULAR" I miss having gaming memories..

[mhunterjr]

@zuperman

FPS are games... This article is specifically about shooters, but there are plenty of games on other genre's coming out this year...

I'm personally looking forward to Forza horizon, sunset over drive, dance central, halo, Destiny, and a bunch of smaller titles...

[MasterCornholio]

A collection of fantastic Bungie/343 games versus a new Bungie game.

It all depends if Xbox fans want something new or replay something that they played before.

Both are great options though and I expect the two to do quite well on Xbox One.

[sinjonezp]

Zuperman

I kind of get where you going about fps. I think gamers are a little but burnt out in fps games. Especially in my gaming circles. While it could be other things like, man cod, same thing every year, etc. The options of games that are good shows that other genres are getting a lot of love. I myself will be playing a lot of destiny on ps4, after black ops 2 and b the latest battlefield, I want to take a little break from that "modern shooter" genre. Are people tired of fps? Are people tired of cod? Are people desiring more indie? There is a lot questions but the numbers don't lie and cod needs to do something to create that desire they once had. Heck, maybe bring back team kills lol .

[choujij]

@mhunterjr: The pre-orders for Destiny on Xbox One are higher than MCC.

OT: Glad to see gamers are starting to come to their senses.

[No_Limit]

@choujij,

That is because Destiny has been available for pre order since it was announced last year and MCC won't be available until November has something to do with it.

[mhunterjr]

@cohoujij

I would certainly hope Destiny pre-orders are ahead of Halo:MCE... Destiny has be up for pre order for over a year, and is coming out before halo...

[Eonjay]

COD is launching in November. When it launches it will be number 1.

[Magicite]

Funny thing is, that both games, Destiny and COD are published by Activision, so they win anyway and win big time.
But then again I wish people would buy other genres more, shooters have gone too far.

[koolseen]

Planetside 2

[OpieWinston]

Destiny wasn't built with Competitive MP in mind. It was built with Co-op in mind.

The competitive mode will be solid but it isn't going to be as balanced as you think. Considering the weapon variants in the game.

Hype kills games, and Destiny is running with Titanfall/Watch Dogs levels of hype.

At the moment Titanfall is the "Go-to Shooter"...Halo MC will probably overtake it. Especially since it has Halo 5 Guardians Beta (Dec 27th)

We all know BF Hardline/CoD AW are both dead in the sand.

[DanteVFenris666]

Fallout is still the go to shooter for me, cause sadly no fps can even compare to it's grandness. Even after 5 years... That's sad. Also Titan fall didn't sell that much so I would still say sadly cod still is

[Myzster]

I've played Watch Dogs, Titanfall, and the Destiny Alpha. The only game that kept me interested was the Destiny Alpha--less than 10% of the full retail launch game according to Bungie's community manager.

Watch Dogs and Titanfall were hyped by Playstation and Xbox, respectfully. With Destiny, I became hyped by actually playing it and researching the game.

Hype does not kill games--the games do.

[ForgivenZombie]

I agree, but I also plan on playing Dragon Age, Middle Earth, The Order and Far Cry 4.

[Zombro]

Evolve

[3-4-5]

The FPS Market is wide open right now.

A lot of FPS gamers are kind of just waiting to see what the next big thing is.

People now, more than any time in the last 5-10 years are really open to finding that new FPS game to get hooked on.

We've seen was COD,BF&Titanfall can do and they are all kind of ok to good, but nothing great or special.

They Opportunity and opening within that portion of the gaming market is open.

If somebody came along and in Nov 2015 there was a new FPS game that was hands down better than either COD or BF like BY FAR, then everybody would jump over to that or most people would.

It's still early and the options are still varied and plenty.

[ramiuk1]

i truely believe that destiny will be the cause of the low preorders .
BF4 has almost killed themselves and lost alot of trust,cod is rehash constantly and if they have rethought and changed alot,it needs to be seen to be believed as we constantly told the same bull by them every year and it turns out exactly same as previous years.

destiny looks solid,with ambisous devs and devs that people trust.

[MrSwankSinatra]

Hopefully there is not another FPS king. I want this generation to be varied.

[MooseWI]

There can be a "king" of every genre...

[MrSwankSinatra]

There doesn't need to be a "King" at all.

[F4sterTh4nFTL]

Far Cry 4

[Bigpappy]

RPG/FPS. Strong emphasis on RPG.

