MWF2 makes $310M | Movie News
This will be the last "Call of Duty" post I’ll make for a while, but this news is too significant to overlook. In the first 24 hours after its release, "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" has made $310M in North America and the UK alone, making it the most successful launch for any entertainment product in history, and by a huge margin at that. For a point of reference, previous 24 hour records were held by SPIDER-MAN 3, the last "Harry Potter" book, and most notably "Halo 3," which boasted the former best one-day sales total of $170M, a number which COD has since dropped a tactical nuke on.
Granted yes, games cost $60 whereas movies cost $10, but this kind of event signifies a long-time coming shift toward video games becoming perhaps the dominant entertainment force in the world. It’s impossible for corporations and those in the media to see numbers like this, and not think that video games are an avenue they need to start taking seriously.
As for the actual game itself? For all its hype, I do believe the game lives up to it. The single player campaign is like living a five hour movie, and contains some moments which are quite literally breathtaking and will stay with me just as much as many classic film scenes have.
I know a lot of you have picked up the title by now, what are your thoughts on "Modern Warfare 2"?
Source: Activision
Extra Tidbit: My mouth was open for literally the entire airport level.
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the SP is OKAY, it would be next to impossible to make that a real movie. the budget to create that in live action would have to be fucking insane.
I love the multiplayer though, and i was level 55 gold cross...
the SP is OKAY, it would be next to impossible to make that a real movie. the budget to create that in live action would have to be fucking insane.
I love the multiplayer though, and i was level 55 gold cross prestige in COD4 lol okay time to go play it some more.
and yes i agree i've been saying it for years, videogames have more to offer in terms of entertainment than do movies and books. It has story, music, action all that stuff PLUS INCREDIBLY ENGAGING INTERACTIVITY
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Please stop fan-jizzing all over a video game and report on movie news. If I want to read a report on the sales figures for MW2, I'll go to Kotaku.
Please stop fan-jizzing all over a video game and report on movie news. If I want to read a report on the sales figures for MW2, I'll go to Kotaku.
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stop being a pissy little girl.
The game IS actually fun as hell and worth it. has nothing to do with the marketing. the game wasn't marketed nearly as much as some of the big blockbusters out there. not even close. i only saw the trailer for the game on tv a couple times during big tv shows like world series. and i have never seen any billboards.
stop being a pissy little girl.
The game IS actually fun as hell and worth it. has nothing to do with the marketing. the game wasn't marketed nearly as much as some of the big blockbusters out there. not even close. i only saw the trailer for the game on tv a couple times during big tv shows like world series. and i have never seen any billboards.
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GTA vs. CoD: MW2
-Only one guy vs. 5 guys in tactical armour and heavy artillery
-Rampage in the city streets vs. Airport (very sensitive topic)
-People...
GTA vs. CoD: MW2
-Only one guy vs. 5 guys in tactical armour and heavy artillery
-Rampage in the city streets vs. Airport (very sensitive topic)
-People instantly dying vs. Extended animation of people dying & yelling
-What brought the airport mission to ANOTHER level of disturbing was seeing the dying people struggle/looking at their own blood/desperately dragging their body away.
-At the end of the day, I could sit these two video games down and start a rampage in GTA, then start the airport mission - and they wouldn't feel the same. We've rampaged in GTA games for years, you can't say the same about this mission.
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I played that level a couple of times.. the second go around was as ridiculous as the first.
sidenote: All of the russian winter levels,...
I played that level a couple of times.. the second go around was as ridiculous as the first.
sidenote: All of the russian winter levels, and the sneaking around sniping off stranglers were my favorite parts of the game.. it totally reminded me of the first time I played Golden eye.. amazing.
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Should have had more closure on Makarov, could have used a little more Middle East and Russia (winter levels were my favourite). But so much detail was put into campaign it's beyond amazing. Can't wait to get serious into...
Should have had more closure on Makarov, could have used a little more Middle East and Russia (winter levels were my favourite). But so much detail was put into campaign it's beyond amazing. Can't wait to get serious into online multiplayer.
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video games are probably the pricest form of media (more than movie tickets, blu-rays, CD's). So, its obvious that a overall a well-selling video game will output more dollars than a well-selling movie. but you can't ignore that it also costs...
video games are probably the pricest form of media (more than movie tickets, blu-rays, CD's). So, its obvious that a overall a well-selling video game will output more dollars than a well-selling movie. but you can't ignore that it also costs much more to produce than other forms of media as well. (if you wanna use the cost of a film production, then you have to roll up the movie ticket sales and [link] sales which equal waaaaay more revenue). still, i dont think that this really signifies the coming of video games as a dominant form of media simply because the large number. you have to remember that it costs way more to make as well. you really have to look at sales divided by price to get the number of units sold to be fair. and if you look at number of units sold... mp3's will never be beaten!
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"That wasn't a message. This is a message."
(best moment of that level, and there were tons of them)
The multiplayer is where the game goes a bit downhill for me. I suck at MP and I'm always dying, can't play well against others.
I...
"That wasn't a message. This is a message."
(best moment of that level, and there were tons of them)
The multiplayer is where the game goes a bit downhill for me. I suck at MP and I'm always dying, can't play well against others.
I haven't tried the spec-ops mode yet, but I'm looking forward to try it.
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I'm not going to bother at least until it gets a lot cheaper. Having watched all of the SP experience, i think it's pretty, but nothing new. The story is pretty weak too. L4D2 multiplayer will be more rewarding,...
I'm not going to bother at least until it gets a lot cheaper. Having watched all of the SP experience, i think it's pretty, but nothing new. The story is pretty weak too. L4D2 multiplayer will be more rewarding, and the singleplayer for Uncharted 2 is more cinematic.
Infinity Ward is great, but Activision can go f*** themselves.
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on a similar note, i live in nyc. a movie ticket is near 13 bucks now. 13 bucks. its gosh darn ridiculous. and for what? most of the time i end up seeing a shit movie thats only 90 minutes long. video games might be 60 bucks, but if you look at the average amount of hours a single player puts into one game, you just can;t beat that deal! i'm already on 5 hours of campaign and multiplayer for MW2 and i have to say, MONEY WELL SPENT! i'm out.
-rocco
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Thing is, you can play COD:MW2 on PC, 360, and PS3.
Love it.
Thing is, you can play COD:MW2 on PC, 360, and PS3.
Love it.
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I WAS NOT READY FOR THAT AIRPORT SHIT. THAT WAS HARSH!!!!
I WAS NOT READY FOR THAT AIRPORT SHIT. THAT WAS HARSH!!!!
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After playing the crank, I am happy the game is such a smash hit. The original rocked.
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Still an awesome number.
Still an awesome number.
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