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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ECIGPosted:

its because they dont let us mod after
they patch everything then people like me
say why re-buy
i would go out and buy MW2 AGAIN if
i could mod it ''just saying''

Kidd_NaztyPosted:

Main Reason = Game Blows D***


Stand up And Be Apart of This


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtUgGU9hcKQ

1337ServaPosted:

RealLoso
dxbeats To everyone that is complaining about MW3:
Black ops was the first Call of Duty with smaller maps than the Older CoDs, that's why it sucks
Infinity Ward Had to follow the shitty Treyarch style of maps to make MW3 due to the Black Ops Fans. Black Ops Uses the Infinit Ward 3.0 Engine when MW2 uses Infinity Ward 4.0 (And the game is older)
Treyarch Just don't give a f*ck about MW2 Fans and since black ops came out, every CoD sucks and will suck, thanks to Treyarch


GO FOCK YOURSELF FAGET TREYARCH DOESNT LIKE QUICKSCOPERS THATS WHY THEY MAKE SMALLER MAPS..AHAHHA LOSER IS THAT WHY YOU HATE BLACK OPS CAUSE EVERYONE TRYSHARD AND NEVER SNIPE..FCKING IDIOT GO BACK TO YOUR MW2 S&D TRICK SHOTTING
one sir your **** illiterate learn to spell your a low life dumbass that knows nothing about trickshotting and plus its in tdm and team tac so your **** retarded and why do u give such a ig deal about trickshotters they want to have fun hitting shots and at least trickshotters get paid besides you uneducated ******

sinistershadesPosted:

dxbeats To everyone that is complaining about MW3:
Black ops was the first Call of Duty with smaller maps than the Older CoDs, that's why it sucks
Infinity Ward Had to follow the shitty Treyarch style of maps to make MW3 due to the Black Ops Fans. Black Ops Uses the Infinit Ward 3.0 Engine when MW2 uses Infinity Ward 4.0 (And the game is older)
Treyarch Just don't give a f*ck about MW2 Fans and since black ops came out, every CoD sucks and will suck, thanks to Treyarch

You're an idiot.
Black Ops doesn't use Infinity Ward 3.0, you retard. Treyarch makes their own game engines and improves on them with each game release.

MW3 used Infinity Ward 4.0, too.

Black Ops had huge maps, much larger than MW2. I don't know what you're smoking when you said that.

All in all, they do care about their fans. Tell us about Robert Boling. People hated him and resigned. Good for him; he was a cocky idiot.

Treyarch doesn't care about stupid quickscopers, trickshotters or try hards. They make the game for those who just want to have fun, not those who will piss their pants if they don't hit a trickshot.

ImprovePosted:

The reason why?

INFINITY WARD DON'T LISTEN TO A **** THING.

Spawn system, overpowered guns, underpowered guns, glitches, hacks, exploits, boosting.

This is ALL your fault, Infinity Ward... and don't blame the player for the lag.

aaronv420Posted:

Lol this news is no shocker MW3 sucks ballz and even the IW fan boys are starting to realize this! BOPS 2 will kick ass! Treyarchs games are way more fun and they have zombies!

Hastey23Posted:

Why are we comparing mw3 to black ops when blops was supposed to be mw2 competitor and black ops 2 is gonna be the game that goes up against mw3 and it funny because blops 2 will poo on mw3 and black ops was a better game than mw3 too

RealLosoPosted:

dxbeats To everyone that is complaining about MW3:
Black ops was the first Call of Duty with smaller maps than the Older CoDs, that's why it sucks
Infinity Ward Had to follow the shitty Treyarch style of maps to make MW3 due to the Black Ops Fans. Black Ops Uses the Infinit Ward 3.0 Engine when MW2 uses Infinity Ward 4.0 (And the game is older)
Treyarch Just don't give a f*ck about MW2 Fans and since black ops came out, every CoD sucks and will suck, thanks to Treyarch


GO FOCK YOURSELF FAGET TREYARCH DOESNT LIKE QUICKSCOPERS THATS WHY THEY MAKE SMALLER MAPS..AHAHHA LOSER IS THAT WHY YOU HATE BLACK OPS CAUSE EVERYONE TRYSHARD AND NEVER SNIPE..FCKING IDIOT GO BACK TO YOUR MW2 S&D TRICK SHOTTING

TheBrownGuyPosted:

COD is a played out franchise

MidtownPosted:

bob_evans4
pooky177 IMO, I think anyone who liked MW2 is the reason people rage on any Call of Duty. Those are the people who sit in corners, or have a 2 sensitivity, but still kill people. Not because of skill, but because MW2, and MW3 decided to cater to the bad players to make it even, which is not what COD was based on in COD4 or WaW (and now BO) days. COD needs to stop giving free handouts to the terrible players and make it more of a "survival of the fittest" game. If you're bad, then so be it.
you are speaking the truth


Someone had to :p


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