[DanteVFenris666]

Simply the best fps this year. Ubisoft if anyone's noticed has been destroying activision and ea in innovation and games. I don't even think I've bought an ea or activision game in years

Edit: wait I forgot ea still has bioware, but I'd like to think bioware is different then ea as a whole. Bioware makes good games, but the rest of ea not so much

[Omnisonne]

I really hope FC4 will still have a map editor to play around with, its probably one of the main reasons i played the previous titles

[OUROSMAG]

Destiny is gonna be the hot ticket this year, at least in my opinion. The Alpha was awesome, and I hope we get to see at least one more mode in MP.

[jayswolo]

There are 5 iirc. One of them is basically Kill Confirmed, except in reverse...kind of. You can revive teammates and if you revive them, you get a point.

[mcarsehat]

How dangerous can low numbers be in June, i haven't even started thinking about pre-ordering any games. The reason for Cod's low orders will be because of the lack of advertising for the Xbox 360 and PS3 ports. Believe me, the numbers will change around September.

[Slick81]

I've pre ordered a few games allready ,cod won't be one of them

[KillerPwned]

Personally I don't think it matters all that much just as long as we see current generation titles finally begin to roll out on consoles. It seems it has been a pretty dry 7 months. Regardless both consoles have had a good game here and there come out since launch. But I can truly only speak for PS4 as I own one. A lot of it has been indie titles and some full retail releases here and there. Too me it seems come October and into 2015 the line up for both consoles is gonna really build up quickly.

Now we do have destiny coming in Sept so you could say that could be the start of it all. But if their is anything I am missing between now and Sept please say so.

[SilentNegotiator]

COD haters already working their desperate magic. Low preorder numbers....the game isn't out for 4 months. Advanced Warfare could easily still be the top shooter.

[Back-to-Back]

After Ghosts they will have to make a good title to bring fans back.

I agree though that COD will be the go to shooter for online competition.

I'm not convinced Destiny's MP will last long.

[Scatpants]

Looking forward to Far Cry 4 and Destiny. I stopped buying COD games 2 games ago.

[addictedtochaos]

This pretty much sums up COD. https://m.youtube.com/watch...

[stripe814]

COD or destiny, well either of the two Activision still has a chunk of your money..

[PrinceOfAllSaiyans]

Destiny, Halo Master Chief Collection, and Farcry 4 are the only FPS that I'm buying. COD and BF can kiss my D.

[PS4isKing_82]

I don't know man, that new cod looks pretty sick. I'm not a cod fan but even I have to say that game looks really good. The hover bikes and wall climbing have me excited.

[OmegaShen]

Destiny, because its a new ip and its better then everything else thats coming out that is a fps.

[PhatGokuu]

I really still dont see any beating cod even with preorders its the easiest shooter to just pick up and play the best shot will be destiny but COD is king untill beaten still gonna gross a billion dollars worth

[kodiak404_]

Evolve is a sleeper

[Lilrizky]

defs. that is my most anticipated game let alone FPS for 2014

[iamnsuperman]

Depends if they can solve the balancing issues. I hear it is quite bad at the moment

[Lilrizky]

When will it be the year of RPG's?

[q8kik]

But then the dudebro's won't buy anything that year .

[gamerfan0909]

How in the hell do you know how many preorders AW has? Lol people tried to pull this same crap with Ghosts last year and it sold a buttload of copies. I don't get why people just make stuff up.

[oODEADPOOLOo]

My go to shooters this year will be Destiny and Planetside 2, Evolve not too far behind. Call of duty might be good this time around, but I'll just wait and see, Battlefield Hardline looks kind of boring in comparison.

[gamerfan0909]

Btw when will people stop using Amazon as a sales barometer? This is getting old.

[Dan_scruggs]

I suppose it will have to "settle" for about 15 million sales.

[SPARTAN3]

But its finally future shit, why dose this one have to be the bad cod, now I will never get BF2143! :(

[Geekman]

We're jumping to conclusions? This fast? Wow.... just...... WOW.

[majorkilljoy]

Destiny this year Halo the next its time for a regime change =]

[itisallaboutps]

All they had to do was go back to world war 2 and innovate by deinnovating and getting rid of all they crap they over killed the games over the years

[Kevlar009]

Splatoon's gonna wipe the floor clean

(Kanye West voice) "Splatoon's the greatest shooter of all time!"

[heisenberguk]

About time!! Well done gamers, you've FINALLY come to your senses!!

[objdadon]

I know ghosts was a piece of garbage but 12:00 midnight you'll see cod players out in droves. Preorder or not.

