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Activision Blizzard’sCall of Duty : Modern Warfarebroke several records in its first three days of sales agreement , beat all otherCall of Dutygames this generation in that open three - day period . The secret plan functioned as a sort of " soft reboot " of theModern Warfarefranchise , last realise in 2011’sCall of Duty : Modern Warfare 3 .
The journeying up toModern Warfare ’s release was one mark by many high gear and lows . The game depend to be making many improvements to the series , with trailers show off some of the series’best gameplay in yearsand some truly impressive graphics power . It seemed things would keep staying on the up - turn when Activision announced that there would beno Modern Warfare PS4 - undivided DLC , but fans soon found out about a yearlong PS4 - exclusive mode that nullified the hullabaloo somewhat . Still , it seems this and other controversies - comparable rumors of loot boxes and poor - quality netcode - could n’t stopCall of Dutyfrom trade as well as it has in the past tense .
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Activision Blizzard announce theModern Warfarerecords in a closet release , saying the game has more than $ 600 million in sell - through during its first three days . Along with beating every otherCall of Dutygame this generation , Activision said these numbers madeModern Warfarethe"top - sell novel premium plot of 2019.“Perhaps most impressive , though , is thatModern Warfarehad the best digital opening sales of any Activision game ever , which befall to also make it the secret plan with the most digital pre - orders on the PlayStation web ever and the high three - day sale on the PlayStation 4 . Interestingly , Activision comparedModern Warfare’s"blockbuster"launch to that of DC’sJokermovie ( Jokerbroke several recordsof its own ) , sayingModern Warfaremore than doubledJoker ’s initiative .
Since release , the newCall of Duty ’s response has been generally prescribed , but reviewers seem to have foundModern Warfaregood , but not great . While it has solid gameplay and manyshocking campaign moments , some reviewers found its story needlessly shocking at times . This was perhaps expect , as early message about the campaign seemed to indicate it might have been pushed to be more controversial . This led to backlash against theModern Warfaremultiplayer ’s White Phosphorus usage , since many found the cellular inclusion of the controversial chemical weapon to be contradictory to the safari ’s supposedly serious , establish tone ( and reviews indicate this is still the case ) .
The argument did n’t stop once the secret plan was free , however . Besides arguments about gameplay elements , like themissing Spec Ops modality featuresand an Infinity Ward netcode explanation video , players discovered that theCall of Duty : Modern Warfarecampaign attribute a fictionalise version of the Highway of Death - a actual - universe American bombardment of retrograde Iraki soldiers during the Gulf War - to Russia or else of westerly forces . This led to criticism from players and media , as well asreview - bombardment by Russian players .
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Call of tariff : Modern Warfareis usable now for PC , PlayStation 4 , and Xbox One .
