Last Christmas, Modern Warfare 2 dominated the video game sales charts, making a tidy $1bn in revenue for Activision, and eclipsing every blockbusting movie Hollywood could chuck at us. This year, things look much more open. Sure, there's a new Call of Duty title on the horizon, but we'll also be enjoying Fifa 11, PES 2011, Medal of Honor, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and a whole host of family-friendly Wii titles.
Bookmaker William Hill has made Fifa the odds-on favourite to claim the Christmas crown, while Gamesindustry.biz has produced its own Top Five prediction for us to mull over. And it looks like this...
1. Fifa 11 (Electronic Arts) William Hill Christmas number one odds: Even
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard) William Hill Christmas number one odds: 5-2
3. Wii Party (Nintendo) William Hill Christmas number one odds: 5-1
4. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft) William Hill Christmas number one odds: 6-1
5. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft) William Hill Christmas number one odds: 8-1
If I were a betting man (and the last time I was in the bookies it was to put a tenner on Kevin Keegan's horse Funfare Wane while he was still manager of City. It won...) I'd go for Call of Duty: Black Ops. Activision is spending millions on marketing, and there's been masses of interest in the series since that whole Infinity Ward "incident".
What do you think?
