Activision’s newest CoD installment, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, has had a strong week in the UK, toping the sales charts in the region following its release a few days ago.
The game has already outsold its predecessor, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, with 39 percent more physical unit sales than the previous game amassed in the week of its launch. While sales aren’t as high as they were when Call of Duty: WWII dropped in 2017, they’re a lot closer to the figure when digital sales are taken into account.
Digital sales numbers won’t be out there until the GSD charts are published later this week, however.
The PlayStation 4 has been the most profitable avenue for the Activision release. The Sony machine is responsible for 62 percent of the game’s total sales, likely due to the capacity factor and the Spec Op survival mode access.
The title’s release has forced EA Sports’ FIFA 20 to No.2 on the charts, while Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has fallen from the second position to the sixth. Despite the complaints surrounding WWE 2K20’s quality since its recent release, the wrestling game is at No.3. It’s worth noting that launch sales are down 31 percent in relation to 2K19, though.
While Modern Warfare is selling pretty well and the gameplay critique is encouraging, the game has attracted some really poor reviews over its portrayal of a historical war crime that makes Russia look bad when, in fact, the US was the guilty party when it actually took place.
The depiction stems from a 1991 incident during the Persian Gulf War that saw the US spearhead an attack on a convoy consisting primarily of Iraqi soldiers.
The assault also involved Canadian, British and French troops, who aided the US in bombing the vehicles. And America was criticized for its contravention of stipulations set by the Third Geneva Convention that prohibits the killing of soldiers not involved in combat.
For some reason, though, Russia is the country in the wrong in MW’s retelling.
This could possibly affect sales in the coming weeks but MW was the highest-selling game in the UK last week and remains top of the charts for now.
Source: gamesindustry.biz
