Today Activision announces yet another milestone in Call of Duty history, as Modern Warfare 3 has become the largest 5 day Entertainment launch in history by selling 775,000,000.00 Dollars worth of Modern Warfare 3 to consumers. Yes, those are sell through numbers folks.
The game shatters last year’s record holder, Call of Duty Black OPS, which made 650 Million in 5 days as well as Modern Warfare 2, that game grossed 550 Million is sales.
Activision Blizzard’s CEO Robert Kotick stated, “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”.
It is an unbelievable feat and we are wondering when Call of Duty will finally peak. Below are some Xbox LIVE stats which are also very impressive.
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.
