Modern Warfare 3 Generates $775 Million In Under A Week
Infamous Activision CEO, Bobby Kotick, had this to say about their latest success:
"Call of Duty has become the first entertainment property in history to set five-day launch records for three consecutive years across all forms of entertainment. Life-to-date retail sales for the Call of Duty franchise have exceeded $6 billion worldwide, which makes Call of Duty one of the most valuable entertainment properties in the world.”
It’s truly unbelievable just how far along this series has come in the last couple of years. It’s really a testament to just how far the competitive online scene has come, with gaming events like Major League Gaming (MLG) being at an all-time high, attendance wise. Yet, can we truly pin all the success just on people’s innate desire to compete? One can probably come up with many reasons for the popularity of these types of games, but when you put your mind to it, it may just be the theme.
War games have always been held in high regard, both for their serious theme and correlation to real life. Even though many people play games as an escape, there are also those who like to do realistic things that, because of certain circumstances, they just can’t do in real life. Whether it’s building a farm (Harvest Moon), getting that perfect job (The Sims) or going into a real war situation (Call of Duty, Medal of Honor), realistic themed titles have, and still do, play a pivotal role in the gaming industry.
Apparently, high sales numbers isn’t the only record that Modern Warfare 3 has broken. Within the first week of launch, players had already put in over 7 million hours into the title. I personally know this to be true just from the sheer number of high level players I saw when I first got online (wish I had that much time to play games). Another record that was broken was for most players logged into a game at one time, which was done on November 8 when 3.3 million users were logged into Modern Warfare 3 at once.
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50calftwPosted:
Soz for the typos but here it is corrected
50calftw Lmao to much if its $775 Million = 775 Million kids shouting down the mic think that they own u all the time while cammping with a sinper rifle (not team work if u ask me )
also for the menbers who are saying that MW3 is the best and BF3 is the best and all that crap y dont u can ur selfs these qestions
1) is MW3 more realaic than BF3 with the game play
2) is Bf3 more realaic than MW3 with the game play
4) which as the better sound quallity in weapons and vechhcals
5) did Mw3 have an SAS member (Andy McNab) for game play support and has done a books called Battlefield 3: The Russian based off the game
6) future cod games should have helicopters and tanks in jsut like the FIRST COD games for PC ( classic games bring back memorys :P)
7) and which game had 60 awards before realase
8) last but not lest and these fans boys seee the differenace i n the games just with them small pointers , u can repeat the first seven again
50calftwPosted:
Lmao to much if its $775 Million = 775 Million kids shouting down the mic think that they own u all the time while cammping with a sinper rifle ( not team work if u ask me )
also for the menbers who are saying that MW3 is the best and BG3 is the best and all that crap y dont u can ur selfs these qestions
1) is MW3 more realaic than BF3 with the game play
2) is Bf3 more realaic than MW3 with the game play
4) which as the better sound quallity in weapons and vechhcals
5) did Mw3 have an SAS member (Andy McNab) for game play support and has done a books called Battlefield 3: The Russian based off the game
6) future cod games should have helicopters and thanks in jsut like the FIRST COD games for PC ( classic games bring back memorys :P)
7) and which game had 60 awards before realase
8) last but not lest and these fans boys seee the differenace i n the games just with them small pointers if not repeat the first seven again
also for the menbers who are saying that MW3 is the best and BG3 is the best and all that crap y dont u can ur selfs these qestions
1) is MW3 more realaic than BF3 with the game play
2) is Bf3 more realaic than MW3 with the game play
4) which as the better sound quallity in weapons and vechhcals
5) did Mw3 have an SAS member (Andy McNab) for game play support and has done a books called Battlefield 3: The Russian based off the game
6) future cod games should have helicopters and thanks in jsut like the FIRST COD games for PC ( classic games bring back memorys :P)
7) and which game had 60 awards before realase
8) last but not lest and these fans boys seee the differenace i n the games just with them small pointers if not repeat the first seven again
elvscratch121Posted:
jackn151i totally agree too i mean the're almost entirely different genres had they been released with more space the view of the two would be totally differentBit So tired of seeing these comments and people saying this is better than Battlefield, or Battlefield is better than Call of Duty. They're different games, aimed at totally different audiences and people still have to hate on one or the other. Although we all are entitled to our own opinions, respect others and quit hating just because you dislike BF3/MW3.
well said :D
jackn151Posted:
Bit So tired of seeing these comments and people saying this is better than Battlefield, or Battlefield is better than Call of Duty. They're different games, aimed at totally different audiences and people still have to hate on one or the other. Although we all are entitled to our own opinions, respect others and quit hating just because you dislike BF3/MW3.
well said :D
sw4gPosted:
So tired of seeing these comments and people saying this is better than Battlefield, or Battlefield is better than Call of Duty. They're different games, aimed at totally different audiences and people still have to hate on one or the other. Although we all are entitled to our own opinions, respect others and quit hating just because you dislike BF3/MW3.
shadow1Posted:
AJTeamkillershadow1 I cant believe this game made this much money even though there is nothing new to it. I am kind of sad that I wasted my money on this game...well practicly my whole school, even the the ones who skipped school to play on launch day, said this was a bad game. There is no remaking the best game for COD, which is cod 4.
A shallow attempt at trying to seem cool by saying its nothing new? Theres plenty new. But besides the fact, you seen the trailers. You watched gameplays. And you bought it expecting something different? your a idiot.
I do admit i was an idiot buying this. I bought it because it was a new company with multiplayer, but i found nothing new.
XenonJ_tagPosted:
I think that ModernWarfare is a great game. However alot of people like it and they play it. Nearly half is made by NASA that a game is close to a space shuttle program.
GuyNamedBobPosted:
Rozy Here battlefield fanboys, now look which game is the best.
I looked, BF3 is still the best.
Inception20Posted:
That's really impressive. Hopefully with this money they can make a new engine or have dedicated servers.
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