In addition, IGN GamerMetrics reports shows that other PS3 games will greatly benefit from the loss of Rockstar's hotly anticipated game. "Sony's Heavenly Sword, Naughty Dog's Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, and Free Radical's Haze are all also expected to greatly benefit this holiday season." Ubisoft's Assassin Creed will also gain sales due to the lack of GTA.
Even without GTA this holiday season, we're realizing that we won't have enough time (or money!) to spend on all of these high-profile titles. Whatever game ends up being the "victor" of this year's holiday battle, it appears that all gamers win.
[Thanks, Josh D.!]
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8-03-2007 @ 6:22PM
Figboy said...
i used to work for Activision. god how i hate them.
i guess their right, considering that Uncharted, Ratchet and Clank, Heavenly Sword, Folklore, and Little Big Planet (PSN debut this fall), are looking to be true stinkers (rolls eyes) /sarcasm.
please, get off it, Activision. Call of Duty 4 will be a fine game for it's audience, i'm sure, but to deny the buzz from the 1st and 2nd party exclusive camp is stupid.
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8-03-2007 @ 6:36PM
pete said...
activisions success come this fall looks a lil'HAZEy
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8-03-2007 @ 6:51PM
secret said...
Figboy, what was your job at Activision? How'd you get into the business?
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8-03-2007 @ 7:02PM
Matt B said...
I"ll be the judge of that.
If it is going to be so great, why did you shaft us on the beta you gave to the 360?
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8-03-2007 @ 7:02PM
MrSkip said...
Yea right there are plenty of other titles to look forward to besides COD4. If you are a real fan of the series you will already be able to tell that they are using lots of old sounds / textures / tricks from previous games with some new graphics and features and thats about it. The gameplay looks horribly unrealistic and run and gun rambos will be loving this title. If you want a real combat title this year Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway is the ticket.
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8-03-2007 @ 7:04PM
afr said...
These guys are crazy, Haze will definitely be better then Call Of Duty 4, as will numerous other exciting games coming out at the end of the year
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8-03-2007 @ 7:31PM
WebMaster said...
Haze better then COD4???
What ever floats your boat, but I'll make you a friendly little wager right here & now. Infinity Ward's COD4 will smoke Haze in sales. I know I'm not the only one who feels COD4 is by and far the superior title, but we'll see when the sales numbers come out once they're both released.
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8-03-2007 @ 7:36PM
marcandrer said...
if COD4 is as good as COD3 sucked then yes it will be the greatest game of the year.
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8-03-2007 @ 7:54PM
MYPS3KilledMy360 said...
i dont know in some screenn shots it looks to good to be true but then in other parts i keep on asking my self is it the same game. ill just have to wait and see Infinty Ward is on bleaching the screen out this time.
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8-03-2007 @ 7:55PM
Token said...
Marcandrer, IW did not make CoD 3.
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8-03-2007 @ 7:57PM
xavier said...
dont get too cocky activision....
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8-03-2007 @ 9:06PM
Naaiif said...
Looks to be way better than COD3, and the multiplayer looks great, but for most titles what i'm interested in is the single player campaign - and tbh, Haze's single player campaign looks way more interesting.
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8-03-2007 @ 11:19PM
ptaylor7805 said...
Demo please. Let me be the judge of that...
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8-04-2007 @ 5:39AM
EG said...
oh oh! The war is in Cairo? Stupid Activision!
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8-04-2007 @ 10:05AM
KeVil said...
I'd of liked COD4 to return to the series' roots(I don't mean WWII but how it played). The first COD was by far the best in the series, the series was seriously diluted when they brought it over to the consoles.
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8-04-2007 @ 11:50AM
AspectRatio said...
@1
"i guess their right"... wow I can see why they fired you. GG English.
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8-04-2007 @ 12:53PM
ryano said...
i think they mean that COD is a more established franchise, while Heavenly Sword and Drake's Fortune may garner Game of the Year Status, they won't rake in as many sales as COD 4. Haze...doesn't look interesting to me sorry. it may be all that yellow armor.
from a marketing standpoint i think Halo3 will be > COD 4. wrong forum i know, but Activision started it! ;)
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8-04-2007 @ 3:30PM
Tbone4690 said...
They are using the 360 for beta testing because, of Live being a more stable platform and the ease of it, and the 360 peforms a lot better with multiplatform games, the 360 is always used as the demo unit for a multiplatform title.
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8-04-2007 @ 5:34PM
ryano said...
@Tbone4690:
this is true. =)
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8-05-2007 @ 12:32AM
raytown said...
OK, enough with the fanboy crap already geez.
@Tbone4690:
This is NOT true.
It has nothing to do with Live being a more stable system or it performing better with Multi-platform games.
It has everything to do with Direct X and the developers being too lazy. It is simply EASIER to do on the 360 because everybody is taught Direct X when they go to Game design school. THAT is true =D
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