_SimplyG writes: "It only bothers me when it completely overshadows other titles released around the same time that are worth more attention, IMO."

V_Ben writes: "It's gaming's popcorn film. Big, dumb and mass market. A crowd pleaser, but not exactly what people want to represent the medium. I mean, can you imagine If people pointed at transformers as an example of cinema at its finest, or twilight for books?"

jerschobel writes: "it perpetuates stereotypes of gamer culture that simply aren't true. many who buy COD buy ONLY COD."

browntown2327 writes: "It's a good game but there are so many other games out there that people are missing out on because all they play is MW."

Dragonzigg writes: "It shows to the world that the stereotypical videogame - the violent, bombastic FPS - is still the most popular."

EvilKatarn writes: "My reason is that the game is very iterative. It's basically the same game back from 2007. Minor additions and a premium price."

tim_rosas writes:"It makes a mockery of troops anywhere in the world by placing depictions of them in a fantasy world and making them kill people."

Taggart451 writes: "It bothers me in the same sense as they're still making Fast & Furious. They're only doing it for the money, not for any passion. But that's just coming from a non-fan. I'm sure the atmosphere is COMPLETELY different for them; they love what they do."

EddieMakuch writes: "It glorifies and festishizes the activity of war greatly. It also actively dodges showing genuine depictions of modern conflict."

yyr_ writes: "IMHO, extremely passionate gamers may say 'I just KNOW that game X is better, therefore it SHOULD have sold more than MW3!'"

FabledFew writes: "Other good games deserve some of the money that Activision makes. They gobble up so much of the money that this industry makes."

mahlemedved writes: "Because of what happened to infinity ward, because it's carbon copy, because the unbalanced MP rewards winners"