Modern Warfare 3 Could Break Black Ops Sales Records

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On November 8, Activision will ship its latest Call of Duty entry, the Infinity Ward-Sledgehammer Games-developed Modern Warfare 3. That game has large shoes to fill, as its predecessor--Call of Duty: Black Ops--is the best-selling game of all time not only in the United States but also in the United Kingdom.

Modern Warfare 3 is going to be a big hit, says Pachter.
However, Black Ops is not untouchable, according to Wedbush Securities' Michael Pachter. He believes Modern Warfare 3 could surpass sales of 20 million units, a figure he predicted Black Ops has sold to date in May. Officially, Black Ops has sold 13.7 million units in the United States. However, the shooter has likely sold many more copies than that, as it has graced the NPD's top 10 software list often since its arrival.

Pachter justified his belief that Modern Warfare 3 will break Black Ops' record "due primarily to the network effect created by the game's remarkable 17 million weekly active unique online players."

Pachter believes that Activision's introduction of Call of Duty: Elite--a stat-tracking and social application--could cause some Call of Duty fans to "defect" to Electronic Arts' Battlefield 3, which ships before Modern Warfare 3 on October 25. The beta for Call of Duty: Elite launches on Thursday.

Modern Warfare 3 outselling Black Ops is not a completely wild prediction. GameStop reported in June that preorder figures for Modern Warfare 3 are tracking ahead of Black Ops'. Additionally, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has previously stated his belief that each entry in the series will outpace the last.

Posted: Jul 12, 2011 8:34 am

Source: http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/action/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3/news/6323240/modern-warfare-3-could-sell-over-20m-units-analyst

Comments

KodiakPosted: Tue. Jul 12, 2011

MW3 will break black ops sales because for 1, Infinity Ward has a huge Rep behind its name and people not hardcore into gaming news won't know its actually not infinity ward making. and 2, Infinity Ward know how to promote and capture the audience. Remember MW2's trailers? they were amazing and so were the commercials. and now with the Spec-ops and Survival Mode it will become the worlds biggest entertainment launch beating mw2 due to the growing gaming community and more commentators giving free promotion too. Battlefield 3 will make sales and i am a battlefield fan just for your information. Battlefield will probably never beat Call of Duty because Battlefield takes a lot more skill to play than call of duty. and people trying to convert to battlefield will probably not like it due to the huge change in graphics and gameplay. i feel when i play battlefield i can sit back and snipe. But in call of duty i am always on the edge of my seat leaning forward. i am a fan of both call of duty and Battlefield. and i have no strong basis to either or. what i play is what i am the mood for. and thats my statement.

aiekoconceptionPosted: Tue. Jul 12, 2011

im still getting both idgaf what anyone says. in my opinion they will both be good they both are working hard on their games of DIFFERENT GENRES to help bring us entertainment. so i don't see why is there fuss to compare to different games.

OasisPosted: Tue. Jul 12, 2011

Easily 15-20 Mill in the US alone. That's my prediction. BF3 won't make much damage to it's overall sales.

XxGummibearxXPosted: Tue. Jul 12, 2011

probably will

-RavenPosted: Tue. Jul 12, 2011

Of course it will It Looks Amazing