Tip Of The Week: Call Of Duty Is A Cash Cow

Yeah, so, this is not really a tip, but rather an obvious fact. Call of Duty is a cash cow, whether it's the same rehashed game every year, or not.

To my last point there: I am one of those suckers who continue to invest in these games, even though I know it is basically an expansion pack. Not sure what it is, really. Could be that all of my friends play it, the multiplayer is chaotic (mostly in a good way) and deep, or it could be because I am brainwashed -- leaning towards the latter on this one.

As many of you loyal fans may already know, Modern Warfare 3 surpassed $1 billion just 16 days after it's launch on November 8th. Umm...that is one hell of a number, and you need to give credit where credit is due.

One thing you can bet, a new Call of Duty title will continue to be released year after year....after year, after year. So those of us that continue to bitch about it better get a nice seat cushion, because we are in for a long ride.

Modern Warfare 3 Trailer Takes You From Noob To Vet, No Screaming Kids

The Call of Duty series may be going stale, but Activision/Infinity Ward/Treyarch/Sledghammer Games (it's beginning to look like a clusterf*** with all of these damn studios working on separate COD titles) know how to market their product.

We typically get guns, explosions, important men wearing cool sunglasses, and the occasional ice cream truck driver (around 0:52) during a COD ad. Pretty easy rinse and repeat formula, but these games somehow continue to sell.

With the new live action trailer released yesterday, we see Sam Worthington show Jonah Hill what it will take to become a veteran in MW3 (not much skill involved here); and we even get a nice surprise guest at the end (HINT).

Jokes aside, this trailer is quite enjoyable...I'm still not going to be buying MW3, though. Head past the jump for your lesson.