wraggster
November 8th, 2011, 23:16
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According to Lazard Capital Markets' Atul Bagga, as reported by GameSpot (http://au.gamespot.com/news/modern-warfare-3-preorders-hit-nearly-9-million-analyst-6344321?tag=topstory%3Btitle), pre-orders for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (http://joystiq.com/game/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3) were nearly three times that ofBattlefield 3, which pegs Activision's shooter at around 9 million pre-orders. The estimate puts Modern Warfare 3 pre-orders roughly 70 percent ahead of those for Modern Warfare 2 and 55 percent beyond Call of Duty: Black Ops. Furthermore, the analyst expects Modern Warfare 3 to move a full 20 million copies by the end of the year.
Those aren't exactly outlandish estimates, given the success of the franchise. Perhaps a more interesting study would be to gauge how many people are skipping work to play. Frankly, with Skyrim (http://joystiq.com/game/skyrim) launching later this week, we fear worldwide productivity will flatline forever.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/08/modern-warfare-3-pre-orders-near-9-million-analyst-says/
According to Lazard Capital Markets' Atul Bagga, as reported by GameSpot (http://au.gamespot.com/news/modern-warfare-3-preorders-hit-nearly-9-million-analyst-6344321?tag=topstory%3Btitle), pre-orders for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (http://joystiq.com/game/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3) were nearly three times that ofBattlefield 3, which pegs Activision's shooter at around 9 million pre-orders. The estimate puts Modern Warfare 3 pre-orders roughly 70 percent ahead of those for Modern Warfare 2 and 55 percent beyond Call of Duty: Black Ops. Furthermore, the analyst expects Modern Warfare 3 to move a full 20 million copies by the end of the year.
Those aren't exactly outlandish estimates, given the success of the franchise. Perhaps a more interesting study would be to gauge how many people are skipping work to play. Frankly, with Skyrim (http://joystiq.com/game/skyrim) launching later this week, we fear worldwide productivity will flatline forever.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/08/modern-warfare-3-pre-orders-near-9-million-analyst-says/