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Modern Warfare 3 Sales Are Beginning To Fatigue

Posted on Sunday, February 12 @ 10:34:59 Eastern by Jonathan_Leack


Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 may have been the best-selling title of last year, but sometimes the first month of sales don't tell the whole story.

According to the January 2012's NPD figures, Modern Warfare 3 was able to sell a total of 386,000 during the month, fueled by a commercial with three celebrities and zero gameplay footage. To another series that would be great, but Call of Duty is held to a different standard. Call of Duty: Black Ops sold 750,000 units during the month of January last year, meaning that it nearly doubled the sales of Modern Warfare 3.

The question is: is this a sign of Modern Warfare 3 having shorter legs than its predecessors? Battlefield 3 put up a strong fight with sales totaling over 10 million, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive just around the corner ready for an AWP headshot. While the competition is is greater than previous years, it sounds like more than anything that Call of Duty fatigue is beginning to set-in.
Related Games:   Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Tags:   Call of Duty, Activision


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  • LawnGnome
    LawnGnome
    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Feb 12th, 2012 at 11:16 am
    MW3 is just selling faster than Black Ops is all. It took Black Ops until July or August to sell 25 million copies, and MW3 has already (I believe) reached that mark in February. I don't think they care about the month-to-month comparison nearly as much as the total number sold.
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  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Feb 12th, 2012 at 12:35 pm
    Exactly. Because it sold faster earlier there are more people who already own it and less people who still need to buy it
    0 1
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Feb 12th, 2012 at 11:51 am
    I do not care, I just wish I had a cut of the profits!
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  • warmaster670
    warmaster670
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Feb 12th, 2012 at 12:50 pm
    Get on making Call of tinymhg and reap some profits.
    0 0
  • thedarkstar
    thedarkstar
    Joined: Feb 2011
    Posted: Feb 12th, 2012 at 1:44 pm
    I would buy that game.
    0 1
  • Ananymous
    Ananymous
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Feb 12th, 2012 at 1:51 pm
    I doubt Activision cares whether it's either BlOps or MW3 that are selling as long as they are raking in the dough from both of them...
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  • Daddio
    Daddio
    Joined: Nov 2008
    Posted: Feb 12th, 2012 at 2:44 pm
    BF3 is all I need!
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  • Ananymous
    Ananymous
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Feb 13th, 2012 at 12:09 am
    I thoroughly enjoy both Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3, although Battlefield 3 seems more fun to me since I can hop into a tank or other vehicle and cause mayhem.
    0 0
  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Feb 13th, 2012 at 1:33 am
    CoD isnt going anywhere.
    0 0
  • devaldogz
    devaldogz
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Feb 13th, 2012 at 7:07 am
    BLOPS>MW3. MW3 is still a little fun, abliet a weak game in comparison to their previous titles. I blame IW, and look forward to Treyarch releasing the next one, as I've come to believe they do a superior job in creating these titles. I'm over MW3 and won't even purchase any of the map packs (1st time ever). BF3 and Skyrim beat out MW3 9/10 times in my PS3.
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  • TheJx4
    TheJx4
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Feb 13th, 2012 at 1:35 pm
    Black Ops is easily the better game. It's still being supported, unlike MW2.

    I think people are starting to realize who the better dev is. Did no one notice that Black Ops sold more in the UK than MW3? Only Americans buy into nonsense consistently.
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