[Shen3]

You mean you'll see a line of parents with their 13-15 year old sons. Pre-order numbers are probably low because everyone who buys it is underage and can't pre-order.

[Provolone24]

Destiny for sure. I'm not personally interested in the game at all and I'm not crazy about FPS games, but even I will confidently say that Destiny has a good chance at overtaking COD. Bungie has played this really smart by becoming all buddy-buddy with Sony. They basically were the reason Xbox became popular and now they're gaining another huge fan base in the Playstation Nation. Unless a massive amount of Xbox/Halo fans strictly refuse to buy Destiny, it's going to see insane sales numbers. But surely gamers aren't that immature...I think...I hope...

[shinrock]

Well Bungie hasn't exactly been selling Destiny to the x1 fans, u know the people who got where they are. And i also remember atime when ps fans would str8 up diss Bungie, calling them overrated. now all of a sudden they are the second coming. This site is a fickled bitch.

[theshredded]

they want some numbers for destiny wait till they show mp then pre orders will sky rocket.Farcry 4 and planetside 2 for me.
kindof sad the best shooter of this year aka Evolve will be a sleeper hit,I hope they hype it well

[CervantesPR]

hopefully all these yearly franchises die out sooner than later, they are killing gaming.

[Goku781]

No Call of Duty for me, but I accept that fact that it will be there and someone will buy it just like someone will buy an Xbox One. Its just a matter of preference.

[SH1ELD]

I think It's easy to say EVOLVE is the next big multi player fps game for it's appearance as a spiritual successor to L4D and because it lacks P2W elements like Destiny "I didn't mean it literally but the stuff that you get for 60 bucks isn't near to %40 of the final game and i don't care how much they invested to make this game cause the quality comes first " but i'm not sure yet about the next best story campaign.

[EGOKILLER]

I think pre-orders are lower because of ps360 owners wanting to upgrade to the next Gen but maybe undecided on which system to get. So therefore how do you pre-order when you aren't sure what they will be playing on. Also we have seen nothing on multiplayer yet and most players pick up cod for that alone.

[TheFutureIsBlue]

You know why? Destiny, Evolve, and MCC. That is why. Tbh I think Evolve will be the best fps this year just because it is trying to push the fps genre forward. I believe they can balance it going by interviews at E3. Destiny Alpha was awesome. So glad the shooter genre is changing it up. Finally!

[Myzster]

It's interesting how Destiny was averaging around 5-8k PS4 preorders per week since it was announced. After the Destiny Alpha(2 weeks ago), 65K preorders have been added to Destiny on PS4.

CoD AW on PS4 has a NET amount of preorders less than 30k. Xbox One has a NET of 45K CoD AW preorders. Destiny has a NET preorder # of 381k on playstation 4 alone. The launches of Destiny and CoD AW are only 8 weeks apart.

The pressure is a little more intense on Sledgehammer games. I wish them the best though! I know innovating on an already popular franchise must be strenuous!

[quenomamen]

Must be that " New " engine, damn bullshitrs.

[Accountclosed]

I'd be surprised if this didn't change, I know a lot of people who plan on getting the game, but haven't preordered it.

[TBONEJF]

Looks like people finally realize its the same crap every year. may still sell a million but COD can never change.

[SoulSercher620]

Evolve
Destiny
Halo Master Chief Collection

[n4gusername]

Destiny is there to compete with Halo, not CoD. Activision knows what they are doing.

[KinjoTakemura]

Destiny will be on top. COD will still be COD bionic exoskeletons won't be enough to make it beat Destiny.

[Flames76]

I do know titanfall is the highest selling game on the Xbox One at 2 million.So thats awesome for a new game and a new console within 7 months.Since i own the X1 i was hoping for cod to get knocked out of the number 1 spot.As of all platforms right now would have to say destiny though this holiday

[60FramesPerSecond]

i usually dont enjoy cod games, but i think advanced warfare looks great. future fps seems like something that allows more innoavtion. halo master chief collection should be fun, but thats because its just halo rereleased. destiny seems to bland to me, just a weird art style

[DJ]

Not surprised, gamers felt let down by Black Ops 2, and Ghosts was terrible. Destiny will probably be number 1

[clonerz]

Yep

[tommygunzII]

CoD isn't going anywhere just yet. 10 years after MW1 released is when CoD will start to die.

[Masterh0ppa]

pre-orders is so 2010, digital is the way to go!