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Activision: Modern Warfare 3 sales reach $775 million in five days

by Alexander Sliwinski on Nov 17th 2011 9:50AM

Right on schedule, Activision announced today that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has broken five-day sales records for any movie, book or video game that has come before. MW3 grossed over $775 million worldwide, beating last year's $650 million record set by Call of Duty: Black Ops and the $550 million by Modern Warfare 2 a couple years back.

The game also broke Xbox Live records, with 3.3 million concurrent users on November 8, up from the 2.6 million by Black Ops. Last week, the company announced day-one sales of MW3 reached 6.5 million units in the US and UK, for a cool $400 million in 24 hours.

Think they'll make another one?

Source: Activision

Tags: Activision, Activision-Blizzard, call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3, Infinity-Ward, microsoft, modern-warfare-3, pc, playstation, ps3, sales, sledgehammer-games, xbox

Reader Comments (98)

Wow!

@onlyonthurs

Now if they'd only utilize the revenue to dream up something really meaningful!

@Godslegion maybe Activision should hire you because it seems there business model doesn't work

@onlyonthurs

Gotta admit - wow! was the first thought I had too.

@dblue

Hardy har! I never doubted the dollar sign megamachine that is call of duty, but you would think they could up the experience...charging ignorant saps $60 for an internet service that is Elite.

@stiqlol

I'd like my money back now. (what money?)

Thanks for playing BF

@Cletus VanDamme

"fanboy douches"

I find your use of this term hypocritical.

@Cletus VanDamme

You ever think that its comments like yours that make the majority of people dislike the CoD community?

Yes, I do.

Alas..... I ABJECT!

@Getchow hands out my fries

Are you sure?

@A Sandwich

Yes. I would have asked for your opinion, but then I realised you were a sandwich.

@Getchow hands out my fries

Abject (Definition)

Utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched

I'm sorry you feel that way about yourself :(

@(Unverified)

Well this is rather embarrassing.

"Do you think they'll be another one?"

Yes. Yes I do. :\

Since the Modern Warfare arc is over, I wonder what the next one is going to be. Future Warfare? Guerilla Warfare? Revolutionary War ... fare?

@A Sandwich

peace time: political warfare

@eat it

"Goddamn it, Price! We have to get down there and veto that bill!"

"That's a negative, Overlord, there are lobbyists everywhere. I repeat, there are lobbyists everywhere. Find me a different route."

"Press 'X' to Filibuster"

Dialogue from Mission 6: Campaign Headquarters - "Remember, no interns."

@A Sandwich
awesome

@A Sandwich
Civil Warfare?

Oh, maybe they could get the Star Trek license and make a Dominion Warfare.

@Shadow Hog
Ok, that I'd buy, especially if I can play as Nog.

@A Sandwich

On a serious note, if there was a call of duty about being part of an organisation similar to the rebels in Libya, fighting for the freedom of a country under a dictatorship, I would actually buy it, and I'm sure it would get a lot of positive media coverage rather than the classic "GAMES KILLING KIDS" crap we get.

@A Sandwich
Two words:
Bill Streaks.

@A Sandwich

Yes! Revolutionary Warfare!! Everyone can stand in big long lines and shoot each other like gentlemen!

@A Sandwich

=D

Dayum.

In 2011, the videogame uprising left billions dead.

It was the dawn of the machine and the end of man.

MW3.

duhdu du du duh

Hope they have one for the launch of Wii U

@(Unverified)

Me too! The Wii U is going to be the hottest showcase for third-party games! Their online service is going to blow XBL and PSN out of the water!

/s, obvs.

@baby sea tuna
I can't wait for STAR FOX HD in 2014. :D

@foxhound

I actually *can't* wait for an HD Starfox...or Zelda...or Kirby, or whatever NINTENDO wants to sell me. But c'mon, nobody (except maybe Cody and Unverified up there) is seriously super psyched to buy a Wii U play basically slightly improved versions of 3rd party online-heavy series like Call of Duty.

@baby sea tuna

Only partially true. I am pumped about getting Wii U, but not to play 3rd party ports.

I'm salivating at the thought of Mario Galaxy 3 right now.

people love them some cod

@AplusM

I like me some salmon better.

And they said sheep can't play video games.

@Milf Biggenson

Apparently they can also type out the same lame ass response to a game they don't like on video game blogs. Talented animals those sheep.

@A Sandwich That was nice of you to take time away from playing Tony Hawk, Spider-Man, Guitar Hero, Call of Duty and other wonderfully cared for and tenderly developed franchised products from Activision to indulge me in a wonderful response. Is it true that every Activision franchise is secretly infused with an angel fart before going gold? I had heard that. Sorry A Sandwich, Sometimes I forget that I might be the only one tired of Activision's annual offerings. Didn't mean to be a douche about it. As the sheep would say, "My baaaaaaaaad."

@Milf Biggenson

Hey look ma, an obnoxious elitist!

wow, now if they can only get the connect portion of elite running >:[

And yet they still cant afford dedicated servers

Geebus people! Pace yourself.

BOOM! headshot

I seriously doubt it will even come close to psn or xbox live let alone "blow them out of the water" lol

@refinedsugar

AKA: Duh Aficionado Magazine?

next years game will break this years sales. So do we have any contender to against this champ?

Pretty impressive numbers, despite so many claiming they despise the series or deem it "stale", Bay-xplosions and all.

@foxhound

Pretty sad really. 13M sheep playing the same reskinned game year over year.

@EazySCT - Amen to that... I hope they all enjoy paying $15 for a map pack.

@EazySCT
Thank heaven for that clarification. I'd hate to think we've lost our elitist folk.

@foxhound The thing is a very small percentage of people actually hate CoD. It's just the ones that do can't keep their mouth and n

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