Modern Warfare 3 Breaks Every Sales Record Known to Man

[mooncalf]

The way this thread has gone you'd suppose barely any of us have bought it, heh.

The only disappointment I have is that this will further discourage any new IP for the next few years. Prepare for another year of bi-monthly brown shooter releases.

I disagree, you may object to one company having a squidillion bucks but it would radically affect their perceptions of risk. Indie Dev X wants 200,000 to try out his small idea with big potential? Kotick says "Sure! Here's the wadge I was using to prop my solid silver mercedes up against my other two solid silver mercedes."

 

[gphjr14]

Not surprising at all.

Biggest problem is the greedy bastards cant charge less for DLC and refuse to provide dedicated servers for the console version. They can afford it.

 

[Conner McGuire]

God I hope your being sarcastic Sneaklemming.

 

[Ariseishirou]

Would people like to know why its selling so well? Because of MW2, which was a great game, and MW3 is even better.

Stop trying to justify why the game sold well apart from the fact that "Its a very good AAA FPS, with a large following of players, a fairly solid story and a very good multiplayer.

Excellent comment, good sir. This should be /thread, but alas, we both know it won't be.

Besides, all of this nonsense about "discouraging the development of new IPs" is just that: nonsense.

Let me break it down for those who hate CoD, don't know anyone who likes CoD, and thus don't know what CoD players are actually like aside from the "ADD CoD kiddies" insult thrown about forums. Real CoD players come in two types:

1) Bros. (And a small number of She!Bros.) These people bought an XBox for CoD. Or Halo. Or Gears. On the off chance they bought a PS3, it was for CoD, Killzone, and Resistance. As you can see, they are never going to buy new properties. Military and futuristic shooter sequels are all they want. If they do buy a new IP, it had better be pretty much the same as CoD or Halo. The success of CoD isn't going to cause these people to turn up their noses as new and fresh ideas - they already would have, even if CoD tanked. They'd just look for a new CoD. To them, gaming = FPS. And possibly Madden. Which somehow escapes all the hate for releasing an updated roster for $60/year, but no one ever said CoD hate was logical.

2) Gamers. Who happen to enjoy CoD. For these people (of which I am one), the annual CoD release sits on the shelf beside a healthy mix of RPGs, adventure games, horror games, platformers, fighting games - even art house games. This year I pre-ordered Deus Ex and Dark Souls; I also own Demon's Souls, Heavy Rain, Catherine, Metro 2033, the Uncharted series, Assassins Creed, Infamous, and many, many more... in addition to CoD from Classic to MW3. We are not discouraging the development of new IP because we spend dollars on new IP. As a game, CoD is just good. And between the best single player saga of any modern military shooter to date, co-op play like zombies or spec ops, and a lengthy and nuanced multiplayer, it's well worth $60. Honestly, I spent a lot more time playing Black Ops than I did Catherine, and I bought that for $60. In fact, I make a pretty decent professional income, so that's one of the things I do to support the industry: I buy games at full price. So, fuck you I'm discouraging the development of new IPs. I give dollars directly to the developers of new IPs.

Also, imo, what killed any chances BF3 had of dethroning MW3 was EA's shitty marketing campaign, otherwise it would have been a more serious threat, but that's another topic for another time.

 

[PunkRex]

Im not a fan of MW or BF but at least now we can say,

Us: "Hey Hollywood!"

Hollywood: "Yeah?"

Us:

 

[meow]

that doesn't mean the game is good, just because a lot of people look at a pile of shit doesn't make it gold its still a pile of shit

 

[Ariseishirou]

MW3's Campaign is actually 4 hours long or less, so

See, this is why CoD fans just can't take CoD haters seriously. That statement is an objective, bald-faced lie. Perhaps an excellent player playing on the easiest difficulty level could, with effort, finish the game close to that - but that's not how the game is intended to be played. I can finish Super Mario World in an hour by unlocking the secret doors; this is like going around saying DURR HURR SUPER MARIO IS ONLY AN HOUR LONG, WHAT A RIP. You sound moronic, and moreover, we know you're lying, so it calls into doubt everything else you have to say about the series. Played on a challenging difficulty setting for the player, the game is about 7-8 hours long, which is pretty normal for the genre. And double your ridiculous claim. If fact, it's longer than Homefront, KZ3, Bulletstorm, and even BF3's campaigns. Crysis 2 was unusually long at 10-12 hours.

In before BUT I PLAYED IT ON RECRUIT VETERAN AND THAT'S HOW LONG I TOOK.

 

[Kukakkau]

Didn't it sell less than MW2 but still make more money on day one? With magic?

Exactly what I was thinking, since a ton of people were put off by this being more of the exact same and black ops' performance. So how can it have sold more?

 

[Lord_Nether]

"I don't like the game, therefore it must be bad."

Seriously everyone? Get off your elitist high-horse.

At least be happy that the medium of video games is having such a significant impact world-wide.

It's not that, it's how games like Skyrim and Battlefield actually improve with each new game, whereas all the CODs are pretty much reskins of the last (except COD4) with little improvement and maybe a few new perks.

 

[Buizel91]

It may be selling well, but i know ALOT of hardcore COD players that have traded it in to get other games...

