In what could be the most predictable news of the year, it seems that Modern Warfare 3 is selling quite well. While there have been no official day one sales numbers like we got last year for Black Ops, Activision has stated that “the amount of players online is even higher than what it was this time last year for Black Ops”
I bet Treyarch simply adore that wording.
Some sites are quoting “multiple sources” (without actually naming them) to tell us that it’s breaking all sorts of sales records. While we don’t doubt the veracity of those claims, without official confirmation it’s a little early to be stating it as fact.
Figures being thrown around are all in the region of 9 million, which breaks Black Ops’ previous opening day sales record by roughly 30%. Considering that Black Ops is/was the world’s biggest selling entertainment product, that’s quite an achievement.
VGCHartz has even made up some nice graphs to go with their unsubstantiated claims. If these figures are in the right ballpark, it’s been a staggering launch for the latest in the Call of Duty franchise. Of course, without sources for the collected data or official word we can’t be sure they’re not just blind guesses but the charts certainly look pretty.
Our single player review will go live later today with the multiplayer review to follow at the start of next week.
Source: CoD Elite service status, VGChartz
gazzagb
Staggering numbers! Well deserved imo, fantastic game!
stonyk
Hold on…I thought EA were bragging about 10mil something or other. Doesn’t that beat this 9.5mil?
IAmJacksMedullaOblongata
10m shipped. Not sold.
Andrewww
Played MW1, and after that had no intention whatsoever to buy any further of those probably never ending iterations of the same game. And the single player back then was by far the shortest I’ve ever played, it was pretty much a joke. There are so much better games out there, a shame it’s just me who thinks so, but everyone his/her own opinion.
SpikeyMikey23
MW1 (in my opinion of course) was fantastic. Its the game that got me into FPS’s and I still like to dip into even now.
Short Yes – Joke – no way
F022Y
I have fond memories of the original modern warfare was the only game that pulled me away from R6 Vegas. The abuse i used to yell due to the respawning enemies used to make my housemates laugh.
*sigh* good times
RadicalMave07
that is definately the most predictable news ever.i have not bought a copy yet,i will as soon as i get tired of the uncharted 3 multiplayer.