A round of applause, haters gonna hate, but Bobby sure knows how to rake in the cash. Congrats now use all this money to make something innovative for a change?
Modern Warfare 3 Breaks Every Sales Record Known to Man
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I wish Deus Ex: Human Revolution had made half as much cash as CoD. Then I'd see more games like it in that production tier.
So with Avatar pulling in as much money as it did, and now COD pulling in as much money as it is, I have to seriously wonder if a comet collision would do this world wonders.
Popular franchise sells well.
People hate on popular franchise because it is cool to hate on mainstream things.
The world is as it should be.
People hate on popular franchise because it is cool to hate on mainstream things.
The world is as it should be.
Absolutely no faith in sales figures any more. There are far better games out there with far less sales.
Gutted but not surprised. Guess we're gonna see the same game released next year too then.
Gutted but not surprised. Guess we're gonna see the same game released next year too then.
While I don't play or even like the game, myself, I'm still going to go out on a limb and say, to all those hating and despairing that the game is doing so well, "Just get over yourselves and move on." If the game sells, it sells. That's just a fact to accept and move on. No one is pointing a gun to your head and forcing you to buy it.
For those despairing that this will just mean more bland, butt-shit brown FPSes(yes, I can't stand them, either), that is only true if you are restricting yourself to the mainstream AAA titles. If you search for the more underground titles, you may find a bit more innovation. In fact, back in the day, this was considered one of the distinguishing characteristics that separated the "hardcore" gamer from everyone else. The "hardcore" gamer was the one who went and hunted down the rare, obscure titles that actually did something different from all the mainstream titles.
MW3 is a mainstream title, and it has all the trappings of a mainstream title. This same sort of thing happens in books, music, movies, and TV shows. Why should video games be any different? Just learn to focus on the titles that you enjoy and let others have the titles they enjoy. Honestly, if there wasn't something people liked so much in it, then they wouldn't buy it. Apparently, for a lot of people, this particular series and games like it are just fun, and fun is all that matters. Right?
For those despairing that this will just mean more bland, butt-shit brown FPSes(yes, I can't stand them, either), that is only true if you are restricting yourself to the mainstream AAA titles. If you search for the more underground titles, you may find a bit more innovation. In fact, back in the day, this was considered one of the distinguishing characteristics that separated the "hardcore" gamer from everyone else. The "hardcore" gamer was the one who went and hunted down the rare, obscure titles that actually did something different from all the mainstream titles.
MW3 is a mainstream title, and it has all the trappings of a mainstream title. This same sort of thing happens in books, music, movies, and TV shows. Why should video games be any different? Just learn to focus on the titles that you enjoy and let others have the titles they enjoy. Honestly, if there wasn't something people liked so much in it, then they wouldn't buy it. Apparently, for a lot of people, this particular series and games like it are just fun, and fun is all that matters. Right?
Can I ask the rather obvious question of how that compares to record sales of previous games.. when you actually have the prices matching. I don't wanna hear about how much money they made, I'd rather hear how many units were sold, because monetarily speaking it doesn't matter a damn thing if they made a million bucks when every unit is over 60 dollars, not counting the even more expensive Hardcore edition.
Personally, I don't quite get why so many people are that obsessed with the series, but then I also don't turn off my cell phone, call in sick, then huddle up with a controller and spend all day talking to people I'll never meet IRL.
Personally, I don't quite get why so many people are that obsessed with the series, but then I also don't turn off my cell phone, call in sick, then huddle up with a controller and spend all day talking to people I'll never meet IRL.
Stop thinking the higher the sales, the better the game. It's the higher the sales, the more people agree it's a fun game.
