Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 made $400 million in 24 hours of release. $775 million in five days, and now
today, $1 billion. That’s $1
Billion in two weeks.
That’s quite the accomplishment, but the question is looking
at the video game industry today as a whole. With the success of Call of Duty, will the game industry be
oversaturated with even more first person shooters? Is it already?
It would be easy to give the Call of Duty franchise hate,
because things with a lot of popularity usually have a lot of hate tagging
along. Is the hate
unwarranted? Maybe and maybe
not. I think the Call of Duty
games are fun, but why do they appeal to such a large number of people?
Is it because of the war aspect? Humans are attracted to violence and war. It’s been that way since the dawn of
time. Is it because Call of Duty
is fun? Sure, that’s definitely a
reason. Is it because the franchise
barely makes any updates each year?
That’s possible too… it’s like the NBA 2K or Madden Series of First
Person Shooters.
Usually when you make this argument people like to point
fingers at Mario and Zelda, and complain that they’re all the same too, but do
we really need to go deeper into why those games are actually different from
each other as well as being similar?
If you can make this argument, I’m sure you know already… right? Right? Can you tell me how Modern Warfare 3 differs from Black
Ops?
Maybe that’s it… we stick with the familiar. Why change something drastically that
so many people are familiar with.
Modern Warfare 3, according to most gamers, didn’t change much from its
last installment. Reviewers on the
other hand would like to make you believe that it has changed. Then again, if you saw my my last video,
who influences what you buy? Is
that a reason why the game made so much money? Did we all buy into the hype?
If you enjoy the game, the hype was right and you’re loving
it, and you’ll more than likely buy the next installment of Call of Duty. If you got bored with the game, a
little earlier than you thought, maybe there’s something wrong here. For you, the hype was wrong. The hype from advertisements and your
friends… all wrong.
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Although Battlefield 3 received similar review scores as MW3, MW3 beat it in sales by a landslide. |
But because the game was a success; a massive success, like
it’s previous installments, who else will jump on the First Person Shooter
bandwagon? Will this lead to even
more first person shooter games?
Probably. Just like in
Hollywood, when something works, you’ll see more of it. Avatar makes a billion dollars at the
Box Office using 3D in 2009, and since then we’ve seen countless movies trying to take
advantage of 3D.
So, more first
person shooters, anyone?
Modern Warfare 3, a billion dollar success story? What makes a billion dollar success? Do
you know?
-- CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 = $1 Billion in Sales... and Quality? (video script)
by Anthony J. Gomez
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