Sick of MW3 news concerning how much dough its making? Well, unfortunately for those who are, I am going to throw even more numbers at you: Activision has just announced that the game has grossed more than $775 million worldwide in just five days.
Robert Kotick , CEO, Activision Blizzard stated today that "Life-to-date retail sales for the Call of Duty franchise have exceeded $6 billion worldwide, which makes Call of Duty one of the most valuable entertainment properties in the world. We expect continued sales momentum, as reviews and audience enthusiasm suggest that this is the best Call of Duty game that we have ever made. Online play for Modern Warfare 3 is at record levels and we continue to see high online play for both Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which ranked as the #2 and #4 top-played Xbox LIVE games for the week of November 7 , according to Major Nelson ."
Here are some of the impressive stats that MW3 has put across the board, according to Microsoft:
- More than 7.0 million multiplayer hours were logged playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 by the end of launch day, November 8 , a 19% increase over last year's 5.9 million multiplayer hours logged playing Call of Duty: Black Ops last year's launch day.
- More than 3.3 million unique gamers played Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in one day on November 8 up from 2.6 million unique gamers for Call of Duty: Black Ops.
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 set a new record for concurrent players on Xbox LIVE with 3.3 million simultaneous users on November 8.
Are you surprised? I'm not surprised. I don't think anyone is. OK, maybe just a little. Those ARE staggering numbers.
[Source Activision]
