COD vs. Battlefield: The sales figures speak a clear language

Call of Duty: Modern War 3 (Formally abbreviated as Call of Duty: MW3 or Modern War 3) is a first-person capturing video clip game established by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Gaming, with the additional job of Raven Software program, as well as distributed by Activision. The computer game, preceded by Call of Duty: Black Ops and straight follow up to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, is the 8th main title of the Call of Duty collection. It was launched for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Wii as well as Nintendo DS. The international variation was launched on November 8, 2011, except the Wii variation in the Australian area, where its launch was November 17. The folded up and subtitled variations of Japan were released on November 17 as well as 22, 2011, respectively. The tale of the game begins directly where the debate of Modern Warfare 2 ends, leaving the USA under the siege of Russian forces, the ultra-nationalist Vladimir Makarios, and the captains soap Activist and John Price hurt and the leak along with The Informant Russian Nikolai and also the Soldier Yuri that plays a really crucial role in the game. The video game will be, chronologically, the last installation of the Modern Warfare collection, ending the argument arc started in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Due to the legal disagreement in between Activision, Infinity Ward as well as the former co-executives of the designer, that created several terminations and also resignations in the business, Sledgehammer Gaming assisted in the development of the advocate a player, while Raven Software program took treatment of online multiplayer web content. The game had good business success, because only in the USA and also the United Kingdom sold even more than six and also a half million copies, 400 million bucks in total amount. According to Activision, it would be the greater launch of the show business up until then.

Call of Duty or Battlefield? This question regularly leads to hot discussions under Shooter fans. So also 2021. Because this year again came to a direct meeting of the two giants. And while the users on Twitter, YouTube and Reddit still discuss violently, the official sales reveal a clear winner and an unbroken dominance.

Duel of the giants! For almost 20 years, the shooters are fighting for the favor of the player

The two counterparties could hardly be different: on the one side Call of Duty: Vanguard, which comes up with a alternative world war scenario and on the other side of Battlefield 2042, the player goes out on the slaughter fields of the near future. Fast action for in between meets chaotic mass battles. What's better, every player has to decide for themselves. What sold better, that can not be denied or otherwise said: Call of Duty also dominates 2021 international charts.

Even twice in the US. It is interesting that not the latest COD part is at the top of the US annual balance sheet, but Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold was, which already appeared in November 2020. Vanguard, on the other hand, secures second place of the best-selling games 2021 and after only one-month term. Rival Battlefield 2042 Meanwhile has to be satisfied with 6th place.

The heart of each code: multiplayer mode. In the trailer you can make a first impression of the multiplayer battles in Vanguard:

Call of Duty: Vanguard (PS4) at Amazon

Battlefield loses on all fronts

This is especially bitter, considering how much hype the shooter could generate from DICE in advance. The Reveal trailer triggered a true wave of enthusiasm in the social media in the summer. But at the latest after the beta was clear: The game is a construction site.

And with the official release in November, rapidly displeased in the network : technical problems and too little content. The result were various memes and catastrophic user ratings on Steam and Metastatic. Vanguard home also no top ratings, but in direct comparison, but spared from a shit storm and otherwise did not bother any significant carver.

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