Modern Warfare 3 is the fastest product ever to reach $1 billion, beats Avatar

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#1 WickoSicko
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Avatar reached $1 billion in 17 days. Modern Warfare 3 topped $1 billion in 16 days. http://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=632389 All hail the biggest entertainment property in history.
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#2 DarkLink77
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There is no God.

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#3 Demonjoe93
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That just reflects negatively on the video gaming industry.

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#4 WickoSicko
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That just reflects negatively on the video gaming industry.

Demonjoe93
More like the opposite. Video games have been owning movies since Halo 2 broke industry records in 2004. These are all good signs.
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#5 Zahlgrim
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That's honestly a huge joke. That game did nothing modernware two didn't except a few guns, maps, and a new slightly better killstreak system. I can't believe so many people wasted money on this game, Avatar was sick though...

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There is no God.

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God is dead. All hail kotick as our new supreme emperor
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#7 lawlessx
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worse news i've heard all month.
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#8 super600  Moderator
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[QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

There is no God.

Animal-Mother

God is dead. All hail kotick as our new supreme emperor

Epic Lol!

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#9 super600  Moderator
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I seriously don't see how a poor game like this deserves all these high sales.

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#10 Animal-Mother
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I seriously don't see how a poor game like this deserves all these high sales.

super600
it's just a ripple effect. MW1 made such a high impact people don't want it they NEED it. Eventually the ripples will go away.
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#11 ShadowDeathX
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Game is too short. I'm about to beat this game in ONLY 5 hours on Veteran. but to be positive, those 5 hours were a tad bit more fun than 5 hours on another recent Call of Duty, MW2.
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#12 MonsieurX
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Can't wait til the fad goes away
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#13 svenus97
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What's with all the hate ? If some people enjoy the game let them play it, you don't have to buy it.

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#14 lawlessx
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What's with all the hate ? If some people enjoy the game let them play it, you don't have to buy it.

svenus97
problem is developers are now developing games with the success of COD in mind.
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#15 DarkLink77
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[QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

There is no God.

Animal-Mother

God is dead. All hail kotick as our new supreme emperor

Kneel! Kneel before the emperor!

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#16 super600  Moderator
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I seriously don't see how a poor game like this deserves all these high sales.

Animal-Mother

it's just a ripple effect. MW1 made such a high impact people don't want it they NEED it. Eventually the ripples will go away.

This ripple effect will eventually go away anyway.I played MW2 and didn't like it at all. This game didn't even impress me that much from what I saw of it.

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[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

There is no God.

DarkLink77

God is dead. All hail kotick as our new supreme emperor

Kneel! Kneel before the emperor!

All hail Bobby Palpatine.

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[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

There is no God.

DarkLink77

Kneel! Kneel before the emperor!

We're not worthy :o

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#19 Wasdie  Moderator
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Not hard to do when you're at $60 a pop and you have a $100 collectors editions.

People criticized Avatar for hitting it so fast because of the extra cost of the 3D.

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#20 jun_aka_pekto
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I think I can be excused for wanting to buy MW3 since it'll only be the second CoD game I've ever played. It's definitely on my list this Christmas. Final exams will be over soon and I'll have sufficient time for gaming

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#21 el3m2tigre
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I think I can be excused for wanting to buy MW3 since it'll only be the second CoD game I've ever played. It's definitely on my list this Christmas. Final exams will be over soon and I'll have sufficient time for gaming

jun_aka_pekto

Just 2 days left of exams :) Setting up my rig so i can play Skyrim afterwards.

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#22 skrat_01
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I seriously don't see how a poor game like this deserves all these high sales.

super600
The people buying it predominately don't actually care about games.
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#23 WickoSicko
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Can't wait til the fad goes awayMonsieurX
Nobody forces you to buy the games.
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#24 el3m2tigre
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[QUOTE="MonsieurX"]Can't wait til the fad goes awayWickoSicko
Nobody forces you to buy the games.

Thank God....

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#25 eboyishere
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Bobby kotick can now afford another 10 mansions by the beach.
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#26 DarkLink77
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[QUOTE="super600"]

I seriously don't see how a poor game like this deserves all these high sales.

skrat_01

The people buying it predominately don't actually care about games.

The best part? Activision's all: Call of Duty is now amongst that rarified group of sustained franchises like "Star Wars", "Harry Potter", "Lord of the Rings" and the National Football League (NFL) that attract or engage tens of millions of people every year or every new release.