Shattered Horizon gameplay-wise is much more reminiscent of Halo, and it's mechanics with zero-G throws itself out of the genre that MW lies in, since it is SH just is way too three-dimensional. We need to compare apples to apples here, like MoH (the latest), which you seem to have a strong bias towards. MoH was in multiplayer (which you consistently seem to lean on) basically just MW, with interface changes. You want innovation, but MoH didn't innovate either. If you like it better than MW, then its a question of personal taste, but that doesn't make MW a bad game from a general viewpoint, it makes it a bad game to you, so stop trying to draw in objective criticism.The Cool Kid said:
MW is cover-based, not in the sense of mechanic, but in the sense of gameplay flow. You recover health by not taking damage, which encourages you to take cover. Being fast-paced lies more in the multiplayer as opposed to the campaign.
And no for the last time, it does no look ugly, it might not be as 'pretty' or visually staggering as BF3, where I think you're coming from, but it, I repeat, it does not look ugly. I use both my PC and my consoles regularly, and with that in mind, I've played uglier games. I don't know what you compare it to in terms of visuals, but when you say ugly, you're saying it looks ugly in comparison to videogames in general, and as someone who've have been playing videogames from the 16 bit era to today, I can assure you, it does NOT look ugly. It's textures might not be on par with Crysis or BF3, but that does not make every game, which is not graphically par with those two games, "ugly".
The spawn point thing? ye-NO. MW's spawn system, spawns the player in the vicinity of a location with the allies away from enemies. A spawn system that echoes back way before MW. I can tell you that games in the same genre has spawn problems much more glaring than MW. The BF series has FIXED spawn-points, which makes it incredibly easy to spawn camp. The same thing goes for Halo. The more you complain, the more it sounds like you judging the game, because you're having a bad time online, which may not be a point in its favor, but neither is it in yours.
And now, I'm officially baffled, because you just mentioned MoH (2010), a game that quite literally jumped on the bandwagon along with BF:BC to compete with MW. MoH's campaign like MW is heavily scripted. It's multiplayer is non-vehicular combat that focuses on individualistic teamwork, which is another thing that MW streamlined, including the unlock and level-up system.
I know, I know...You like Shattered Horizon, MoH and Resistance, and that's is completely fine, in fact, it's great, but not being like any of those (except MoH) does not make MW a bad game. If you complained about the short campaign, I'd give you that. If you complained about it's skinnerbox'ish multiplayer, I'd agree. But when you go out of your way deeming it bad, because of graphics and personal preferences, then it is no longer a discussion. Fallout 2 is a more deep experience than not MW, but many other games made since the 90's, but it is not as visually appealing, thus according to you, all the other games are better?
By the way, the story? The story is coherent. It's well written in fact, with a lot of twists mind you, but eventually comes together in this final installment, but to scold it for being ludicrous?
I've played games about a scientist stealing a experimental suit, who goes off chasing aliens with a crowbar.
I've seen movies about a farm-boy with daddy issues, learning how to be a space magician.
But you know what? Half-life is great game. Equally Star Wars is a great movie. MW doesn't go out of its way to declare itself realistic. Its setting just happens to be in the context of realism, but progresses as a character-driven story, and that works (for me at least). If you want a story not only set in realism, but plotted as such, then by all means, go back and play MoH's campaign again.
Personally I think MW does a great commentary on war, much better than the Fallout games even. It does subtle commentary on humanism and humanity. It has great narrative value, something that I suspect that you missed on your campaign play-through.
I can understand why it would be just as popular as previous COD games but...why is this one MORE popular?
This thread makes me wish there was an ignore/blacklist button for people on the Escapist.
If only everyone who hates could be muted so that I can no longer see their comments. It would remove probably 60% of the community, but trimming the fat can be a good thing.
I love COD and I laugh at everyone who hates it. We all know half these people hate it because they consider themselves gamers, and then some random person stomps them in COD and they have to proclaim the game sucks in order to not feel inadequate.
If only everyone who hates could be muted so that I can no longer see their comments. It would remove probably 60% of the community, but trimming the fat can be a good thing.
I love COD and I laugh at everyone who hates it. We all know half these people hate it because they consider themselves gamers, and then some random person stomps them in COD and they have to proclaim the game sucks in order to not feel inadequate.
