Modern Warfare 3 Rakes It In: $400 Million in 24 Hours

[mayne92]

"We believe the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the biggest entertainment launch of all time in any medium, and we achieved this record with sales from only two territories..."

I love it when game companies (and the entertainment industry as a whole) use piracy as the scapegoat for epic failed games (or movies, etc.) when it is simply that companies fail to provide anything noteworthy to spend money on; just because someone pirated something doesn't mean they were actually going to really buy it. Avatar for movies and BF3/MW3 for games are perfect examples of the fallacy that piracy is absolutely ruining the entertainment industry.

In speaking for movies go look at how many movies in the last 5 years sit in the top 10 of the top-grossing movies of all time - a chart that has been established for well since the 70s. While I'm sure piracy puts some dent on overall revenue...when I hear stories such as this one it raises some serious doubt

 

[borisof007]

HATERS GONNA HATE

 

[mouse24]

Oh also, if you dont have enough money for BF3 or MW3 i highly suggest taking a look at AvA (Alliance of Valiant arms) its VERY GOOD.

 

[officeguy]

I wonder how many wished they never gotten it after they played it? Side note: That that include the stolen copies as well, hmmmmm?

 

[officeguy]

I meant "Does that include the stolen copies as well?

 

[hoof_hearted]

I got Skyrim.

BF3 = (No Steam, only Origin)
MW3 = (Been there done that)

 

[soundping]

It's a expansion pack for COD2.

 

[ojas]

Oh well.
Battlefield 3 gets 89/100
Skyrim's sitting at 95/100 though i know this will change, possibly drop as more critics review it, like BF3 did.
CoD MW3 gets 82/100 and user score of 1.8/10. This will change too.
But imagine. People are buying the game, then trolling it on metacritic. I don't get it.

[citation][nom]upgrade_1977[/nom]BF3 "shipped" 10,000,000 units it's first day, multiplied by $59.00 = 590 Million... So.. How is that breaking records?[/citation]
As someone else said, you're equating shipping and selling. Additionally, i believe Activision has launched MW3 for $60 across platforms worldwide, while EA sells at country specific prices.
So, for example, while you folks in the US bought BF3 for $60 for the PC/Xbox/PS, we in India could pick up the PC limited ed for $30. Consoles ppl still have to buy it for $60.
That'll make a difference to their total sales in terms of cash too.

I remember reading that BF3 sold 5 million copies some time back, so it's not very far behind this game in terms of units. Or maybe it is, 1.5 million is no small number after all.

 

[ojas]

BTW i remember a particular review saying that if the game crashes/gives an error it shows an error with mw2.exe or something. Though that doesn't sound right because i think the mw2 executable started with 'iw'...and there were two separate ones for mp and sp so it was something like iw??sp.exe.

 

[hetneo]

[citation][nom]upgrade_1977[/nom]BF3 "shipped" 10,000,000 units it's first day, multiplied by $59.00 = 590 Million... So.. How is that breaking records?[/citation]
BF3 sold some 5 millions during first week. 10 millions were shipped to customers and retailers, and those supplies are dwindling to nothing these days.
Also sale numbers of both include day one sales and preorders, and for MW3 predictions were of 9 million preorders and they obviously failed to reach that number, while BF3 surpassed predicted 3-3.5 millions. If the previous trend of BF games having much steeper curve of sales numbers and CoD having rather flat after first 2-3 weeks, it's not unreasonable to expect in 6 months to see BF3 being ahead of MW3 in sales numbers.

 

[xsamitt]

All the money their making and they shaft the PC again.
Poor field of view and are using and engine that is years old.

They can't claim it on lack of money that's for sure.
So they are doing it to us just because they can.

I will wait for it to be at bin prices.

 

[Guest]

Buy CoD? Yeah... No.