The irony? Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Lord of the Rings appeal to pretty much everyone with a pulse. Call of Duty only appeals to bros. Most people either don't like it because it's got about as much depth as a puddle, or don't give a sh*t. Yep, it's one of those "special franchises" all right.

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#27 super600  Moderator
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[QUOTE="super600"]

I seriously don't see how a poor game like this deserves all these high sales.

skrat_01

The people buying it predominately don't actually care about games.

I know that.The only really good thing from thi game seems to be Elite in my opinion from what I seen from this game.

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#28 OfficerLeach_
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I really cant enjoy the COD series anymore after playing all of them since 2007...I gave up after Black Ops and then BF3 came out and I just enjoyed that way more...I really enjoyed the GameBattles on COD but now its just so easy for anybody to be good and it dont hold a challenge for me anymore...I actually have to try in BF3 and I still get smacked sometimes which I enjoy...Ill probally enjoy the COD series again when they actually change it when the new systems come out, assuming they do...

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#29 SilverChimera
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Some people seem butthurt :lol:
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#30 MonsieurX
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[QUOTE="MonsieurX"]Can't wait til the fad goes awayWickoSicko
Nobody forces you to buy the games.

No but developpers are forcing the same playstyle in other games.
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#31 finalstar2007
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Nice, i love Call of Duty and will keep on supporting it

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#32 speedfreak48t5p
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Nice, i love Call of Duty and will keep on supporting it

finalstar2007
Call of Duty sucks. Find a another franchise to support, even if it is another Crappy JRPG.
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#33 firefluff3
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only an amazing game like this could ever pull this off.

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#34 hoola
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It deserves it. The reason it sells well is because it does everything nearly perfectly. Tons of customization, tons of weapons, lots of new maps, a huge community, an interesting story, cinematic action, and great sound. Plus it has lots of advertising which sells it even farther. Honestly I think anyone who says it is a "bad" game is just being foolish and is riding the hate bandwagon. It doesn't innovate much. So what? That doesn't make it bad.

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#35 DeX2010
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I think Avatar is still the biggest entertainment product ever, given that movie tickets are usually around £10, while games are around £40, so Avatar had to sell more tickets to more people than MW3.

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#36 speedfreak48t5p
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It deserves it. The reason it sells well is because it does everything nearly perfectly. Tons of customization, tons of weapons, lots of new maps, a huge community, an interesting story, cinematic action, and great sound. Plus it has lots of advertising which sells it even farther. Honestly I think anyone who says it is a "bad" game is just being foolish and is riding the hate bandwagon. It doesn't innovate much. So what? That doesn't make it bad.

hoola
It's the same game that was released 4 years ago. Shouldn't that be a major problem?
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#37 WickoSicko
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[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

Nice, i love Call of Duty and will keep on supporting it

speedfreak48t5p
Call of Duty sucks. Find a another franchise to support, even if it is another Crappy JRPG.

The most influential franchise this generation, and possibly of ALL TIME. You mad?
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#38 super600  Moderator
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It deserves it. The reason it sells well is because it does everything nearly perfectly. Tons of customization, tons of weapons, lots of new maps, a huge community, an interesting story, cinematic action, and great sound. Plus it has lots of advertising which sells it even farther. Honestly I think anyone who says it is a "bad" game is just being foolish and is riding the hate bandwagon. It doesn't innovate much. So what? That doesn't make it bad.

hoola

Yep!You're finding an excuse to figure out why people hate the franchise. For someone like me I tried some of the cod games like MW2 and hated them. I don't see why a game were you're being constantly forced to follow the leader in the SP with little opportunity to break out of the pattern and a rehased MP that is still broken deserves to be praised.The only thing it excels at is being addicting to play.

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#39 WickoSicko
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I think Avatar is still the biggest entertainment product ever, given that movie tickets are usually around £10, while games are around £40, so Avatar had to sell more tickets to more people than MW3.

DeX2010
Everybody who could get out of the house could see Avatar. Taking into account these sales are mostly from 360 and PS3, only gamers owning these consoles could buy MW3. MW3 destroyed Avatar, stop crying about it.
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#40 Doom_HellKnight
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[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

Nice, i love Call of Duty and will keep on supporting it

speedfreak48t5p

Call of Duty sucks. Find a another franchise to support, even if it is another Crappy JRPG.

I lol'd. Someone thinking they can tell other people what to enjoy. Hilarious.

