Thursday, October 31st 2019
Call of Duty Modern Warfare Rakes in $600 million on Opening Weekend
Activision's latest blockbuster in the Call of Duty franchise has been announced to have brought in something to the tune of $600 million to the company's coffers. That's a whole lot of money - but remember we're talking about an actual finished Call of Duty game that includes a single-player campaign. Yearly installments have proven to not do any harm to Call of Duty - it remains one of the biggest entertainment launches every year, which is part of the reason why Activision has three development studios constantly working on the franchise, with three-year development cycles for each title (this particular release was created by Infinity Ward). That's a big level of commitment, and it usually shows in the finished quality of the games.
The game has overtaken all previous releases in the franchise for this current generation of consoles (and PC). Reasons for that surely include the reference to one of the franchises most beloved entries, the homonymous Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and the return of Captain Price, but surely the presence of a single-player campaign and the absence of any microtransactions pulled their weight in this release success. If there were any doubts on Call of Duty keeping its momentum, they have to be postponed to next year's release.
Source:
TechSpot
The game has overtaken all previous releases in the franchise for this current generation of consoles (and PC). Reasons for that surely include the reference to one of the franchises most beloved entries, the homonymous Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and the return of Captain Price, but surely the presence of a single-player campaign and the absence of any microtransactions pulled their weight in this release success. If there were any doubts on Call of Duty keeping its momentum, they have to be postponed to next year's release.
36 Comments on Call of Duty Modern Warfare Rakes in $600 million on Opening Weekend
It's been a cash cow for Activision for a long time now.
I played CoD3, MW, WoW and MW2 - they all kind of just sucked. I haven't bothered with a CoD since and I just have troubles understanding the appeal the rehashed games have for folks. I guess I'm kind of surprised so many folks are still interested in the franchise since it was put through the wringer a handful of times and generally comes out crappier each time.
I guess it's good that this release appears to be doing well. It's just not my cup of tea.
I stopped playing all COD after MW2.
oh and day 1 launch of this game was a complete joke, I wasn't there because I don't have the game, but I heard every server was down and the first 24+ hours no one could play online.
Unless Activision forgets about their own way they do business, this is exactly how it will go.
I'm on the edge of quiting multiplayer.
I've already turned off cross-play because console players get Auto-aim and PlayStation players cause a strange lag.. It's almost a if they are getting an unfair advantage.. Like whenever the ai has to decide who got the kill it's always the PlayStation player.
Even with cross-play off there is some kind of lag that's just inexcusable...I get killed so often from invisible players that were apparently standing in front of me.
Or I get a lot of "visual noise" as I call it..I really don't know how else to describe it other than a its jittered nonsense.
I'm giving it one more patch and if it's not better than fuck it.. Not worth it.