while you are making sort of a point here, you do realize, that call of duty modern warfare 2 sold 4.7 mio times in the first 24 hours? NMW3 did around 6.4mio in the first 24 hours. Battlefield 3 hit 10mio units sold in the first week. Not saying dishonored performed bad, but compared to the realistic shooters its peanuts.
you cant really compare call of duty with anything though, it made over a billion dollars ($400 mil of which was in its first 24 hours) on its previous outing and is its own machine. Its marketed to the high heavens with adverts starring hollywood stars, its target audience is pretty much everyone with a HUUUUUGE fanbase…