Modern Warfare 3 pre-orders near 9 million, analyst says

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According to Lazard Capital Markets' Atul Bagga, as reported by GameSpot, pre-orders for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 were nearly three times that of Battlefield 3, which pegs Activision's shooter at around 9 million pre-orders. The estimate puts Modern Warfare 3 pre-orders roughly 70 percent ahead of those for Modern Warfare 2 and 55 percent beyond Call of Duty: Black Ops. Furthermore, the analyst expects Modern Warfare 3 to move a full 20 million copies by the end of the year.

Those aren't exactly outlandish estimates, given the success of the franchise. Perhaps a more interesting study would be to gauge how many people are skipping work to play. Frankly, with Skyrim launching later this week, we fear worldwide productivity will flatline forever.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/08/modern-warfare-3-pre-orders-near-9-million-analyst-says/#comments

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R2-D2Posted:

You damn right, when Skyrim comes out I'll be in another world...well, atleast untill I finished the game.

TheBrownGuyPosted:

Activision making bank!!!!

NetflixPosted:

Waltee I pre-ordered a Hardened Edition at my local Gamestation and they sold it to someone else, so when I went to pick it up today I wasn't able to get it, therefore had to buy the normal edition and 4200 points seperately, and missed out on all the added bonuses and the "Intel Pack". Fuming.
I would not have them get away with that!

WalteePosted:

I pre-ordered a Hardened Edition at my local Gamestation and they sold it to someone else, so when I went to pick it up today I wasn't able to get it, therefore had to buy the normal edition and 4200 points seperately, and missed out on all the added bonuses and the "Intel Pack". Fuming.

RedRider36Posted:

xIVIcMuFFiiNx My hardened edition is getting shipped to my house and it is supposed to arrive on Friday.

LOL 1-Day Shipping Bitch.
I got it at 1 o'clock today.

Bidder1725Posted:

MrHipHop
-Intervention- Lol BF3 preorders just got T-bagged in sales.
co-sign


Final signature done .

NaturallyHatedPosted:

My hardened edition is getting shipped to my house and it is supposed to arrive on Friday.

MrHipHopPosted:

-Intervention- Lol BF3 preorders just got T-bagged in sales.
co-sign

-Intervention-Posted:

Lol BF3 preorders just got T-bagged in sales.

JimboPosted:

My friend list on BF3 release (oct 25) was 15 online, 5 were on BF3.

My friend list today on MW3 release, 17 were on 12 were on MW3. Then 33 were online, 24 were on MW3.

Goes to show you more people bought MW3 on my f.r

lawl :)