The console FPS shooter war is about toe explode with the release of Battlefield 3 tomorrow and Modern Warfare 3 a mere 2 weeks later. Who will reign supreme in terms of review scores and sales?
The two rival games are expected to generate $1.4 billion in revenue, 15% of total packaged game sales for the fourth quarter. Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter predicts that MW3 will sell 16 million units, while BF3 will sell 8 million units in the same time frame, although he didn’t forget about those who will buy both games.
“I’d guess that around half of the console copies of Battlefield 3 will be bought by people who also buy Modern Warfare 3, so around two to three million will buy both,” he said. “I don’t see much cannibalization of the titles.”
It begins tomorrow!
SOURCE | FORBES