Modern Warfare 3 sales begin to lag, fall behind Black Ops

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 may have set a new record for the biggest entertainment launch in history, but a decline in ongoing sales has caused the title to be overtaken in life-to-date sales for the same period by series’ predecessor Call of Duty: Black Ops. According to analysts at Macquarie Equities, volume sales for Modern Warfare 3 are currently lagging behind Black Ops’ by around 4.2 percent. For the month of March, it is reported that the title sold less than half the amount that Black Ops sold at that time last year, although exact sales figures are unavailable to the public.

Modern Warfare 3 sold over 6.5 million units within 24 hours of its launch, while Black Ops sold approximately 5.6 million units on launch day.

Webush Securities analyst Michael Pachter states that the title’s poor performance in March could indicate that gamers are becoming more dependent upon new release and less inclined to purchase games post-launch.

Analysts at Piper Jaffray state that the numbers indicate a significant change in the buying habits of the casual market. It is their belief that less players are purchasing games at retail, and that more are using their consoles primarily for video streaming and other forms of media consumption.

Software sales have been down across the board, as seen in sales figures for both February and March.

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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2012/04/16/modern-warfare-3-sales-begin-to-lag-fall-behind-black-ops/

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DEL-BOY-TROTTERPosted:

the reason mw3 is so bad is because the multiplyer wasnt made by infinty ward the capmaign is great on mw3 but the multiplayer is terrible like black ops for zombies fact ,PACK A PUNCHED RAY GUN! lol

No_OGs_LeftPosted:

Lollollollollol, Meanwhile Battlefield 3 remains the greatest game ever

BuckeyeBushmenPosted:

I don't care too much for MW3 or Black Ops. COD4, WaW, and MW2 gave me the best memories. Honestly though, I am a little bit tired of the run and game type games. Trials Evolution FTW :D

WalteePosted:

kramatic
Waltee This really doesn't surprise me to be honest. Infinity Ward have just given a recycled version of CoD4 for the past 4 years (MW2+MW3).

Black Ops was personally my favourite CoD game to date.
They had some brilliant, new, refreshing ideas. Sure, the game engine was a bit out of date, and the introduction of lag compensation I wasn't overly keen on, but the fun weapons (Ballistic Knife/Crossbow), the new Wager Match ideas, Combat Record, customisable guns and emblems, zombies, plus not to mention the fact that the maps were actually decent and that guns had noticeable recoil all gave the game extra replay value...
On top of all of that, Treyarch actually listened to what the community wanted, and if there was an issue or glitch in the game it was sorted easily within 2 or 3 days, unlike Infinity Ward who hold out for weeks and weeks until they can release TU.
How was MW2 recycled from CoD4? Lol that makes no sense. MW2 to CoD4 is like Black Ops to MW2. They both introduced many new things. MW2 opened the world to them.


The differences between CoD4 and MW2 are minute compared to the differences in WaW to Black Ops. MW2 even had several recycled maps for christ sake.

I-Live-4-EminemPosted:

Z61 Reason MW3 is failing so hard is because people finally realized that Infinity Ward is a crappy studio.


I like cod 4 a bit and kinda love mw2 but MW3 IS TERRIBLE!

AncientEgyptPosted:

Grill Good! Also Call of Duty: Elite sucks. It never runs right!

You do know Elite also does Black Ops aswell? my personal opinion is that MW3 is better then black ops. black ops has money issues and camper issues. of course mw3 does to but its worse on black ops. and zombies on black ops sucks. black ops is pretty much like waw but a little bit better.

KramaticPosted:

Waltee This really doesn't surprise me to be honest. Infinity Ward have just given a recycled version of CoD4 for the past 4 years (MW2+MW3).

Black Ops was personally my favourite CoD game to date.
They had some brilliant, new, refreshing ideas. Sure, the game engine was a bit out of date, and the introduction of lag compensation I wasn't overly keen on, but the fun weapons (Ballistic Knife/Crossbow), the new Wager Match ideas, Combat Record, customisable guns and emblems, zombies, plus not to mention the fact that the maps were actually decent and that guns had noticeable recoil all gave the game extra replay value...
On top of all of that, Treyarch actually listened to what the community wanted, and if there was an issue or glitch in the game it was sorted easily within 2 or 3 days, unlike Infinity Ward who hold out for weeks and weeks until they can release TU.
How was MW2 recycled from CoD4? Lol that makes no sense. MW2 to CoD4 is like Black Ops to MW2. They both introduced many new things. MW2 opened the world to them.

KishinTrixPosted:

Waltee This really doesn't surprise me to be honest. Infinity Ward have just given a recycled version of CoD4 for the past 4 years (MW2+MW3).

Black Ops was personally my favourite CoD game to date.
They had some brilliant, new, refreshing ideas. Sure, the game engine was a bit out of date, and the introduction of lag compensation I wasn't overly keen on, but the fun weapons (Ballistic Knife/Crossbow), the new Wager Match ideas, Combat Record, customisable guns and emblems, zombies, plus not to mention the fact that the maps were actually decent and that guns had noticeable recoil all gave the game extra replay value...
On top of all of that, Treyarch actually listened to what the community wanted, and if there was an issue or glitch in the game it was sorted easily within 2 or 3 days, unlike Infinity Ward who hold out for weeks and weeks until they can release TU.


The truth finally comes out. Treyarch were geniuses. They made killstreaks there own. RCXD was the most favorite thing ever. So was mortar team, valkyrie rockets, blackbird, attack dogs. IT WAS ALL ORIGINAL AND NOT JUST RECYCLED. Good job treyarch I hope you continue to make things interesting.

ModificationzPosted:

:O BIG SHOCKER.

Z61Posted:

Reason MW3 is failing so hard is because people finally realized that Infinity Ward is a crappy studio.


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