This Holiday season will be especially crowded for games. Five games in particular, all due between October and November, are predicted to break the ten million unit sold threshold, one for each major Western publisher: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 for Activision(NASDAQ:ATVI), Red Dead Redemption 2 for Take-Two(NASDAQ:TTWO), Assassin's Creed Odyssey for Ubisoft, Fallout 76 for Bethesda and Battlefield V for Electronic Arts(NASDAQ:EA).
The analysts at Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC) have published a fresh report in which they surmise that Electronic Arts and its key title Battlefield V may be the 'earthenware pot' this time around. To reach this conclusion, they have conducted a survey of over 300 U.S. based gamers to find out which of these five games they were interested in playing the most. Battlefield V appeared at the bottom of this particular list, as you can see below.
The report also includes a chart displaying the performance of those five games on YouTube when it comes to the like/dislike ratio. Once again, Battlefield V is at the bottom of this chart and it is also the only game in this midst with more dislikes than likes. Of course, these aren't guarantees that the game will underperform, but the analysts believe strong early reviews would be needed to offset this initial disadvantage compared to the competitors.
On a more general note, the report points out that quality titles will thrive despite the crowded schedule. In fact, 2015 also presented five big titles in that time frame: Halo 5, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Star Wars Battlefront, Fallout 4 and Assassin's Creed Syndicate. Taking Call of Duty as the example, Black Ops III grew year-over-year while the following year Infinite Warfare marked a nosedive in sales despite 2016's schedule being considerably less busy.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey is the closest game to launch on the market, given its October 5th release date. Then we'll have one release per week (Black Ops 4, Battlefield V, Red Dead Redemption 2 in this order) and a little break before Fallout 76, due on November 14th. We'll have more on all these titles soon - stay tuned.
About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.
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