Despite poor ratings, Shooter remains a top seller on Steam: There’s no denying its popularity

Activision did it. Although most Steam players are far from satisfied with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, they are still buying it non-stop – at least if the Steam bestsellers are to be believed.

CoD: MW3 is a long-running hit on Steam

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (test) is currently also available on Steam. Instead of 69.99 euros you just pay 45.49 euros (view on Steam). But the discount only applies until May 2, 2024 – so you have to hurry up if you don't care about the criticism and want to strike.

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In contrast to the free version, purchasing gives you access to the classic multiplayer:

Why do players hate the new CoD?

Most players are bothered by this Skill-based matchmaking (SBMM for short) and the cheaters in multiplayer mode, who cause a lot of frustration. But that's not the only point of criticism. Also the lots of microtransactions are chalked up by many players.

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It's not just the multiplayer mode that's been criticized. Also the rather weak one, even by CoD standards short campaign annoys the crowd. For many people, CoD: MW3 feels like a plain and simple expansion of MW2 and not like a brand new full-price game – we also criticized that back in our GIGA test.

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