Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Shoots Past $1 Billion in 16 Days
Outside of death and taxes, both of which you can cheat, there are very few guarantees in life. One of them is that there will be another Call of Duty game. We can say this with absolute certainty because Activision Publishing would be foolish to kill its record breaking cash cow, especially after Modern Warfare 3 just became the only entertainment property to eclipse Avatar's 17-day $1 billion sales record.
MW3 crossed the $1 billion mark in 16 days, just one of many sales records this game has been racking up since its launch a little over two weeks ago. It's also helped boost the Call of Duty community to more than 30 million gamers, more than the combined populations of the cities of New York, London, Tokyo, Paris, and Madrid, according to Activision Publishing.
Activision Publishing launched its supplemental Call of Duty Elite online service on November 8, 2011, and it already is home to more than six million registered players, with over one million premium subscriptions sold to date.
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JointStrike
December 12, 2011 at 12:56pm
I haven't bought the game yet, but I'm looking forward to it. The multiplayer aspect has always been the best part. Can't wait.
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Ashton2091
December 12, 2011 at 11:45am
am i the only one that misses the old call of duty. 1 and 2. NOT modern warfare. but the originals. not saying that MW is better or anything...but simply recalling the epicness that wowed me on the first call of duty. the guys parachuting in, while guns are going off. good times. ha, played it on my super old GeForce 2 card. The ROOTS of CoD
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kixofmyg0t
December 12, 2011 at 10:30am
I think I found a reason to play Battlefield 3 again......
http://www.eblogx.com/Videos/20668/Teamkills-bei-Battlefield-3/
Time for some FUN!
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AntonioGarrison
December 12, 2011 at 8:54am
I've played all the Modern Warfares up to this one. I've beaten both of them and I was satisfied with the game. I played this game for an hour or 2 and just put it down and went onto better things. I noticed alot of "marketing" built into this game. I also noticed it was the same as the previous "versions" of the game. A few new weapons, a new story and hello new game. I felt like I was playing one of the previous versions of MW.
I know when you buy MW3 you don't buy it for the single player, but still I would expect some improvements on the game rather than a few graphical updates and a handful of new weapons. The multiplayer is what everyone buys MW3 for. I'm glad I didn't shell out the 60 bucks for this game as I would have felt like I had been ripped off.
In my opinion MW3 is like buying the latest version of a MacBook, it's just an overpriced re-make with very little improvement.
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Danthrax66
December 12, 2011 at 9:13am
To be fair, they changed the multiplayer a lot from what I have seen.
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szore
December 12, 2011 at 8:52am
Amazing. That game is stunningly bad. I guess it shows the power of hype and marketing. That's a looooot of money. Now BF3 is a different matter, me and my son are having lots of fun with that one. I mean I am a 3 star srgnt (szore) and I still get a kick out of sniping concrete walls with my tank, lol.
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Danthrax66
December 12, 2011 at 9:15am
But even bf3 feels the same as bc2. If you want to try a drastically different game try tribes ascend it is the most refreshing fps I have played in a long time.
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Mortal_M
December 12, 2011 at 12:29pm
Now that you are talking about it... Tribes Ascend is in Beta, I can't wait to play the game on release day.
I remember the older games where a lot of fun.
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I_pwn_newbz86
December 12, 2011 at 8:45am
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This should be BF3. All IW did was make new maps and weapons along with a shitty campaign. They're still using a game engine from 2005. They made this game in under a year. A good mod team could've done a better job in the same time span. In no way do they deserve a pile of money that large.
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