Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta's first weekend numbers are in, and they're good - just not as high as Modern Warfare 2

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta's first weekend numbers are in, and they're good - just not as high as Modern Warfare 2

We're one day away from the end of the first session of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta, which kicked off Friday. Although Activision has yet to publish any numbers, we can look at its performance on Steam and compare it with other recent Call of Duty betas, as well as those from rival franchises.

Call of Duty remains a console franchise, as revealed by the Modern Warfare 4 beta

The so-called Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Early Access Beta ends today after running since Friday. Now, CharlieIntel is reporting on which platforms have been the most popular, and while there aren't any major surprises, there are a couple of interesting conclusions to draw. One is that it's clearly still a console series. After a long period of close collaboration with Xbox, followed by a similar partnership with PlayStation, these two plat…

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Is Way Ahead Of Black Ops 7 Already By One Metric

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is nearing 400,000 copies sold on Steam already, and that's well ahead of where last year's Black Ops 7 stood at launch on Valve's platform. This is according to Rhys Elliott of Alinea Analytics, who added that pre-sales on Steam alone work out to around $21 million in revenue. Elliott said Black Ops 7 managed to hit around 200,000 copies pre-sold on Steam by launch. Modern Warfare 4 has doubled that, and with two …

Has the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Already Lost Half Its Players?

Perhaps one day Microsoft will realize that players will eventually tire of the annual Call of Duty releases.   The first beta for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has not gone as well as Microsoft, Activision, and Infinity Ward had hoped. Based on online reviews, the beta is rapidly losing players, resulting in a 50% drop in player numbers. Even during the beta period, this year’s Call of Duty is already struggling with a steep decline in players…