Modern Warfare 3 Breaks Every Sales Record Known to Man

[Use_Imagination_here]

Well... This is kinda derpressing. First game to beat sales on the most sold movie and it's a mediocre clone of a mediocre clone of a mediocre clone (most of the pultiplayer is good, not great). I love the call of duty series for the multiplayer, but it's been getting consistently worse with every installment. It's kind of derpressing how It's such a great idea for multiplayer that even poorly executed it's so entertaining. At least the popularity means I can still play any game in the MW series all I wan't.

I don't quite understand how it got this popular. I'm not surprised, I just don't get it.

 

[wilsontheterrible]

Good for Activision, they publish games that I like to play.

Quality is subjective and the MW series and shooters like it appeal to the greatest volume of video game players. I like shooters, rts's, puzzle games, and rpg's. I hate racing games, 'horror' games, and sandboxes. I especially despise fighting games.

Shooters are my bread and butter. I especially like it when I get to use an in-game weapon that I've had the privilege to use myself. I worked in a slaughterhouse from the age of 13 to 18 so blood and gore don't really have that much effect on me during gameplay.

The whole reason I got introduced to Doom as a kid was because my dad wanted a game that he could blow off steam with after work. Nobody's going to call Doom a masterpiece but it got the job done. For me being able to walk around in a juggernaut suit or pound commies into dust in an AC-130 helps me unwind after doing taxes and books for 12 hours straight. I don't really have to think; I can just get online, cuss out some kids without having to go to jail, and enrage dozens of strangers with my trollish multiplayer tendencies.

 

[repeating integers]

Well done MW3, I guess. Not only have you managed to become the highest selling... thing of all time, you have managed to successfully troll the Escapist forums in doing so. Success on all fronts I think.

Spoiler

 

[LetalisK]

GOOD. I'm not a huge fan of it, but if it pokes the art snobs in the community in the eye, then I'm all for it.

 

[JupiterBase]

I hope all that money is going to go into making MW2(Sarcasm) or something new altogether.

 

[thelonewolf266]

Its amusing that so many people still insist that Cod is a horrible game when literally millions of people buy it, play it and love it.What exactly is your definition of a good game?
because in my opinion if someone has fun playing a game its good and when there are millions of people having fun playing it its better than a game that only has thousands of players that have fun with it.That's the only fair way to judge it because otherwise it comes down to your personal taste and its completely biased so there's no point.
Oh and I'm with the people who wonder where this mythical community of intelligent mature people is because all I see is people acting like children because their favourite game isn't the best selling ever.

 

[wilsontheterrible]

I don't quite understand how it got this popular. I'm not surprised, I just don't get it.

Lowest common denominator of appeal. Poll your average game buyer and you'll find some people like one game type while others hate it, you'll fine niche gamers, and you'll find title snobs. But in most western nations (and especially the U.S) there is a common visceral appeal to blowing things up. MW and Battlefield do it the best.

 

[Drenaje1]

Not surprising, not even a little bit. But it's really nothing special as far as games go, which is why I tend to have a hard time trying to figure out just why everyone is spending their money on it. What I eventually end up with is, "It's the new Call of Duty." So? "So it's the new CoD, dude! It's awesome!" But what's different this time around? Is the multiplayer more fun? Did they fix the bugs, or try to balance the game? Did they put effort into the story? "Uh, it's CoD."

That's all fine, it really is. Congratulations on selling so much, I'm not going to shove my opinion down anyone's throat. I simply state that I see nothing of value of with it, and move on. Note that the above isn't the way every fan I've met words his opinion. I've seen a few people who actually make a compelling case in it's favor, but still. Meh.

 

[lacktheknack]

The indie supporter in me is filled with intense pain. IMMENSE intense pain.

;_;

On the bright side, at least it's finally a game that holds the record across all media.

 

[thelonewolf266]

All that money and they can't provide free stat tracking. Or proper dedicated servers. I'm not going to mock people who like playing it, but Activision deserves all the shit they get flung at them.

