Multi Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Sets Record, Generates $1 Billion In 16 Days

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Citing "Charttrack and retail customer sell-through information," Activision announces that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has already crossed the $1 billion mark in sales. The feat was achieved in 16 days, narrowly eclipsing the previous record set by Avatar in 2009, which stood at 17 days.

Another fun-fact: the CoD community now exceeds the combined populations of the cities of New York, London, Tokyo, Paris and Madrid.

"Engagement of our Call of Duty audience continues to rise around the world," said Activision CEO Bobby Kotick.

He added, "Call of Duty as an entertainment franchise has made an indelible mark on popular culture and its broad and continued success is further validation that audiences are now valuing interactive experiences over passive experiences[...]

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[Abe Froeman]

That's an obscene amount of money for such a short time period.

 

[BlackSheep]

see they say they broke records for three straight years this is when i stop believing this.

 

[Craig Fairfax]

Sounds about right.

 

[Nader]

MW3 is a piece of recycled shit

 

[Abe Froeman]

I love it.

 

[OUTL4W]

And servers cost too much money?

No dedicated server's = more bonu$ for the exec's....

I'm getting the shitz of people dashboarding and server disconnects not to mention the t95 and akimbos fmg9 supposed hotfix which didn't do shit....