The real question is, with the COD series seemingly relinquishing their reign of FPS king, will Brink be able to take its place as the well...alpha series?
I hope so.
Sorry to break the news, but there is really no way in hell brink is gonna de-throne cod.
Brink will be more of a niche game, and Chances are most devoted cod players will hate it because of the lack of rushing and instakilling.
The only game I see with the potential to de-throne CoD is bf3, but that is only if dice has managed to go back to theyr roots, like 1943, bf2. Lately they've been nothing but a puppet to EA's greed.