Analyst: Medal Of Honor: Warfighter Fell Short Of Expectations
Medal of Honor: WarfighterEA obviously had high expectations for Medal of Honor: Warfighter, as the first Medal of Honor (well, the first of this generation) sold over 5 million copies back in 2010.
Unfortunately, after a lukewarm reception by critics and gamers alike, Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia has estimated that Warfighter isn't even close to eclipsing its predecessor.
The current shipping estimate for Warfighter is 3 million, which isn't bad but it falls well short of original expectations. To date, EA hasn't announced any official figures for the game, but EA Labels boss Frank Gibeau did confirm that the title had underperformed. Sterne Agee downgraded EA shares from "Buy" to "Neutral" as the trending belief is that EA has been overly optimistic in their full-year goals. This is also due to lowered expectations for upcoming titles like Dead Space 3, Crysis 3, Fuse, and Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel.
Well, Warfighter disappointed me, too. So the lower sales talk isn't exactly surprising...this game wasn't ready to come out.
Related Game(s): Medal of Honor: Warfighter
Tags: medal of honor warfighter, medal of honor, ea, medal of honor warfighter sales
1/7/2013 1:27:15 PM Ben Dutka
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Comments (22 posts)
Lawless SXE
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 2:16:35 PM
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Either way, I'm not surprised that it underperformed what with the flak that it copped. A little surprising to hear of lowered expectations for the other games. Maybe EA has realised that they're investing too heavily in shooters. Then, I think the fan reaction to Dead Space 3 and Fuse will result in lower sales. I'm not sure too many people even care about a third Army of Two, though Crysis 3 could do quite well. I haven't seen too much that's negative about it.
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bigrailer19
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 3:40:40 PM
Crysis I agree with you on. It probably will do very well on PC. I figure now that the original is available on console and the sucess Crysis 2 had the 3rd entry shoukd satisfy many old and new fans.
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DeathOfChaos
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 2:25:47 PM
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matt99
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 2:26:33 PM
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AcHiLLiA
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 2:59:49 PM
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bigrailer19
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 3:36:35 PM
My opinion of the game is a positive one.
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rogers71
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 6:35:33 PM
I wouldn't rely on reviews and others opinions about this game. I had a great experience with this game and never had one graphical or effects hiccup. It is well worth the 29.99 price tag. Play it and form your own opinion. I honestly think that everyone was having menstrual cramping when this game came out. LOL
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matt99
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 8:20:02 PM
My decision is made, thanks for the help!
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ulsterscot
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 2:55:41 PM
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My concern is that like the previous MOH game EA will pull the plug supporting the game with new map packs - the 10 current maps (that's including the 2 Zero Dark Thirty maps) will only keep me playing for so long ...
If you can pick up the game for $29.99 then hell yeah go for it.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 3:02:59 PM
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Freedom Or Fire
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 7:58:33 PM
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bigrailer19
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 3:31:37 PM
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So be it as it may, I look at it as if MoH just came out at the wrong time. Nothing more than that. We can make it about its lack of technical perfection, if you will, but that just isnt fair given the type of generation we are in.
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Excelsior1
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 9:30:55 PM
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bigrailer19
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 10:31:14 PM
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Beamboom
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 4:16:19 PM
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Ok so coop in DS3 is not everyones cup of tea, but still? And Crysis? Why lower the expectations for that title? What were the expectations to begin with?
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Snaaaake
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 4:51:23 PM
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The thought of stealing market shares from CoD was dead serious with BF3 and then comes MoH:WF, what the heck?
I thought Danger Close would put in more effort after MoH 2010 wasn't that well-received by critics.
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rogers71
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 6:31:54 PM
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Killa Tequilla
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 11:20:36 PM
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Freedom Or Fire
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 7:45:08 PM
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ulsterscot
Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 10:19:23 PM
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___________
Tuesday, January 08, 2013 @ 6:54:30 AM
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lets just file this under biggest understatement of the history of the world!
see EA, this is what happens when you try turn your game into COD!
really thought you would of learnt your lesson with BFBC2, than BF3, than this.
guess i thought wrong.
maybe if you kept it the original unique tactical squad based shooter the 2010 reboot was, this would of sold allot better!
no, not maybe, defiantly would of!
but hey, i told you so.
funny how the only worthwhile games now are all games only published by EA, not in house.
crysis 3 looks awesome!
published by EA, not developed.
fuse looks awesome, and a real unique much needed breath of fresh air!
published by EA, not developed.
the games both done by EA though.......
dead space 3, battlefield 4, AoT devils cartel, ect, ect............
all mindless action shooters!
EA has become WORSE than antivision!
there changing every one of their franchises into a f*cking COD wannabee!
i wish THQ and EA could switch spots, there the ones who should be going bankrupt!
theres a reason why EA was voted worlds worst company!!!!
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maxpontiac
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Monday, January 07, 2013 @ 1:57:28 PM
Did the game deserve such low scores? Not in my book it didn't, but it shouldn't have been released in that shape either.