The Elder Scrolls Reigns Supreme Over Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3

                                        With all of the hoopla and press surrounding the release of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 past week, it was easy to overlook the other major release this week. On Friday November 11th, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released and in the first 48 hours of release, the number of Steam users playing the game dwarfed those of Modern Warfare 3 on the PC Platform. As of this writing on Sunday November 13 The Elder Scrolls Skyrim has peaked at more than 287,000 users while Modern Warfare 3 has peaked at nearly 87,000 users.
Now Modern Warfare 3 has outsold every game in history during it's first week in release when all platforms are considered, selling more than $400 Million in the first 24 hours. It will be interesting to see which direction this disparity goes over then next few weeks and months. Previous Call of Duty releases have been plagued by bugs and server capacity issues that it's possible some PC gamers are waiting for the first few patches before purchasing. However it's also likely that Modern Warfare 3 has done little to differentiate itself from previous Call of Duty titles or the scores of other military first person shooters that are released. When give the choice of a story rich, open world role playing experiece or a scripted first person shooter with standard multiplayer component PC gamers are choosing the former.



If you're not playing the game yet, here's one of the latest trailers, it may persuade you. Called Behind The Wall The Making of Skyrim it goes behind the scenes at Bethesda and gives you a glimpse into the making of the game.