And now i wish i didn't get this =\

Never again am i getting a COD game...it'll be be a hard struggle, but i will prevail!

How many is that you know of who have traded it in?
I'm amazed it sold so well (or was it just the price?) as all the folk I know who had Black Ops bought BF3 instead.

At least 10, (Who are on my facebook) and i see a lot of my friends, friends saying they traded it in to.

Also i just have to look in my local Game/Grainger Games/CEX/HMV to see A SHIT LOAD of MW3 copy's in the Pre-Owned sections.

 

[Kadoodle]

IDGAF how much it sells. Sales have nothing to do with quality.

Keep in mind that the bible has sold more copies than any other book in the world.

 

[rapidoud]

Problem, BF3?

 

[maninahat]

Standard escapist mentality: "If only everyone who bought the game would admit they don't like it, everything will be better."

Basically, it doesn't matter if you thought the game was mediocre - that means nothing to the millions who like it. Stop preaching to the malcontent choir, you snobs.

 

[SonicKoala]

What I find hilarious in light of all this is how Yahtzee had the nerve to call Bioshock 2 a derivative, cash-grab sequel.

Really? In the realm of FPS sequels, Bioshock 2 is the worst offender in that regard?

But....that was last year. MW3 hadn't even been released yet....

I'm so confused at the nature of your comment. And he didn't say it was the worst offender in that regard, he just said it was a cash-grab sequel (and he arguably has a point). Do you expect him to reflect on and modify every review he does and every opinion he makes every time a game which is more befitting to one of his many, many opinions is released? Are you on the crazy pills?

No offense intended - that last line was meant in a light-hearted manner, just so you know.

 

[maninahat]

IDGAF how much it sells. Sales have nothing to do with quality.

Keep in mind that the bible has sold more copies than any other book in the world.

In fairness, you probably appreciate it more than you realise. I bet you can't even have a five minute conversation without accidently quoting it. [http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/bible-phrases-sayings.html]

 

[AlphaEcho]

You beat me to it.

If you talk a bunch of shit about Call of Duty, you are not unique, you are not contrarian, you are not individualistic, and you are not cool, no matter what your friends on your Shin Megami Tensei fanfiction board on FreeForums tell you. You are pure, polished lowest common denominator. You are the target audience of Repo!: The Genetic Opera.

...wow, that was scathing. I guess all the "Am I the only one who hates Call of Duty? threads polluting every forum everywhere ever are actually starting to irritate me a little bit. I'd best say something nice to achieve a sense of karmic balance.

Nier is very, very good. I really think you, the reader, should play it.

If you love CoD and hate the people who dislike it.

You are not cool, you are not amazing, you are not hardcore, you are not cool no matter what your friends in your 6th grade class in your middle school tells you. You are a pure, polished, lowest common denominator. You are a tool. You are the target audience of Repo!: The Genetic Opera.

 

[SonicKoala]

Standard escapist mentality: "If only everyone who bought the game would admit they don't like it, everything will be better."

Basically, it doesn't matter if you thought the game was mediocre - that means nothing to the millions who like it. Stop preaching to the malcontent choir, you snobs.

I'd also like to add that people need to stop blaming Activision and the CoD development team, since they are evidently doing little more than providing people with something they, considering the sales numbers, fucking love.

Why does Activsion insist on releasing a new CoD title every year with little to no alterations made between it and one of its predecessors? Because people keep buying them. Why would they stop making them? That would be the most retarded business practice imaginable. If any hate is warranted, it should be directed at the people who buy the game. If people want to hate on a mass of faceless strangers (and, as has been evidenced time and time again, people love to hate on masses of faceless strangers), then they can go right ahead. But at least levy blame where blame is due.

 

[maninahat]

"I don't like the game, therefore it must be bad."

Seriously everyone? Get off your elitist high-horse.

At least be happy that the medium of video games is having such a significant impact world-wide.

It's not that, it's how games like Skyrim and Battlefield actually improve with each new game, whereas all the CODs are pretty much reskins of the last (except COD4) with little improvement and maybe a few new perks.

Oblivion came out in 2006, and hadn't seen a sequel until after 5 years. By comparison, Call of Duty games are churned out annually, so massive technical and design developments are unlikely. But you'd be foolish to think that there hasn't been a change in the formula since 2006's Call of Duty 3. Call of Duty games do change, but the change is less obvious with the frequency of the games.

 

[Vindictus]

Uh, it doesn't matter if it out grossed avatar and titanic in 5 days. People don't pre-order movies or flock to see them the way they flock to buy games. Not a good comparison.

Anyway, Kotick can fall off a cliff. One of the most valuable entertainment properties in the world? Sure, I guess you can say what you want when you're sitting on a pile of money that big. Doesn't necessarily make it true.

 

[Nazulu]

Best COD you have ever made? We'll have to see about that. Pretty sure it's just going to be fanboy's being fanboy's, over hyping everything as usual. We already have a lot here telling everyone they can't have any negative views on it and questioning their oppositions intelligence, even if it is roughly the same game for the 13th time or whatever.

I'm just really hoping this doesn't encourage other publishers/developers to start milking.