Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 becomes “biggest entertainment launch ever” - EntertainmentNews18.com

Saturday, 12 November 2011

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 becomes “biggest entertainment launch ever”




Modern Warfare 3 Activision have released sales info gathered from North America and UK retail outlets, revealing that Modern Warfare 3 sold in excess of $400 million on day one. An estimated 6.5 million copies were shifted at retail alone. Those numbers beat last year’s record set by Call of Duty: Black Ops, which sold a mere $360 million on day one. Modern Warfare 2 must have barely even been trying when it sold $310 million on its first day back in 2009.