Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Tops $1 Billion in Sales
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- Published on Wednesday, 14 December 2011 05:27
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Game Publisher Activision announced that during its first sixteen days of release, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 broke the $1 Billion sales threshhold.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is playable on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, WII and the DS. The video game retails for $59.99 and was released on November 8, 2011 in the U.S., and will be released in Japan on December 22, 2011.
Here is a scene from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
In addition to the high sales of Call of Duty: Warfare 3 in just sixteen days, Activision also announced that there are now more than 30 million video game players who are part of its video game community.
How does Activision explain the phenomenal success of Call of Duty: Warfare 3? According to Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing, Call of Duty: Warfare 3 has transcended it own genre, and every year draws new people into the game.
Eric Hirshberg also mentioned the records set for another video game -- Call of Duty Elite, which as of this printing has attracted more than 6 million players. He explains that the high number of fans of this game stems from the video game players wanting more in game play.
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