Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 hit $1 billion faster than Avatar

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  The metrics for sales change every time a new big game comes out! Activision sold 80% of its physical ... : Chipwarrior
  • They sold more copies of MW3 than there are grains of sand! : FirstPersonCooter
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  Of course, Avatar cinema tickets were an awful lot cheaper than copies of MW3. This fact is why I don'... : David Craddock
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    Unfortunately a lot of people in the games industry wish it was like the movie industry, which probably a... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
    • You know movie stars get all the chicks and big name media outlets will write about movie directors and t... : Attica Blue
    • and unionized employees... Oh wait! We want to be like the movie industry but without that! lol. : pigvomit
    • Actually quite a few of us enjoy a well written, well paced and well scripted, linear gaming experience. ... : morsxcessum
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    Its all about money, why wouldn't they? : Zero Hoki
    • actually it's not. I mean, it is for the companies, but it's a questionable long-term business model. ... : DeBurgo
  • LOL no the end goal is getting a customer to part with their money. it doesnt matter if it was done in $1... : spiderfill
  • Well really this is a publisher (which performs quite mediocre for all of its success on the stock market... : dedgecko
  • Activision is too in love with Hollywood to hear you. : the archvile
  • Phrasing it like this gets the story into the mainstream press, and they will do anything to get their ga... : peanut-
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    If Avatar movie tickets were $60 how long would it have taken for it to get to a billion in sales? : Lucy Labia
    • It would have never happened : Wisp!
  • Avatar appeals to a much wider audience. From 8-80. : Pettytheft
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  Cept Mw3 is the same damn game as Mw2. It won't be able to go much longer doing the same $%&@ over and... : Xulu
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    People were saying that when WaW came out. Three major releases and 5-6 DLC later, and here we are. I... : Ambient80
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      The proof is in the pudding that there's more to games than just graphics. If the game play is solid, ... : dedgecko
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        If sales only depended on gameplay then so many other games would be selling more copies : Mecha Tofu Pirate
        • That's why I said that there's more to games than just graphics: Gameplay Story Developer's history ... : dedgecko
      • Mw3 wouldnt have made any money if gameplay was required. There have been much better cod titles : Slowtreme
      • Oh, I agree completely. Just look at UT2K3/4 if you want a good example of that in the FPS world. : Ambient80
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      They don't have the time to build a new engine; they're stuck in their "2-year-leapfrog" strategy, and most of the technical talent behind IW4 went out the door to Respawn. I don't see them making a new engine, because their current one is still so versatile for setpiece shooters at 60 FPS on this console generation. There's also no one else with a real challenge on a multiplatform FPS, since Id is probably still 2 or 3 years out with Doom 4 (if it hasn't been canceled yet), and Epic isn't making FPS games anymore. Crytek has enough problems making a fun game, and who knows what they're doing now that they hate consoles about as much as they hate the PC.
      
      2012 is the decline of the FPS genre. Boring sequels rehashing the same old stuff (yet more Bioshock, yet more Team Fortress, yet more Call of Duty).

      Dec 12, 2011 9:16am PST
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      They don't have the time to build a new engine; they're stuck in their "2-year-leapfrog" strategy, and mo... : the archvile
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        Well, I was thinking the next major release being on a new set of consoles, I probably should've said tha : Ambient80
        • If you knew what could refresh the genre, it wouldn't be refreshing. For a new engine for Call of Duty... : the archvile
      • Yah I doubt we will see a new engine for COD games, until the next-gen consoles come out. Or they will u... : Shadowdane
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  I still have not purchased any CoD game after MW(1). Never understood the hype, CoD/MW was *meh* at bes... : Saldrin
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    MW1 was a fantastic game. : Lucy Labia
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      Tasts differ, I was dissapointed. Single player was horrible (of course) and Multiplayer was just too sim... : Lukiopimp
      • Taste may differ but facts are still facts. While I may not like some games because they are not the typ... : Lucy Labia
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  So far I like MW3 more than Avatar (on a story level). : Volatus32x
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    Avatar was Pocahontas + Matrix + Aliens : excessus
    • Or, as some like to call it, Alitrixahontas! ok so maybe it's just me : one random winner
    • Dances with Smurfs : riptyde
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  but there's often fewer MW3 people on PC than in world of tanks.... GG, QQ : Downforce
  • also maybe some day I can adjust my FOV in MW3, that would be great !!!!! but yeah world of tanks has ... : Downforce
• Avatar didn't cost me 60$ to get in : et72
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  yeah bragging about much money they made is a slap in the face without dedicated servers. We got so much... : the7dead
  • they literally do it just to piss you off : [fry]
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  Seriously, is CoD that good ? Everytime I see the screenshots it looks like the same exact game with a d... : rythex
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    It is the exact same game with a different name, it just makes bucket-loads of money for completely unkno... : one random winner
    • I thought as much : rythex
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  I wish COD threads and articles could just not be posted on the shack anymore so I wouldn't have to liste... : snot3353
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    At least it makes for an interesting psychological study. You have plenty of other games with multiple se... : Attica Blue
    • Because mainstream is horrible to some people for some reason. Heaven forbid someone outside of your nerd... : Evil Benius
    • I think it comes down to a lot of things. A few off the top of my head: - COD is console centric. Shac... : snot3353
    • A lot of those games have major improvements. CoD MW3... not so much (MW and MW2 though, both were great ... : LoioshDwaggie
    • To me, the MW series is the saltines of gaming. If you like them you like them, if you don't you don't. ... : Zakko
    • I don't agree with the criticisms of the writing in these games. I'm not saying it's "good" in a classica... : Orange Pylon
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  the best part is that the game is terrible. a real piece of shit. I wasted another $60 when I should have... : grendel
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    Shouldn't you have known better like, 3 games ago? : one random winner
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      i put almost 400 hours into MW2 so I sorta wished even though I knew it was a different team. : grendel
      • I don't think I put that much time into Morrowind. Makes me glad I never got caught up in the whole WW2 ... : one random winner
  • Nah, the REAL best part is that I've actually quite enjoyed it, especially playing Survival with some fri... : Ambient80
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  finally a game where i can play a soldier and shot other soldiers with realistic gun : boring gegtik
  • finally a game where i can play a rock star and play other songs with realistic guitar : snot3353
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  How mad is everyone here? : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Give me a scale. : omnova
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      From Michael Vick to 9/11 : Godhatesfatpeople
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        A Japanese man who has just learned his daughter failed out of high school is sleeping exclusively with b... : Rauol Duke
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          Daughter: I don't need a school anyway! Father: You don't need a skewl? If nigga no go to skewl, nigga n : dedgecko
          • CURSES!! : dedgecko
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  • A certain amount of mad. : one random winner
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    I clenched my fist so hard it made me tear up a little but I was so hot with rage the tears evaporated in... : Rauol Duke
    • That's pretty mad bro : Godhatesfatpeople
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  I remember a few months ago all the COD haters saying it was not going to sell as many as Black Ops or Ba... : SOTGAce
  • actually they were saying bf3 was a btter game, and if you havent noticed...it is, everybody knew mw woul... : Haze09
  • so you feel vindicated? This game you have chosen to be a fan of made a ton of money so you feel good by... : MamiyaOtaru
  • How about all fanboys can suck a fat dick instead? It's better for everyone. : Godhatesfatpeople
• My roomie owns bf3 and mw3, but since mw3 has come out he only plays that. console noob. : chilln