Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 hits $1 billion in sales

Drusus on 12 Dec '11 said:

You know I didn't like Avatar but when things make this much money you can't help but be impressed. It's been a long journey for COD, I mean years wise, game engine wise it's been a quick pop to the shops.

Still, many, many games on they're still making COD games that I can grab and have fun with for a month. Congrats Activision, you're scum but gosh darn it you're the industries most successful scum and on some level being with gaming from the start, I'm slightly proud.

Headsrinker on 12 Dec '11 said:

We should all be ashamed of ourselves. I bought it, and its sh*t. So i cant moan about how its broke records. Shame on us all for adding to Activision's world domination and allowing them to continue to regurgitate the same game over and over again.

TheLastDodo on 12 Dec '11 said:

Really strange that CoD hasn't gone the movie route yet, I mean big budget movie, sure there'll be some crap fan made stuff floating about.

laslowoodbine on 12 Dec '11 said:

I am starting to understand how so many people buy Call of Duty, before the PSN or X-box Live I never really had a window in to other peoples gaming habits. But it seems to me so many people with consoles buy Call of Duty and pretty much nothing else. I had this one guy on my friend list when MW released and all he ever played was MW and at that time I thought he was a one off, but as my friend list has grown I have seen that maybe I'm in the minority of gamers who enjoy playing new games month after month.

I personally just couldn't stomach the same game for the amount of hours some people sink in, don't get me wrong I have favourite games which keep me coming back but I do leave them every once in a while to gather dust. Some people must never let Call of Duty out of their consoles, they may as well let Activision release a console that only plays COD and sell that to them.

Sorry to blab on but I remember buying World at War the day of release and some people already had played the game on-line for over 72 hours, to me that is an addiction and needs looking at!

c3dpo on 12 Dec '11 said:

Sorry to blab on but I remember buying World at War the day of release and some people already had played the game on-line for over 72 hours, to me that is an addiction and needs looking at!

^^ some of us had early access mate

Well played Activision again, not suprised at all if you follow the COD sales year on year.

And, please EA are the biggest Evil still in the industry ffs, just check out the scamming theme park on IOS / Android

svd_grasshopper on 12 Dec '11 said:

they need to expand on the spec ops, objective based stuff and incorporate it into the campaign. but with their lack of imagination, that would risk cannibalising the spec ops mode itself.

why are all games pushing us from one end to another via explosions these days. the 'ride' is as shallow as it gets. give us a GAME please.

a3HeadedMonkey on 12 Dec '11 said:

We should all be ashamed of ourselves. I bought it, and its sh*t. So i cant moan about how its broke records. Shame on us all for adding to Activision's world domination and allowing them to continue to regurgitate the same game over and over again.

Shame on anyone that instead of thinking for themselves, copies this mantra just because everyone else does. People are so quick to jump on the CoD hate, bandwagon & compare people that buy it to brain dead zombies, that they don't realise how ironic their comments are.

I too like to hate on stuff that's popular, that's why I hate the CoD hate campaign - it's become way too mainstream, man!

laslowoodbine on 12 Dec '11 said:

Sorry to blab on but I remember buying World at War the day of release and some people already had played the game on-line for over 72 hours, to me that is an addiction and needs looking at!

^^ some of us had early access mate

Well played Activision again, not suprised at all if you follow the COD sales year on year.

And, please EA are the biggest Evil still in the industry ffs, just check out the scamming theme park on IOS / Android

Yes early access may have been a week early (I'm guessing) but to play a game for 72 hours straight off the bat is ridiculous. These people mustn't sleep, work eat or do anything else.

Lurf on 12 Dec '11 said:

That is one big pile of misplaced capital.

megaphoenix2001 on 12 Dec '11 said:

i bought the hardened ed and i wish i hadnt game hadnt changed much from mw2 the change from waw to black ops was much bigger. and a game that costs 45-80 is gonna make a billion quicker than a movie that only costs £5 to get into cinema

shellster2 on 12 Dec '11 said:

We should all be ashamed of ourselves. I bought it, and its sh*t. So i cant moan about how its broke records. Shame on us all for adding to Activision's world domination and allowing them to continue to regurgitate the same game over and over again.

Shame on anyone that instead of thinking for themselves, copies this mantra just because everyone else does. People are so quick to jump on the CoD hate, bandwagon & compare people that buy it to brain dead zombies, that they don't realise how ironic their comments are.