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#41 finalstar2007
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[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

Nice, i love Call of Duty and will keep on supporting it

speedfreak48t5p

Call of Duty sucks. Find a another franchise to support, even if it is another Crappy JRPG.

:| No... its the king of FPSs, its the reason i play FPSs to begin with, its THE FPS of the gen and probably ever in history, it has done what no game was ever able to do, its addicting, fun and amazing to play online and as you see Billions love it also. i will keep buying the games at launch as long as they keep releasing them. dont ever call JRPGs crappy :x

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#42 el3m2tigre
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[QUOTE="speedfreak48t5p"][QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

Nice, i love Call of Duty and will keep on supporting it

WickoSicko

Call of Duty sucks. Find a another franchise to support, even if it is another Crappy JRPG.

The most influential franchise this generation, and possibly of ALL TIME. You mad?

Try harder.

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#43 MonsieurX
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[QUOTE="speedfreak48t5p"][QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

Nice, i love Call of Duty and will keep on supporting it

WickoSicko
Call of Duty sucks. Find a another franchise to support, even if it is another Crappy JRPG.

The most influential franchise this generation, and possibly of ALL TIME. You mad?

Still not a good thing.
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#44 R4gn4r0k
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Yay, this means more developers will smell the money and we will have more cookie-cutter FPS without any hint of innovation !

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#45 hoola
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[QUOTE="hoola"]

It deserves it. The reason it sells well is because it does everything nearly perfectly. Tons of customization, tons of weapons, lots of new maps, a huge community, an interesting story, cinematic action, and great sound. Plus it has lots of advertising which sells it even farther. Honestly I think anyone who says it is a "bad" game is just being foolish and is riding the hate bandwagon. It doesn't innovate much. So what? That doesn't make it bad.

speedfreak48t5p

It's the same game that was released 4 years ago. Shouldn't that be a major problem?

Continuation of the story, new maps, new gamemodes. It isn't the same game. It simply didn't innovate very much. There is no reason to say this game is terrible like so many people are. I played Gears 3 and didn't like it at all, but that doesn't mean i'm going to call a crappy game because I know it isn't. I can see the quality of the game objectively, I just didn't like the cover aspect. The same situation applies with the COD series. People may not like certain elements of the game (like its lack of innovation), but that doesn't mean it is a bad game. If people took off their hate goggles they would appreciate what COD is - a well made FPS.

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#46 WickoSicko
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[QUOTE="WickoSicko"][QUOTE="speedfreak48t5p"] Call of Duty sucks. Find a another franchise to support, even if it is another Crappy JRPG.el3m2tigre

The most influential franchise this generation, and possibly of ALL TIME. You mad?

Try harder.

Wow, are you denying that? :lol:
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#47 Enosh88
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nice, well deserved, it's a great game

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#48 Meinhard1
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The game doesn't deserve it. It's frustrating that new entries in this series can be released annually and still be received so well.... it promotes lazy game development.
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#49 speedfreak48t5p
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[QUOTE="speedfreak48t5p"][QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

Nice, i love Call of Duty and will keep on supporting it

finalstar2007

Call of Duty sucks. Find a another franchise to support, even if it is another Crappy JRPG.

:| No... its the king of FPSs, its the reason i play FPSs to begin with, its THE FPS of the gen and probably ever in history, it has done what no game was ever able to do, its addicting, fun and amazing to play online and as you see Billions love it also. i will keep buying the games at launch as long as they keep releasing them. dont ever call JRPGs crappy :x

:lol:

I'll take back the JRPG comment though.

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#50 skrat_01
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[QUOTE="skrat_01"][QUOTE="super600"]

I seriously don't see how a poor game like this deserves all these high sales.

DarkLink77

The people buying it predominately don't actually care about games.

The best part? Activision's all: Call of Duty is now amongst that rarified group of sustained franchises like "Star Wars", "Harry Potter", "Lord of the Rings" and the National Football League (NFL) that attract or engage tens of millions of people every year or every new release.

The irony? Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Lord of the Rings appeal to pretty much everyone with a pulse. Call of Duty only appeals to bros. Most people either don't like it because it's got about as much depth as a puddle, or don't give a sh*t. Yep, it's one of those "special franchises" all right.

Quite, those are IPs that have massive cultural sustainability, and worth. COD doesn't; it effects a much smaller percentage of the audience, and sells at a much higher cost; it's not a versatile transmedia IP. Star Wars is a cultural icon, Call of Duty carries the weight of being an army man shooting game for manchildren.