Lol, people hate it because its the same game over and over. just a different number on the box

Thief 1: Well since we went through this trouble is it any good? What is it?

Thief 2: Looks like it says... uhhh... Modern Warfare 3.

Thief 1: FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUU-!


What is it now Call of Duty 4.5?

That is hilarious.

No problem guys. They can trade all 6,000 of them in to Gamestop for cash.

Probably looking at $10.05.

Sorry guys, I meant to steal the Skyrim truck so I could share with you guys, but I picked the wrong truck... Does anyone want a copy of Modern Warfare 3 for free?

Thief 1: Yes, we have the goods... what is it?

Thief 2: MW3

Thief 1: We might as well return it this is worthless :spotted owl:

If it's free it's for me, in most cases, and this case sure why not.

Maybe we are getting this all wrong, this is just step one. Their next step is make a video of them burning all the copies and then sending it to T.V. stations all over the world.

"worth 400000 Euros"

Also, an item that there's millions of other copies around. So it's hard to say "oh, that one's stolen". Easy to fence.

Seems like a perfect theft target, honestly.

:shrug:

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Seriously, the CoD bashing just gets silly. Yes, Skyrim's a good game. Yes, you may not like FPS's.

That doesn't change the fact that the previous installments have broken sales records every time. The new one has three times the pre-orders that Skyrim has. Today's Best Buy flyer shows tons of third-party accessories in MW3 colors. There's an awful lot of people out there who like it & will buy it.

The whole "Trollolol! MW3 suxxors! We much more smarts than n00bs who MW3!11!1one! Why would they ever prefer to do a midnight launch for that over Skyrim?!?" comes across as pretty dumb.


(and for the record... haven't played a CoD game, or any other WW2 shooter, since the original. And don't care about online multiplayer anything.)

Wow, 6,000 coasters.

Me too. There was a screenshot of the game they're working on but it was blurred out to the point that it was barely visible.

But how hilarious would it be if they were the ones who stole that truck??

None of the reasons in your post are any of the reasons I have for not liking MW3. I personally logged WAY too much time on the first MW and readily pre-ordered MW2. I got it launch day, popped it in, and two hours later I was bored with it. Why? Because it's the same damned game as the first one, with a new paint job. It has nothing to do with my anticipation for Skyrim, the fact that it's "popular" or that it's the best selling game of all time. What that tells me is that there are way too many people out there buying hype, not a game. It's what I like to call "Cartman Syndrome." It has nothing to do with it's merits as a game, and everything to to with social status. They gotta be the first on their block to get it, along with the special edition X-box, aftermarket special edition controllers, and premium member services. They gotta be the first to unlock the guns, perks, and rank out, and find the glitches, then set to smashing all the people that haven't spent the first 18hrs after launch in a Mountain Dew induced fever, laughing and spewing obscenities at them over the headset for being "pWnt NooWWbZ." THAT is the reason I no longer play the MW series, and probably never again will.

Oh yeah, because we all know good sales = good game.

They are good games, I don't think there is any dispute over that. Sure, Activision is milking the franchise, but the fans want it. Why would they radically change what they are doing when the original game is so successful.

They really aren't good games... It's just that everyone's friend is buying it so they need to buy it to. It is almost like people with weak minds are being forced to buy it.

I doubt people would buy a game if they didn't find it fun, if not you then your friends.

As for me, what little free time I have when not working or studying will be spent between BF3 and Skyrim, the latter of which I won't be getting until my winter break. The Modern Warfare series was quite entertaining for me, but I can't warrant another video game purchase that would be too similar to the previous one.

Unguarded merchandise that is incredibly easy to sell? What clever bastards. At $30 each game, half the retail cost, they'd make $180,000. So, $90,000 a piece. That's an entire years salary for even the well employed in the US.

Cpt. Price would never had let that happen. It's a PR-stunt.

Nuh uh, it's not the same. Haven't you seen the cover? There's a new number on the front every single time. Geez.

Besides, I disagree. Like FPS games or don't, Call of Duty has always been the flagship of the genre for me. MW1 was amazing, and Black Ops was even better. MW2 seemed like a waste of time to me, but I didn't buy it until it was on sale anyway.

I will get MW3 (eventually), and I will probably love the crap out of it. They are good games.

6,000 copies at $60 a peice. thats a good $360,000.

thats not even enough money to take that risk, you cant even retire on that anymore.

Haha, I do find it intriguing that some people claim they hate the game because it's so popular. Tell me, is Skyrim not popular? And yeah, I'm aware that some people here clarified that they hate it because it's the same [censored] all over again. I agree with you guys.

lol'd.

I'm personally not getting mw3, but heck if this happened to Skyrim I'd be ****!

I feel relatively the same, except the Skyrim parts I don't want that either. It is how the people react about it that annoys me the most. It's all some ever talk about, and they will make references all the time about it, or maybe brag about themselves with their K/D ratio.

LMAO

and get burning by holy fire raining down from heaven

who would be foolish enough

LOL that won't even buy you a "decent" house anymore