pre-orders

Xbox One closes ground on PS4 for US pre-orders

While the Xbox One still lags behind the Playstation 4 in terms of pre-orders in the United States, it is gaining ground according to VGChartz. Having collected data up to the week ended October 19 2013, the Playstation 4 has a total of 725,000 pre-orders in the US versus 525,000 for the Xbox One. While […]

Activision blames poor Call of Duty: Ghosts pre-orders on PS4, Xbox One

The upcoming launches of the Xbox One and the Playstation 4 are killing demand for Call of Duty: Ghosts pre-orders. Well, at least that’s the excuse according to Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision. Activision held it’s earnings call with financial analysts yesterday (to explain the public company’s latest financial results and field questions) and in […]

Call of Duty: Ghosts most anticipated game, apparently

Financial analysis firm Cowen & Co has developed what it calls it’s “video game odometer” – basically a system designed to tell you how well a game will sell compared to others once it is launched. Or put another way, a method to track pre-orders. Cowen just released the latest version of its report which […]