Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 got off to another great start for the franchise in November of last year. Â Rocketing out of the gate to become the best selling game of 2011, sales of the first person shooter were undoubtedly spurred on by a heavy marketing campaign. Â But are sales beginning to die down for the franchise? Â Looking at year over year data between Modern Warfare 3 and 2010’s Call of Duty: Black Ops, it appears that Modern Warfare 3 is actually lagging behind its predecessor.
According to the most recently released data from NPD, Modern Warfare 3 sold 386,000 copies of the game in the month of January. Â This is down considerably from Call of Duty: Black Ops’ sales in January of last year, where Activision sold 750,000 copies of the game. Â It’s hard to tell whether this trend will continue for Modern Warfare 3, because January was a down month in general for games.
Is shooter fatigue finally setting in on Call of Duty fans? Â Or is it just Call of Duty fatigue in general? Â It’ll be interesting to see if these numbers continue to decline over the next few months to get a clearer picture of the situation.
Has shooter fatigue set in for you? Â Just tired of COD? Â Or loving every minute of it? Â Let us know in the comments below.