Call of Duty 3 (PS2) shares rise sharply at end of week following surprising December sales

Shares of Call of Duty 3 (PS2), +1.40 DKP (+2.63%), rose sharply on Thurday as NPD reported December sales of the PS2 version to be 365k copies. This was much higher than the market had been expecting for the PS2 version of this popular PC first person shooter. Call of Duty 3 is the first Call of Duty game to appear on PS2. Many traders were uncertain how a PC FPS would be received on the PS2 platform and instead considered the Xbox 360 version as the choice for most first-person shooter players (there is no PC version of Call of Duty 3). It appears the PS2 continues to show legs as new games for the platform exceed expectations.

Call of Duty 3 (PS2) closed at 48.66 DKP (forecasts 486,600 copies sold worldwide over lifetime) on Friday after rising 4.79 DKP (9.84%). Shares have continued to rise, trading at 54.58 DKP at the time of this writing.