Mon, Jun 06, 2011 | 13:56 BST
GameStop: Modern Warfare 3 pre-order already outpacing those for Black Ops
As sure as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, pre-order numbers for a Call of Duty title are going to be huge, and according to GameStop, pre-orders for the latest outing are no exception.
Bob McKenzie, SVP of merchandising at GameStop has stated that Modern Warfare 3 pre-orders have already kicked-off at “a record-setting pace,” and are already outpacing Black Ops which itself beat out previous record-holder Modern Warfare 2 – a title which “previously set the industry standard”.
“Last year, Call of Duty: Black Ops became the most pre-ordered title in our history,” said McKenzie in a press release.
“Already, this year, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is significantly ahead of that pace. Our customers’ response to the reveal of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has been amazing.”
McKenzie failed to provide any preliminary figures for the title, but considering Call of Duty titles always set a sales record upon release and beat out it predecessor in the series each time, MW3 looks to set yet another record for Activision.
Call of Duty: Black Ops was UK’s top entertainment title of 2010, moving 3,266,298 units for the year, and beating out other entertainment juggernauts such as Avatar and the Twilight series.
In March, a study from IGN claimed that 1 in 8 American homes had Black Ops sitting in the house. NPD reported during the same month that the game was “the best-selling game in US history,” topping the former title holder Wii Play with 13.7 million units sold.
So, if GameStop’s figures are correct, Modern Warfare 3 could possibly surpass it’s Call of Duty predecessor. We’ll just have to wait and see once it releases on PC, PS3 and 360 in November.
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Tags: Black Ops, Bob McKenzie, gamestop, modern warfare 3, modern warfare 3 pre-orders, mw3
16 comments
#1
JRNO
06/06/11, 1:56 pm
The train never stops, does it?
#2
Erthazus
06/06/11, 2:06 pm
This is madness. Who preorder this shit?
Basically Activision can sell this game without the disc for 299.99 USD people will still buy it
#3
Yoshi
06/06/11, 2:07 pm
*facepalm at world*
#4
EscoBlades
06/06/11, 2:13 pm
You sound surprised….
#5
J.L
06/06/11, 2:24 pm
Nice banner pic… Modern Warfare 3 – George Michael Edition please!
#6
Lewis247
06/06/11, 2:26 pm
You would think that with the number of sales games in the series would get they could at least set a lower price say £30 upon release. But no, everywhere I see a HIGHER price of around £45+… GREEDY no?
#7
DSB
06/06/11, 2:35 pm
Who’d a thunk it?
#8
undeadwolfy
06/06/11, 2:38 pm
Oh for fucks sake…. *slow facepalm*
#9
rainer
06/06/11, 3:04 pm
Muppets the lot of them.
#10
Edo
06/06/11, 4:03 pm
Hey,at least this game will support Windows XP….
#11
Maximum Payne
06/06/11, 4:07 pm
@10 I see what you did there.But even if some developer make FPS that support only vista/7 it would still sell very high.Just look JC2 sell good on PC….AND its not a shooter with mp.
#12
Edo
06/06/11, 4:33 pm
#11 Oh the game will definitely sell good and I have no doubt in my mind that overall BF 3 will be better game than MW3.But,when it comes to sales numbers COD will still outsell it 3 or 4 times and that’s the only thing that matters whether we like it or not.And the decision to exclude XP users wasn’t a wise one simply because there ARE people that still use it(I know it’s madness wright?:).
#13
goose27
06/06/11, 6:23 pm
Maybe, and just maybe some people like playing COD games and that is why we buy them. Oh amazing huh. I think they are fun and well made games. Black Ops wasn’t the best but MW2 was extremely well made. I like how the only people posting on these things are the ones who hate everything or think everything is stupid. Well, here I am…. a supporter of the COD series, oh my god!
#14
On2wheels
07/06/11, 1:58 am
@5 LMAO!
but seriously, the BLOPS free steam weekend was embarassing, I wasted 8gb bandwidth on that crap. It’s HL2 deathmatch reskinned.
#15
DSB
07/06/11, 2:17 am
@13 Worth keeping in mind that based on common sense, at least half of the internet haters are lying through their teeth
At least!
#16
polygem
08/06/11, 4:56 pm
i preordered bf3. i didn´t preorder mw3 yet- i probably will soon. i definitely will be playing mw3 thats 100% sure. bf3 is the better looking game and i´d say that i prefer the franchise B U T: cod is an awesome awesome ip as well. i really liked the e3 demo and the other gameplay footage they´ve shown. yes, not much improvements since mw2 (or even cod4)in the graphics department but i really don´t care, because it´s a great looking game. it doesn´t hurt my eyes – i still play cod4 and it doesn´t feel dated to me (just hate the damn cheaters)…cod campaigns are a hellride of fun and the games look beautiful. the cod gameplay is outstanding. it´s superfluid. it´s a great competetive mp shooter as well. you really get a lot for your buck. i play my cod games a lot. everyone of them was really worth buying. so, yes i do prefer bf but i am so happy that there´s another over the top shooter for me to play with – and they are very different from each other gameplaywise – so these are all good things right? why are so many people complaining then? complaining about activision is something different though. i can understand why people are pissed. but cod as a franchise: one of da best, already written videogame history imo…