Call of Duty: MW3 Making History

MW3 was first released on November 8^th 2011. It’s available for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii. Modern Warfare 3 is a first-person shooter video game. Within 24 hours of going on sale, the game sold 6.5 million copies in the U.S. and UK alone grossing $400 million, making it the biggest entertainment launch of all time.  "The record number of pre-orders from Modern Warfare 3 drove the largest day-one shipments in our history, and in the industry's history," said Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg. Activision Blizzard president and CEO Robert Kotick stated that "the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the biggest entertainment launch of all time in any medium, and we achieved this record with sales from only two territories. The title grossed more than $775 million globally in its first five days of availability. Modern Warfare 3 went on to gross $1 billion throughout the world in 16 days of availability. Modern Warfare 3 was November's biggest selling game of the month in the U.S. Modern Warfare 3 also topped the Japanese chart in its first week of sale, shifting 180,372 copies for PS3, while the Xbox 360 version sold around 30,000.

As you can see MW3 made history all around the world and within video game industry.

Luis