 

[CTT]

[citation][nom]officeguy[/nom]I wonder how many wished they never gotten it after they played it? Side note: That that include the stolen copies as well, hmmmmm?[/citation]

I did after MW2, might pick up Black Ops or MW3 if they hit $15. Bad Company 2 and BF 3 are much superior on the online front. BF3's lame rehash of console crap single player took about 5 min to get tired of though.

 

[KelvinTy]

MW3? Not going to buy that as a more serious PC gamer.
Still lack of functional dedicated servers (which was promised in the forum last year).
Some perks seem awfully strong, like assassin, especially in the specialist perk set.
Quite a few guns just don't have enough recoil (namely ACR6.8, how could a rifle shoots 6.8mm rounds at around 700rpm have no recoil?)
Lovely matching making system yet again, putting players straight back into the same game after quitting multiple times.
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And best of all, if they did patch MW2 up, it would have played almost exactly the same, but no, refuse to bother. Why? another $60 and yet extra DLCs to add stuffs that were already developed but cut-back for extra $15 DLC.

 

[jl0329]

[citation][nom]Parsian[/nom]i wonder if the Apple users overlap with with COD players... Both are getting milked and they have no clue...[/citation]

Really? Apple users get flamed even under a COD article, amazing....

 

[vertigo_2000]

[citation][nom]mayne92[/nom]"We believe the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the biggest entertainment launch of all time in any medium, and we achieved this record with sales from only two territories..."I love it when game companies (and the entertainment industry as a whole) use piracy as the scapegoat for epic failed games (or movies, etc.) when it is simply that companies fail to provide anything noteworthy to spend money on; just because someone pirated something doesn't mean they were actually going to really buy it. Avatar for movies and BF3/MW3 for games are perfect examples of the fallacy that piracy is absolutely ruining the entertainment industry. In speaking for movies go look at how many movies in the last 5 years sit in the top 10 of the top-grossing movies of all time - a chart that has been established for well since the 70s. While I'm sure piracy puts some dent on overall revenue...when I hear stories such as this one it raises some serious doubt[/citation]
The problem I have with pirates is fairly straight forward... why should I have to spend my hard earned money on a game/movie when someone else is just going to pirate it for free?
Your argument that "it doesn't affect they're bottom line because the pirate probably wouldn't have bought it in the first place" is, in essence, true but growing up I learned rich people have more stuff than poor people. If you couldn't afford something, you did without. Now poor people use piracy as an excuse to entitle themselves to things people with more money can afford.

 

[_Pez_]

How much money do you think MW3 really worth ? , what game do ppl play most mw3 or bf3?, which is better and why ?, Maybe a comparison review would do good..

 

[ricdiculus]

Uh Ohh looks like i upset one of the MW3 sheep

 

[lasaldude]

I cannot believe I wasted $64 dollars on this Disappointing piece of crap! They need to fix the PS3 Multiplayer! That's ok Because now Skyrim on PC is getting all my attention which sucks because My friends cannot join like on PS3 and MW3.

 

[RogueKitsune]

I did not get MW3. The last Call of Duty game in my mind is the first modern warfare, everything afterwards just doesn't exist to me. I did fork out money for BF3 and although it was not on steam(a large disappointment imo), I still think it was worth it. But more importantly SKYRIM has all of my free time now and probably will for a long while now

 

[upgrade_1977]

upgrade_1977 :

BF3 "shipped" 10,000,000 units it's first day, multiplied by $59.00 = 590 Million... So.. How is that breaking records?

Shipping and selling are two different things!!

You are correct!! Shipping comes after selling, so BF3 must have broke the record before the 24hr mark... Another win for BF3!! Thanks for pointing that out.

 

[psychobob]

And they'll still complain about Piracy.

 

[upgrade_1977]

I really don't get COD MW3, yeah, I own COD2, COD MWF1, And Black ops, just like everyone else was saying, they are the same games.. While they are great games, I don't get why people want to spend there money on a game that doesn't even have vehicles. It's 2011, seriously, can't they put vehicles in multiplayer? Seriously? MW3 is basically an expansion pack.

