A lot of people play Activision’s Call of Duty games. With the last three CoDs each raking in over $1 billion in sales, it can be estimated that around 999 trillion folks play CoD (OK,OK, maybe 998 trillion). And, you know what? Ubisoft wants those people playing Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Ubisoft’s upcoming tactical third-person shooter.
Speaking to gaming website GamerZine at a GR:FS event, Ubisoft’s Yann Suquet said that they believe that their next, near-futuristic installment of Ghost Recon, due out in May, will attract CoD customers.
“We’re definitely expecting to get some or most of their (Call of Duty’s) customers interested in Ghost Recon, but we’re not trying to mimic them,” Suquet told GamerZines. “We have a different experience and we definitely hope to interest Call of Duty and military shooter fans, but we’re not limited to them.”
In terms of how GR:FS is different than CoD: “We definitely have some ‘wow’ moments and some of that pacing, but our approach is different. For instance, we’re absolutely not scripted. Those games are scripted, and they’re awesome but they have their limits.”
Suquet added that “They changed something in the shooter market, but we believe we have something that is relevant and has something different to offer.”
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Ubisoft eyeing up Call of Duty market with Ghost Recon: Future Soldier [GamerZines, via N4G]
