Analyst Predicts Modern Warfare 3 Sales will Double Battlefield 3

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Sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 are likely to hit 16 million units in the fourth quarter of the year, according to Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter, who believes Battlefield 3 will sell eight million copies globally during the same timeframe.

Pachter told Forbes that the two rival shooters should generate over $1.4 billion in revenue in the three month period, representing 15 percent of total packaged game sales.

He also thinks Modern Warfare 3 could sell an additional eight million copies in 2012 and Battlefield 3 another two million units, with many gamers choosing to pick up both games.

"I'd guess that around half of the console copies of Battlefield 3 will be bought by people who also buy Modern Warfare 3, so around two to three million will buy both," he said. "I don't see much cannibalization of the titles."

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Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/323633/modern-warfare-3-sales-to-double-battlefield-3s-analyst/

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ZantexiaPosted:

zAleex Your bloody stupid if you get cod or just generally crap at any other game

bloody stupid lol uk much abd ur bad i shit on bf and cod i just like cod cause its more fun jit me up on mlg if u hollin.

ToXiiCxDroPZzPosted:

Yer, I think that's about right.

Still getting Battlefield 3 though :)

AmbicidalPosted:

Don't care much for sales.

I want to buy the better game. Battlefield 3.

No Ms. MW3 fanboy, not opinion and preference.

-One game has over 60 awards. The other has 15.
-One has a groundbreaking new engine. The other is using the same engine since Quake 3.
-One has a friendly community. The other's community is filled with those under the age of 13.

So, you see? One game is good. The other is not as good.

Battlefield 3 > Modern Warfare 3.

COTD-PaP-3arcPosted:

zAleex Your bloody stupid if you get cod or just generally crap at any other game
im buying cod not bf. lol add me on xbox: woboly snail x. ill wreck you on any game youd like :)

BLacKoUTz-xLPosted:

i want to sit on one of this chairs now!

ChicanosCanHopPosted:

-Battlefield- i allways used to play as the dinosaur on Timesplitters: future perfect :D

God! I love the Timesplitter series. I wish I still have my copy and my PS2 memory card. Timesplitter 2 is my favorite FPS game.

DeadlyDasherPosted:

Wll the generic BF3 fan boy is going to say "quality > quantity" to which I will say preference and opinion ==(doesn't equal) quality.

General_QPosted:

Black Ops sold like 25 Mio Units and I think MW3 will hit 30 Mio

HairPosted:

Modern Warfare 3 is a video game. Battlefield 3 is a video game. Now shut the **** up because there the same and you shouldnt be arguing about which is better. -_-

Martin_Luther_PingPosted:

This is pretty obvious. CoD is the best selling FPS of all time. Even if an amazing game like BF3 comes out, its not going to do better than CoD in one year.