Research Analyst, Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities is known to speak out on industry related matters. This time around Patcher went on to say that Call of Duty is way bigger then Grand Theft Auto when it comes to sales as COD has become a game that gets released every year. This should serve as a blow to Rockstar Games that releases a GTA game every four to six years. In one way as gamers we understand that it takes work to make a game, but to wait for such a long time to play a title that has very little replay value like GTA IV is just unacceptable.
In his own words here’s what Pachter said to Industry Gamers
“Call of Duty is bigger, and GTA will not maintain its position as the world’s biggest mainstream franchise,
The main difference, of course, is that Rockstar takes its time with GTA, releasing one title every few years, whereas Activision has managed to successfully annualize Call of Duty and sell a boatload with every new iteration. That’s kept Call of Duty top of mind with many gamers. While GTA might sell 25 million every four years, Call of Duty can sell 20 million essentially every year (at least for now).
Eventually, Call of Duty may suffer from fatigue, and GTA could keep chugging along, but it will be 8 years before we can make that call,
