This should come as no surprise, but Modern Warfare 3 has gone on to sell like gangbusters in its first week of sales. Â Early reports suggest that the first person shooter is now the biggest video game launch of all time with 12 million units sold in the first week. Â The first numbers suggest that the Xbox 360 has continued to prove most popular for Call of Duty players with the game selling nearly 60% on the console with 7 million copies sold. Â The PlayStation 3 was close behind with nearly 5 million copies sold.
The PC version of the game didn’t do quite as well as its console counterparts and only made up a small sliver of retail sales, however these recent numbers don’t address whether digital sales were or were not included. Â Being that the game has shown stronger yearly demand on the home consoles, its likely that the PC version sold much less than even the PS3 version.
Despite a rather smooth launch for the actual game, Call of Duty’s launch of the Elite Premium Service has been anything but smooth. Â With one week gone by, Activision is still trying to stabilize the network with the large influx of users.