Lowest-Rated Call of Duty Surpasses Zelda: TotK in Sales
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is the second-best selling game of 2023 despite negative reviews.
- Modern Warfare 3 offers unique gameplay features.
- Best-selling game of 2023 is Hogwarts Legacy, followed by Modern Warfare III and Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
- Modern Warfare III topped sales in November 2023 despite being on sale for only two weeks.
- Call of Duty remains a top seller despite poor reviews and mixed fan reactions.
Modern Warfare III: Second-Best Selling Video Game of 2023
An image depicts a soldier from Modern Warfare III against a striking red and black backdrop. Source: Activision
Despite negative reviews and a less than ideal Metacritic score, new data reveals that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is already the second-best selling video game of 2023. Many gamers have voiced complaints, stating that its campaign was too short.
Modern Warfare 3 Gameplay Features
Even with its flaws, the gameplay of Modern Warfare 3 offers unique features that spice up what critics call a weak campaign.
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Best-Selling Video Games of 2023
Before you get too comfortable, let's test your knowledge. What's the best-selling video game of 2023? If you guessed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, you're mistaken. As mentioned earlier, it's the second-best selling video game this year. The top spot is currently held by Hogwarts Legacy, leaving this year's Call of Duty release and Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in second and third place, respectively.
Video Game Sales Statistics
On December 13, Mat Piscatella, a video game industry analyst and executive director at Circana, shared some interesting statistics about video game hardware and software sales in 2023. The top-selling video games as of November 25, 2023, included Modern Warfare III, which shot up the bestsellers list despite only being available for purchase for two weeks. As expected, it was the top-selling game in November.
Call of Duty's Continued Success
This marks the fifth year in a row that a Call of Duty release has been the bestselling game in November. The last time another game took the top spot was in 2018 with the launch of Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption II. While it is not surprising that a Call of Duty game is selling millions of copies quickly this year, there was speculation about whether Activision's yearly war machine would stumble due to poor reviews and mixed fan reaction.
Despite these obstacles, the Call of Duty brand remains strong, seemingly impervious to bad reviews and disgruntled fans. This is a series that has grown beyond needing gamer and media support. It's fully mainstream now. Many of the people who buy Call of Duty at this point don't really buy many other games, don't care about press events, never check Metacritic, and don't visit websites like Kotaku. They just know that every November they can count on a new Call of Duty release.
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