Analysts: Modern Warfare 3 sold 6 million units in its first day

Modern Warfare reserves 3 could have reached 9 million.

Today is the day chosen by Activision for the launch of Modern Warfare 3, and surely the new iteration of the series get a huge sales, as has been happening in recent years.

Arvind Bhatia analyst of Steerne Agee, Modern Warfare 3 predicted to sell between 5 and 6 million units in its first 24 hours of release, exceeding 10% on record sales in the first day that holds Black Ops. Also estimated that by the end of the year and have sold 18 million units.

On the other hand, the analyst Atul Bagga, firm Lazard Capital Markets, estimates based on checks of orders in the chain stores themselves that the game could have reached 9 million of reserves, ie 70% more Modern Warfare 2 and 55% more than last year's delivery.

Modern Warfare 2 went on to sell 22 million units, while Black Ops is now more than 25 million copies sold worldwide.

Modern Warfare 3 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 has been put on sale today, and within days we will have the first official sales data.