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Modern Warfare 3 Sets Sales Record

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According to Activision, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has set a sales record, selling 6.5 million units in the U.S. and U.K. in under 24 hours:

Santa Monica, CA - November 11, 2011 - Shattering its own day-one sales records, Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced that its highly-anticipated Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 has become the biggest entertainment launch ever with an estimated sell-through of more than $400 million and more than 6.5 million units in North America and the United Kingdom alone in the first 24 hours of its release, according to Charttrack and retail customer sell-through information.

This marks the third consecutive year that the Call of Duty franchise has set day one launch records across all forms of entertainment, something no other entertainment franchise in any medium has ever accomplished. Last year, in North America and the United Kingdom, Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops™ had estimated day-one sell-through of $360 million and in 2009, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, set day-one records with estimated sell through of $310 million, according to Charttrack and retail customer sell-through information.

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Re: Modern Warfare 3 Sets Sales Record

Nov 12, 2011, 11:53

Nucas

RogNog wrote on Nov 12, 2011, 08:05: It would be interesting to know what the split is across the platforms. Im particularly interested in seeing if PC sales have broken records or whether they have cooled off and its Console sales that have soared. i read recently it was 56% xbox, 42% ps3 and the remaining 2% were pc and wii sales. edit: i'm trying to find this article again but i think it was one of my pulse news feeds. This comment was edited on Nov 12, 2011, 12:05.

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Comment [quote="Nucas"Nov 12, 2011, 11:53][quote="RogNog"Nov 12, 2011, 08:05]It would be interesting to know what the split is across the platforms. Im particularly interested in seeing if PC sales have broken records or whether they have cooled off and its Console sales that have soared.[/quote] i read recently it was 56% xbox, 42% ps3 and the remaining 2% were pc and wii sales. edit: i'm trying to find this article again but i think it was one of my pulse news feeds. [/quote]

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