{"id":14520,"date":"2011-12-13T18:10:06","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T00:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=14520"},"modified":"2024-01-12T10:07:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T16:07:43","slug":"cod-modern-warfare-3-hits-1b-milestone-in-16-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/12\/cod-modern-warfare-3-hits-1b-milestone-in-16-days\/","title":{"rendered":"COD: Modern Warfare 3 hits $1B milestone in 16 days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Okay, you guys have been dishing out headshots to the tune of $1 Billion dollars. That’s quite a feat for any game, especially in this crappy economy; but the kicker here is that the milestone was reached in just 16 days. To put it in perspective, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 took an a seemingly endless (read with a lot of sarcasm here) 60 days before it sold $1 Billion dollars worth of headshots and obnoxious trash talk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Astonishingly enough, Activision is stacking up the dollars even though the industry as a whole has seen a 23% decrease in sales. In large part, due to the shitty economy. Activision’s Robert Kotick told the New York Times that the unreal sales figures were due to “Modern Warfare 3’s … broader appeal than it’s previous games.” Sure, if by broader appeal he meant less story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re not easily impressed by MW3’s financial success try this on for size; the previous record holder (in entertainment) to reach a billion dollars in sales was Avatar, which raked in $1B in 17 days<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Activision’s golden goose! MW3’s sales explode, reaching $1 Billion in 16 days. But is it broader appeal or less story? 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