There are other games coming out?

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MW3 and Skyrim are 2 completely different games.

Those who want to buy both Skyrim and MW3, no matter which one gets out before, they will still buy Skyrim. Because Skyrim owns every game, even if you like all of them. And even if it costs more, gets out few days later, and you can't afford both of them, you still choose Skyrim. Much better game. And it offers unlimited of gameplay hours...

Only those who like MW3 and don't like Skyrim, will buy only MW3. No matter when it gets out compared to Skyrim.

Sir...a new game is going to be released 3 days before skyrim,I suggest we push back our forces,and regroup 3 days early.

Bethesda Softworks:Hell no.We are awesome and wont retreat.NOTHING,and I mean NOTHING,can destroy Skyrim.

The Halo CE remake was apparently confirmed. I coincidentally came across that last night, I would definitely buy that since I loved the original and it's one of the reasons I really got into gaming. http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/04/halo-combat-evolved-hd/

... yeah, very carefully.. "hey, palindromic date acoming... 11.1.11 is already taken, bummer... hey! 11.11.11! Brilliant!"


Bottom line, it will affect sales.
The hard core fan of either game will stick to his/her favorite game.
The casual video game players, however, are finicky, and these are the great majority of buyers. And speaking of Christmas, the gift buyer is even more finicky: unless they know the preferred genre of the person for which they are buying the gift, they probably choose a game for how cool the cover of the game is, and at least in the US, dude with guns will always be more attractive than dragon/dude with sword.

Dude get off this forum right now.

After CoD 4 I never bought another copy of that game. CoD 4 was great, but I knew the following would be the same.

If you actually have READ ANYTHING in the interviews, you would know there is a lot more than "a new map".

Never assume for everyone.

I think they'll be just fine.

I also think you're wrong. "Everybody" should include me, right? And I have no intention of even thinking about the possibility of maybe someday being bored enough to consider even thinking about buying that game. It isn't the type of game I have an interest in. I had to stop and think about what MW3 stands for, since the game is so far off my personal radar. I'll take your word for the hype, since I'm not interested, I haven't noticed any.

Surprising as it may seem, single player games still have a lot of popularity (I'd venture a majority, but I don't have any figures to back that up). Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't CoD purely a multiplayer experience now, with a half-baked single player story kind of tacked on? I played CoD 4 and I found it a very generic rail-shooter - and extremely short, and dull. I haven't been near the franchise since.

The first one I liked a lot. It came out at a time when the WW II shooter competition was stuff like MOH:AA, so the cinematic feel and fast pace to the game - flinging the player into every WW II movie they'd ever seen - was exciting and new. The iron sight idea was a completely new innovation too. But the game was well paced - it had slow spots, more stealthy levels where the action isn't so relentless. The sequels got progressively more cinematic, to the detriment of actual gameplay - it feels like the player is on a ride rather than involved in something - and I found the overwhelming continual action... tiring. There's no light and shade.

I'm amazed the series is still as popular as it is. If I wanted an online battlefield experience I'd go for something like ArmA, which is more tactical, has a modicum of realism and a feeling of danger. One hit deaths gets the adrenaline pumping when the bullets are flying!

So, no. Skyrim shouldn't be pushed back - it's a different market.

Topic made me laugh :lmao:
Last fps game I truly enjoyed was Half life 2 (7 years ago) then the standards fell, kept falling reached bottom , sunk into the mud and they keep sinking still.

While COD potentially has a greater fan base than TES, COD is a very mainstream title. People can only take so much mainstream. TES is a game that people will play religeously for a long time. Fans of both will have an obvious choice to buy Skyrim first and come back a few months later and buy COD. Besides, I think BF3 for PC is gonna own COD.

Oh yea, bring on the jets again battlefield is going back to its roots, the PC roots.

Well I think they should stick with 11.11.11, because that is a great date, also I think anybody who likes rpgs or TES games will buy Skyrim regardless and they will still get plenty of sales. I will not be buying MW3 ever at any time and I am sure there are a lot of ppl out there who are also done with COD games. Even if some ppl pick MW3 over Skyrim at first they may put it on their Christmas list or something.

Thanks!

You think Bethesda didn't know there would be a new CoD in November? Skyrim releases 11-11-11 barring some kind of disaster.

I hope to god that Skyrim isn't delayed because of CoD because I'm tired of FPSs.

And to the guy that said MW3 would win GOTY over Skyrim and also the guy who said MW2 took skill: wow.

MW2 took the least skill out of any game I've ever played in my life. All the marathon-lightweight-commando, care package glitches, rock glitches, noob tubers, quick scopers, I could go on and on.

I'd say there are different audiences yes. And it's not that important to make a load of money in the first weekend, a steady stream of sales throughout a larger period is just as important.

I'd doubt anyone that is planning to buy Skyrim wont do so because of MW3.

If the reviews proof to be negative about the game, the sales may indeed be lower because of M3. But if Skyrim turns out to be another mindblowing game there's no way the long term sales will be affected much. Yes the initial marketing and sales are important, but look at Oblivion - it's still selling copies, and that's very important aswell.

Although I'm saddened to say this, I'll probably get COD first. Mainly because all my friends are COD fanatics and I'm really competetive so I can't let them get ahead of me. by waiting til Christmas to get it.

Personally I think Assassin's creed is a bigger threat, as they are more of a similar style of play. I myself will be getting both though, and possibly MW3 depending on how good it looks.

Pretty unrelated to this specific topic, but interesting nontheless: did you hear about Brink?
Seems it didn't turn out that good. The majority of big reviews it have gotten have been saying it's an average game. The usual number is like 6 or 6.5/10.

This puts even bigger pressure on Bethesda for Skyrim and Rage...

Yea, the Brink reviews are bad and that section of the forums is a mess. Don't forget Hunted hlvr.

It might just be me, but I saw more potential in Brink than I see in Hunted...

Rage has big potential too, and I would buy it if it weren't for the style they're taking (mini robot cars with explosives, and the racing car thing; I don't like that, to me it's a deal-breaker).

Feels as if almost everything depends on Skyrim, and it feels so far that Skyrim is going to live up to that (even though minor disappointments here and there, but in general - amazing)

The one thing that could make modern warfare sufferable....Dwarfs

I can see where you're coming from OP, but I wouldn't worry. For all the hate that gets tossed at it, I actually genuinely like COD.

But I'm sure they're probably different audiences. A lot of people are going to buy MW3, but Skyrim has a steamroller of hype, and I assume that it really won't affect sales. Maybe at first, but not in the long run.

I would buy Skyrim over MW3 any day, personally.

No.

Absolutely not, they've had plenty of time to work on it, it looks and sounds great from just the little bit we've seen and heard. I couldn't care much less about COD, not even on my radar. Push that back or cank it altogether, but don't mess with Skyrim.