I too like to hate on stuff that's popular, that's why I hate the CoD hate campaign - it's become way too mainstream, man!

still smaller in size than those who hate everything Apple just for sake of it. Hating is not cool (or should that be kool? bah i'm too old)

each to their own regarding COD, i bought Battlefield this year just for a change. they're much of a muchness to me as i don't really play them online. simple reason is that i'm too s**t. enjoyable nevertheless.

TheLastDodo on 12 Dec '11 said:

Sorry to blab on but I remember buying World at War the day of release and some people already had played the game on-line for over 72 hours, to me that is an addiction and needs looking at!

^^ some of us had early access mate

Well played Activision again, not suprised at all if you follow the COD sales year on year.

And, please EA are the biggest Evil still in the industry ffs, just check out the scamming theme park on IOS / Android

I bought Theme Park iOS, well I say bought, it was actually free, so how have I been scammed?

MattyR95 on 12 Dec '11 said:

I know a lot of people who've sold/traded it in, saying it was crap!

KK-Headcharge78 on 12 Dec '11 said:

Shellster- The irony is mate that this year the single player in MW3 is arguably a lot better than BF3 unlike previous incarnations from MOH and BFBC which were very good.

TheLastDodo on 12 Dec '11 said:

Shellster- The irony is mate that this year the single player in MW3 is arguably a lot better than BF3 unlike previous incarnations from MOH and BFBC which were very good.

I agree with this, MW3 SP is easily better than the BF3 SP

BUT

Bulletstorm sh*ts on both of them for the SP, in my opinion

KK-Headcharge78 on 12 Dec '11 said:

Shellster- The irony is mate that this year the single player in MW3 is arguably a lot better than BF3 unlike previous incarnations from MOH and BFBC which were very good.

I agree with this, MW3 SP is easily better than the BF3 SP

BUT

Bulletstorm sh*ts on both of them for the SP, in my opinion

Agreed along with Gears of War 3, Crysis 2 and Homefront

Skip the last one it's utter garbage

TheLastDodo on 12 Dec '11 said:

I thought Homefront was alright til it decided to just copy CoD and go OTT in the last few chapters of the game.

I liked the bleakness and the setting and the newspapers scattered around was a nice way of filling in the back story. The Goliath (?) was fun to use, I liked the little Half Life touches here and there.

With a better studio and a bigger budget I think Homefront could've been special, for the record I don't think Crytek will add anything to Homefront 2 after playing the Crysis games.

jm3811 on 12 Dec '11 said:

One billion that seems a bit exaggerated as I only left 40 quid and no tip at the till.

Today I saw a bus (whoa that's big news! .. did I see a cow also??) with the BF3 add on it. Seems that the advert campaign is longer than the one they put in the box.

Why do I mention that? Ah yes, that's because EA must have spent a fortune in ads and I'm not sure whether they will make a penny with their game, when they have paid for the extras.

Well, I don't care much anyway. Dodo I have answered your question on the FPS so here you go.

shellster2 on 12 Dec '11 said:

Shellster- The irony is mate that this year the single player in MW3 is arguably a lot better than BF3 unlike previous incarnations from MOH and BFBC which were very good.

I agree with this, MW3 SP is easily better than the BF3 SP

BUT

Bulletstorm sh*ts on both of them for the SP, in my opinion

ah well, i picked up bulletstorm but it's in my 'yet to start' list which now numbers about 12 games or more! must. stop. buying. games. but. can't......

The_KFD_Case on 12 Dec '11 said:

i bought the hardened ed and i wish i hadnt game hadnt changed much from mw2 the change from waw to black ops was much bigger. and a game that costs 45-80 is gonna make a billion quicker than a movie that only costs £5 to get into cinema

True, yet a movie that's played widely across a country and the world in cinemas that don't require you to invest in any equipment to experience it will also have a much larger pool of potential customers.

I enjoyed the MW3 single player experience well enough and I got a conclusion to the storyline from CoD: MW and MW2. I still detest Activision as a company and have no intention of supporting their games. Before anyone says, "Oh but you bought MW3!" This is true, I did...I bought it at a massive discount trade-in deal for BlOps which I purchased used and when I was done with MW3 I traded it in for maximum value and bought Skyrim with the proceeds. In short: I got to play three games (and I'm still playing Skyrim) for the price of one game.

360_Fan on 13 Dec '11 said:

I was actually going to say they have not got a cent of my money this year, but I just got a text from my sister, and guess what my nephew wants for Christmas! Damm you COD. Even when I boycott you, you are still getting my money.