The stat tracking is free in fact most of Elite is free only really the tournaments and access to the map packs early and for free needs a premium membership.My problem with Elite is that it still isn't working reliably.

 

[Bluecho]

It's worth noting that inflation plays a large part here. If the sales figures were adjusted for inflation, the "made more money than any form of entertainment ever" starts meaning a lot less. The dollar (or your particular currency) doesn't buy nearly as much as it used to.

 

[SergeantAnt]

I am not surprised in the slightest. It's good at what it does, and people just love it. Personally i got battlefield 3 this year just because i've never played one and am sick of CoD.

Went into gamestop though the day b4 cods release to buy their last new yakuza 4 for 20$(so worth it). It was 7 or 8 pm and there was already like 6-8 people chilling by the entrance with chairs, book, and crap. Now i found this absolutely PATHETIC -_-

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

This thread is funny.

CoD has been an awesome series since it's very beginnings. I remember when it came out as the pretender to MoH's throne, and absolutely blew it away. There's nothing "average" or "mediocre" about it. People only feel that way because it was so damn good that it ended up creating a lot of the genre cliches, and became the benchmark for what was to come...younger gamers won't understand that.

You can claim(without substantiation)that CoD has stunted the development of the genre until you're blue in the face, it doesn't make it true. The opposite could well be true...the gaming landscape could well be significantly poorer if CoD had never existed.

 

[Sixcess]

Good.

I've never played, or am likely to play, either MW3 or BF3, so the relative success or failure of them has no bearing on my gaming experience, but I still hope someone puts these figures in ten foot high letters on the wall of EA's marketing/hype department, because EA needs to STFU.

 

[JupiterBase]

-Snip-

Honestly, i would just really like to see them use all this money to break some new ground or go in new directions. Although i did kinda get bored with MW after 2. Not even interested in picking up MW3 probably just play it when my friend gets it. It does not seem like anything new at all other then a new story and from the people i have talked to who have the game they still play it online but admit it is nothing really new at except continuing the story.

 

[Tomeran]

I find it quite interesting and entertaining that there's as many people in this thread bashing this game as there is people complaining of others bashing that game.

Although I can admit to a certain extent that the MW3 hate has gone overboard, the "hate the haters or anyone that dislikes the game!1 " has also, as usual, gone overboard. Feels a bit like when people take Yahtzee's reviews too personal. Haters gotta hate other haters etc.

This is a news thread delivering some interesting news, and comments like "Modern Warfare 3 does not make up for its sales figures because it is only a mediocre game", which seem frequent in this thread but also bashed by the anti-negativists(Maybe I should start using that one!), is actually something I consider highly relevant. And in my oppinion, also highly accurate.

So what that the comments are frequent elsewhere? Just because I'd add something like "Skyrim is a nice gaming experience" doesnt make it any more flawed or correct just because it happens to be expressed in frequency somewhere else.
If you think MW3 bashing threads are being spammed out, fine. I'll agree with you on that one, even. But dont go jumping valid and relevant comments on a relevant news thread just because they're common elsewhere.

If you wish to drag your discontent over this somewhere, do it in the outspammed MW3-threads.



In regards to the OP:
I am not surprised, even if I as many others would argue that MW3 is actually MW 2.5. As some probably have pointed out, Modern Warfare has its own separate gaming culture where kids want to flock to the "cool stuff" and tradition that they find MW to be. Their friends are playing it, they want to play it too. Its hard for competitors like BF3 to break that pattern, even if they have a higher quality in content. Although last I heard, BF3 was doing relativly well.
Of course, there's also a fair few that still find MW3 to be a good experience, even if it isnt a huge climb in quality and content from its predecessors. And I've heard a surprising number of people that will only buy and play MW3 for the campaign's sake, while they get a more satisfying(in their oppinion) multiplayer experience in BF3.


I'd also like to see PC sales numbers. Last I heard, MW3 has lost alot of ground on the PC level and games like Skyrim has been the record breaker on that platform.

 

[Cipher1]

I doubt to many records where broken for the PC version (My god my head still hurts from playing that)