COD Modern warfare 3 breaks $1 Billion in just 16 days.

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12-12-2011, 07:03 PM
The Joker

COD Modern warfare 3 breaks $1 Billion in just 16 days.

I know there are a lot of COD and Activision haters but OMG there are some truely insane stats linked to the call of duty series and it seems that it just keeps growing and getting stronger every year.

Nice little stat:

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Activision announced today that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has earned one billion dollars in its first sixteen days on sale. This beats the record of James Cameron's film Avatar, which crossed the billion dollar mark in seventeen days back in 2010.

Another nice little stat:

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According to Activision, over thirty million gamers are now a part of the Call of Duty community, which "now exceeds the combined populations of the cities of New York, London, Tokyo, Paris and Madrid."

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/121/1214548p1.html

Say what you will but the game is a money making machine and as I have found out its still a huge amount of fun.

http://sfx-360.com/newsite/wp-conten...go-600x300.jpg
12-12-2011, 07:33 PM
Venom

I'm not a fanboi but that is a awesome achievement , who knew map packs would sell that well .
on a serious note it is impressive and truth is bulk of it is due to excellent marketing .
Tip my hat to this lot , if not for any other reason but for making it known that gaming is here to stay and that gamers do rule the world .
12-12-2011, 10:19 PM
Glordit

1 BILLION DOLLARS!!!!!!
http://gotgame.com/wp-content/upload...07/dr-evil.jpg
13-12-2011, 08:05 AM
The Joker

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Originally Posted by Venom

I'm not a fanboi but that is a awesome achievement , who knew map packs would sell that well .
on a serious note it is impressive and truth is bulk of it is due to excellent marketing .
Tip my hat to this lot , if not for any other reason but for making it known that gaming is here to stay and that gamers do rule the world .

lol Yeah, its shocking to see a game raking in so much cash in such a short amount of time.
I have to add that the game is a huge amount of fun, yeah sure the graphics suck a bit and it has a lot of MW2 elements but playing online is hugely addictive. Presonally I love the game and I think i'm right in saying that 30 million people agree with me.
13-12-2011, 08:43 AM
Ryansta

Naaaaa game isnt worth the money, MW3 shouldnt have been released as a new game.

Trickery to 1 billion, well played Activision.
13-12-2011, 01:47 PM
DCWarhound

MW3 is like justin bieber and his fangirls.no matter how crappy his music is,his fangirls will keep buying it.
13-12-2011, 03:53 PM
Smokeghost

that really is impressive but mass consumption does not mean quality. But it is still a very fun game I just wouldn't buy it
13-12-2011, 04:22 PM
Cicero

Oh gosh, the haters are still hating.

But really, it is a hell of a lot of fun to play. And the gameplay changes make it a new game. I dont care how much people shout and cry that its a glorified map pack, there are enough changes to declare it a new game.

Well done Activision. You dont just make $1billion for nothing.
13-12-2011, 04:44 PM
francs

My copy FINALLY arrived from Kalahari. Took them 2 weeks to deliver it.
There has been so many bad reviews I almost cancelled my order 4 times.
Reading markface's comments I feel a little better on the R400 I spent.
13-12-2011, 04:53 PM
The Joker

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Originally Posted by francs

My copy FINALLY arrived from Kalahari. Took them 2 weeks to deliver it.
There has been so many bad reviews I almost cancelled my order 4 times.
Reading markface's comments I feel a little better on the R400 I spent.

I promise you, you will not be dissapointed, the game still offers the insanely addictive multiplayer while single player is still excellent and I think the story has a fitting end. I love the game with all my heart and soul, I've poured well over 50 hours into multiplayer, sitting with K/D ratio of 1.81. Not to mention they rolled out some fixes for some issues today and after playing a little bit earlier the game does feel smoother and I am happy to report that the 2 main bugs have def been fixed so +1 activision.
13-12-2011, 04:56 PM
simon

I am very impressed. I personally have never really played any of the games for longer then 5 minute intervals due to my weird motion sickness thing, so don't really know the fuss but... WOW. That is good.
Just wish it was like that with more games.
13-12-2011, 05:19 PM
Sillicur

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Originally Posted by DCBloodHound

MW3 is like justin bieber and his fangirls.no matter how crappy his music is,his fangirls will keep buying it.

Agreed, but I have to say, hats off to activision, they made a map pack and made this much money from it !!! Now that is some good business practice exploiting their fanboys and girls!
13-12-2011, 06:49 PM
madh4tt3r

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Originally Posted by DCBloodHound

MW3 is like justin bieber and his fangirls.no matter how crappy his music is,his fangirls will keep buying it.

ROFL!!! always, when will sheep stop being so mindless..... well done activision, still havent gotten a copy and dont think im going to cos this MW series is so boring now... but maybe its just me and a few others on the forum...
13-12-2011, 07:10 PM
DCWarhound

Well the Singleplayer is the only thing thats good about it.still a bit too much just for a singleplayer game.
14-12-2011, 07:29 AM
Cicero

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Originally Posted by The Joker

I promise you, you will not be dissapointed, the game still offers the insanely addictive multiplayer while single player is still excellent and I think the story has a fitting end. I love the game with all my heart and soul, I've poured well over 50 hours into multiplayer, sitting with K/D ratio of 1.81. Not to mention they rolled out some fixes for some issues today and after playing a little bit earlier the game does feel smoother and I am happy to report that the 2 main bugs have def been fixed so +1 activision.

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Originally Posted by DCBloodHound

Well the Singleplayer is the only thing thats good about it.still a bit too much just for a singleplayer game.

Well I only have a KD of 0.88 (played around 35hours or so), and I still freaken love the game! Plus I haven't even played the singleplayer at all - multiplayer ftw.
14-12-2011, 08:02 AM
Murph

Single player is really decent (sweet ending as well), although they've never topped the original Modern Warfare.
14-12-2011, 08:10 AM
francs

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Originally Posted by Sillicur

Agreed, but I have to say, hats off to activision, they made a map pack and made this much money from it !!! Now that is some good business practice exploiting their fanboys and girls!

Mmmmm sound like the Micro$oft business model.
14-12-2011, 10:08 AM
DenSweeP

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Activision announced today that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has earned one billion dollars in its first sixteen days on sale. This beats the record of James Cameron's film Avatar, which crossed the billion dollar mark in seventeen days back in 2010.

Whoopee.

Average price of MW3 game: $60
Average price of Avatar movie ticket: $8

Hmm, let's see:

$1000000000 divided by $60 = 166 666 67 copies of MW3 sold

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$1000000000 divided by $8 = 125 000 000 movie tickets sold.

So to compare the two is a stupid comparison.

As for the game itself, well after winning a copy of MW3 and about 30% of the way through the SP and not having touched the MP yet, I can safely say that BF3 is the better game by a universal mile!