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Shocking Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3

CALL DUTY OF VERANCHISE THE ENTIRE CALL OF DUTY FRANCHISE, COMPRISING 16 GAMES AND EXP ANSIONS (SO FAR), IS WORTH OVER $3 BILLION. ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MO ST SUC CESSFUL FPS (FIRST-PERSON SHOOTERS) IN VIDEO GAME HISTORY, THE GAMES HAVE AN AVID FANBASE RIVALING ANY C THER. SEE JUST HOW PROFITABLE COD IS, WHILE ALSO LEARNING ABOUT THE INEVITABLE BUMPS IN THE ROAD TO SUCCES S. HOW DO THESE WAR GAMES COMPARE WITH THE CO ST OF REAL COMBAT? CALM AFTER THe ST ORM CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE In the first 9 days, players downloaded over 1 Million CALL DUTYA new maps. MODERN WARFARE 2 aphN WAR D-DAY: On MW2's first day on Xbox Live, over 5 million hours of online multiplayer matches were played. THE FIRST 24 HOURS AFTER RELEASE In the first 5 days of sales, MW2 generated $550M. COD4: MODERN WARFARE NOVEMBER 7, 2007 500,000 copies sold on the first day, generating $19 illion in sales. $394M $550M That's $156M more than Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince's farty Patter .5M 13м 5 day global box office record of $394M. Over 13 million copies sold since its release. In the first 24 hours, players downloaded the first map- pack over 1M times. COD: MODERN WARF ARE 2 NOVEMBER 10, 2 009 4.7 million copies sold on first day, generating $310 million in sales. 2.5M In the first week, it was downloaded over 2.5M times. aoch WAR 4.7M Over 22 million copies sold since its release. COD: MODERN WARFARE 3 NOVEMBER 8, 2011 9.3 million copies sold on the first day, generating $560 million in sales. CAL DUT 9.3 M MODERN AWARD-FARE: CALL OF DUTY 4: Best Action Game by GameCritic Best Graphics, Best Shooter, Best Xbox 360 Game and Best PS3 Game by GameSpot CALL DUTYA COD: MODERN WARFARE 2 Best Overall Game of the Year by GamePro Best PC Game and Game Editor's Choice by IGN of the Year by GameSpy Editor's Choice by GamePro Best Shooter and Best Military Game at the Spike Video Game Awards Editor's Choice by Destructoid Best Xbox 360 Game of 2009 by PakGamers Best Shooter and Readers' Choice by GameSpot COD: MODERN WARFARE 3 MORE A WARDS TO COME REVIEW SCORE S SO FAR: TOTAL AWARDS PER TITLE CALL DUT A - 1Up.com 9.5/10 Official Xbox Magazine 9/10 Edge 9/10 Electronic Gaming Monthly 9/10 Game Informer 9/10 GamesRadar 9/10 IGN 4/5 GamePro COD: COD: COD 4 MW2 MW3 MODERN 17 TBA WHOOPSIE 3: THE RELEASE OF THIS MUCH ANTICIPATED GAME WAS NOT WITHOUT ITS ER RORS. FIRST STRIKE: K-Mart started selling MW3 on NOVEMBER 3, 5 days before the real release date, because a shipping error instructed stores to begin sales immediately THIS MEANS WAR! Activision sued MODERNWARFARE3.COM, an anti-CoD site that actually redirected to the website for rival game Battlefield 3. The incident cost Activision $2,600 to gain FOUL PLAY: Contraband early release copies of MW3 were found on eBay for up to $1,500. control of the domain and was a hotly discussed subject in comment threads all around. A PIRATE'S LIFE: A warehouse in Fresno, CA was the site of an online upload of the PC version of MW3 TWO WEEKS before the game's release. It's estimated the pirated version was downloaded over 5,0 00 times THE TRUE PRICE OF MW3 VEHICLES V-22 0SPREY The unit cost of this aircraft is $67M. The total number of V-22 Ospreys built is 109. MW3's first-day sales of $560M would buy 8 of these aircrafts. A-10 THUNDERBOLT II The unit cost of this aircraft is $ 11.8M. The total number of A-10 Thunderbolt Il's built is 716. X4 MW3's first-day sales of $56OM would buy 47 of these aircrafts UH-60 BLACKHAWK The unit cost of this helicopter is $5.9M. It runs $44M if fully equipped. The total number of UH-60 Blackhawks built is over 2,6 00. x50 STRYKER MW3's first day sales of $560M would buy 47 of these or 12 if fully equipped. The unit cost of this tank is $4M. The total number of Strykers built is over 4,000. MW3's first day sales of $560M would buy 140 of these vehicles. X40 PRODUCTION OF MW2 WAS AROUND $50M, PLUS LAUNCH COST OF S2 00M. WITH TH AT MONEY YOU C OULD BUY ONE OF EVERY VEHICLE HERE, PLUS A SECOND V-22 O SPREY. THE TRUE COST OF WAR: The Obama administration is seeking $553B in funding for the Department of Defense next year. U.S.ARMY The majority of this funding -$161.4B– goes to the Navy and Marine Corps, while $150B goes toward the Air Force and $144.9B to the Army. NAVY The Iraq War cost roughly $797B – 265times the worth of the CoD franchise!!! 797B COD IN VOLVEM ENT WITH THE MILITARY: CALL DUTYA CALLO The franchise has set up the CALL OF Duty ENDOWMENT (CODE), which was created by Activision to help employ veterans. It awarded $125,000 to the Paralyzed Veterans of America, and plans to contribute another $IM to other veteran organizations. MARCH 30, 201O: (CODE) distributed 3,0 00 copies of MW2 to the US Navy. The games were worth about $180,000 NOVEMBER 11, 2011: In commemoration of Veterans Day, Activision donated an additional $3M to the Endowment (CODE) also donated $250,000 to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's National Chamber Foundation, the host of hiring fairs, which is expected to result in at least 3,50o jobs for veterans. SOURC ES: nnew ANTOM.com/ds/action/call-of-duty-world-at -duty-franchise-salos top-3-billion http://vgsales.wikla.com/wikCalrof Duty http://www.nydallynews.com/news/maney/call-duty-modom warfare-2-destroys-records-day-sales-rampage-pulls-310m-article-117049. http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/modern-wartare-3-breaks-launc day-sales-records-with-nearly-10-milion copies sold-10-11-2011 http://www.themodernwarfare2.com/ http://www.themodemwarfarea-eom http://kotaku.com/5821883/activision-seeks-to-siezoouesormamodomwarlare3com.domain http://www.themodernwarlare3.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wikt/Bett Booing V-22_Osprey http://www.jetairblog.com/2011/05/80la-10 thunderbolt protiter http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systemslaireraft/h-60.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UH-60 Black_Hawkilicite_note-0 http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/army-strykers-afghanistan http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/51534/Moderm-Warfare 2 cost-200-Million-Hidden-Game-Modes-Unlocked On-PC http://costofwar.com/en/publications/2011/analysis-fiscal-year-2012-pentagon-spending-request/ http://costofwar.com/en/publications/2011/ten-years-after-911/iraq-war-costs/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/08/AR2009110817897.html http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/11/activision-donates-3-milion-to-call-of-duty-endowment/ BROUGHT TO Y OU BY: www.M W 3.ORG.UK http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/03/30/180k-mw2-presented-to-navy.aspx http://www.callofdutyendowment.org/in-commemoration-of- veterans-day-activision-announces-3-million-donation-to-call-of-duty-endowment/

Shocking Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3

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Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 was released on November 8th and as it broke record sales in its first day, we decided to look into just how big this game was and compare it with modern day war costs to...

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