Just so everyone knows, BF3 Team death match, "FEELS like COD", so if you buy BF3, you can choose conquest, get vehicles, jets, tanks, heli's, jeeps, ect. ect. and play that.... "OR" play a rush, TDM, and get a game that "Feels" like MW3 (but better), but with better graphics and destruction. Your money.

 

[BulkZerker]

[citation][nom]kelvinty[/nom]MW3? Not going to buy that as a more serious PC gamer.Still lack of functional dedicated servers (which was promised in the forum last year).Some perks seem awfully strong, like assassin, especially in the specialist perk set.Quite a few guns just don't have enough recoil (namely ACR6.8, how could a rifle shoots 6.8mm rounds at around 700rpm have no recoil?)Lovely matching making system yet again, putting players straight back into the same game after quitting multiple times.------------------------------------------------And best of all, if they did patch MW2 up, it would have played almost exactly the same, but no, refuse to bother. Why? another $60 and yet extra DLCs to add stuffs that were already developed but cut-back for extra $15 DLC.[/citation]

Every modern warfare game has had the above problems since MW2, and every problem sans no dedicated servers since MW1.

Every single one of their guns on that game have a serious lack of recoil and spread, you can take any pistol and dump the clip at a speed rivaling that of the Rifles LMGs and SMGs and the patter is in a lowercase l shape. all the guns save the shotgun have the same basic pattern as well.

Sniper rifles are used purely for "quickscope" and never-mind that their 18"+ long barrels are their Achilles heels when it comes to CQB ( it's like the difference between using a survival knife or a claymore for an arms length fight. ) and the maps are just too small for them to ever be a viable option.



[citation][nom]Inzone[/nom]Well , Ihave to say that I got both BF3 and MW3 and I do enjoy playing MW3 more than BF3. I do like the tanks in BF3 but the jets and choppers are hard to fly. By not having the vehicles to drive MW3 concentrates on the weapons and they have a better weapon selection and usage.[/citation]

Concentrate more on weapon selection and usage? Are you that daft?

An example:
Hmm letssee her Caspian Border. Gonna use the A-91, and ACOG then. . . Wonder how many people are on here. Ok 24. That means we'll have armor and aircraft. Damn. Noone else is going engineer in my squad. Alright. Should I get AT mines or the repair tool? Stinger or SMAW? Better use the extra explosives spec. Oh sweet the recon has sprint! Ah and he'll use the SOFLAM, Javelin time!

Meanwhile In Modern Warfare:

Ok, "nuketown" I'll just use my slight of hand and.... hardline. Yea, ACR and red dot, adn I'll make my redot say "newbs go here" hur hur. I'm gonna make so many people mad when I get killcam!

 

[upgrade_1977]

The problem I have with pirates is fairly straight forward... why should I have to spend my hard earned money on a game/movie when someone else is just going to pirate it for free?
Your argument that "it doesn't affect they're bottom line because the pirate probably wouldn't have bought it in the first place" is, in essence, true but growing up I learned rich people have more stuff than poor people. If you couldn't afford something, you did without. Now poor people use piracy as an excuse to entitle themselves to things people with more money can afford.

Wow... Are you rich?

In a world where it's "WHO" you know and not "WHAT" you know or "HOW HARD YOU WORK", then I think poor people pirating because they can't afford something is different then rich people not paying because they don't wan't to. Lot of hard working "poor" people in this world who struggle just to make it. I know a lot of people who worked their whole lives trying there hardest and still end up loosing there job or there houses due to different circumstances. My outlook on rich people is that most of them just don't have the perspective to understand the complexities of the world, and are to close minded and greedy to care about other people, or they are just spoiled lil brats who grew up with everything handed to them on a silver platter. Personally, I don't believe in pirating, but I understand why people do it.