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
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          That's why I said that there's more to games than just graphics:
          
          Gameplay
          Story
          Developer's history
          Community / Marketing
          Sound / Music

          Dec 12, 2011 9:57am PST
          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 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
  • retweeted : Sexpansion Pack
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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
      • I'd have to go with a wealthy father in a Fascist society who just learned that his son enlisted in the m... : omnova
      • Southern man who just learned his star quarterback son has come out of the closet and is now a gay rights... : MercFox1
      • 9/12 : megarust32
  • 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