Analyst: Medal of Honor release is ill-timed

by Gaetano Prestia Featured 31 Comments 19 Votes 1119 Views 29/09/2010 Back to News

Speaking to Gamesutra, Kaufman Bros. analyst Todd Mitchell has said he's "increasingly concerned about the prospects" of the highly anticipated Medal of Honor.

"The game is not developing the level of buzz necessary to knock Call of Duty off its perch," he said.

Despite the strength of the brand and the controversy surrounding the title, Mitchell believes the release window has the potential to hurt sales of the title.

Mitchell believes the the October 12 release date is "ill-timed", with it set to hit store shelves in between the release of Halo: Reach on September 14, and Call of Duty: Black Ops on November 9.

"We really don't see a rationale for owning all three of these games," he boldly claimed.

Which of the three big FPS blockbusters -- Halo: Reach, Medal of Honor and Call of Duty: Black Ops -- do you intent on buying?

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freddy

I'd say Black Ops, appeals to me the most with great graphics and appears to have a good story line.

29/09/2010

Melbourne, Victoria

Kudos: 66,621

gdmatt

Black Ops for me. I'm not a Halo fan and I boycott EA games, as they suck.

29/09/2010

Melbourne, Victoria

Kudos: 70,384

Harry

.. strangely enough, Black Ops.. I've heard nothing but bad things about MoH.

I'm still unsure as to whether the gameplay in COD is my sort of style (ie, mindlessly wandering around shooting stuff), but it looks fun to be fair.

29/09/2010

Lemonaids.

Kudos: 28,362

W84NO1

Definetly not HALO or CoD , But will buy MoH for the Trophies and for the BF3 Beta Code oh an allso the HandGrenade shaped USB stick ^_^

29/09/2010

It's not the destination, but the journey you take to get there that matters.

Kudos: 250

NickoLambo

MOH, CoD is dead to me. Black Ops will have to be something very special for me to buy.

29/09/2010

Brisbane

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Milky

I'm getting MoH and Black Ops.

29/09/2010

come on, i only want a cuddle!

Kudos: 10,518

LMA0

Im buying all of them because I can n I won $800 on the pokies so Im spending my winnings on upcoming games.

29/09/2010

Outer West Sydney aka The Ghetto

Kudos: 26,117

pdark007

Black Ops, if this proves to be a massive hit ill reconsider this one but at this stage ill be passing on it

29/09/2010

Gosford. EAF Call of Duty MW2 Wing Commander. PSN: perfectlydark

Kudos: 326

kennygirl

I will get MOH and Black Ops. Halo sucks.

29/09/2010

Guns dont kill people, gamers do.

Kudos: 19,928

Kayel

i would buy both but if i have to choose one then black ops. but im getting both anyways.

29/09/2010

Formerly known as PS3K

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S_Facelift

Black ops and reach not intrestead in MOH

29/09/2010

The Valley, Vic

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Mike2DMaxx4

medal of honor :)

29/09/2010

Sic . Parvis . Magna

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Mik3y

Obvious answer is obvious.

Black Ops.

29/09/2010

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Kudos: 73,710

winga26

Still deciding I might not get any if GT5 has me hooked.

Actually scrap that MoH comes out before it, umm well I guess I might just hold off until GT5 then. @_@

29/09/2010

GET YOUR BLOOD PUMPING - GO SWANS!

Kudos: 88,479

Pilkingbod

Just Reach.
MoH, maybe...

29/09/2010

Melting pot of friendship

Kudos: 24,577

Dyke

All of them.

Maybe not MoH [Shifty]

29/09/2010

In lulz we trust

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D22STRoyer

MoH....f**k black ops!!! so over cod games [Rage]

29/09/2010

NSW at heart QLD by lifestyle (Bundaberg)

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Nubcake

I wont be getting any games till mid December so by then i think ill be getting Black Ops over MOH as Black Ops community would be much larger.

29/09/2010

Death Star

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capt_oats

I would get Black Ops as well as MoH but I'm broke so it'll just be MoH for me. :)

But if MoH is bad, I'll take it back and then get Black Ops if it's good. :E

29/09/2010

Σίδνεϊ, Αυστραλία.

Kudos: 5,289

whyt_guy

MoH, I'm over Call of Duty..

29/09/2010

NSW, Bossley Park

Kudos: 185

acheron88

already pre-ordered both MoH & CoD for PC.

29/09/2010

melbourne

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Terminator

KK1387 said: .. strangely enough, Black Ops.. I've heard nothing but bad things about MoH.
I'm still unsure as to whether the gameplay in COD is my sort of style (ie, mindlessly wandering around shooting stuff), but it looks fun to be fair.

What bad things?

29/09/2010

Melbourne

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byrnezy

MOH
Maybe Reach

29/09/2010

RADelaide South Australia

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GreenThumb

Terminator said:

KK1387 said: .. strangely enough, Black Ops.. I've heard nothing but bad things about MoH.
I'm still unsure as to whether the gameplay in COD is my sort of style (ie, mindlessly wandering around shooting stuff), but it looks fun to be fair.

What bad things?

he probably means that he's heard nothing good about it and the fact people were saying the Beta was terrible...

i'll still be picking this up (eventually)

29/09/2010

I have AIDS (Artifical Intelligence Defense System)

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kennygirl

The Beta for MOH was fun. I liked it. I cannot wait for both cod and moh. *_*

29/09/2010

Guns dont kill people, gamers do.

Kudos: 66,621

gdmatt

Terminator said:
KK1387 said: .. strangely enough, Black Ops.. I've heard nothing but bad things about MoH.
I'm still unsure as to whether the gameplay in COD is my sort of style (ie, mindlessly wandering around shooting stuff), but it looks fun to be fair.

What bad things?

The Beta played like a cheap version of CoD4 mixed with BFBC2. It's stuff that's been done before and to me, it felt like more of a chore to play, then being fun.

29/09/2010

Melbourne, Victoria