ridiculed for both being arbitrary and unnecessary, as well as being inappropriate to the tone of the funeral the game otherwise would like to convey. The phrase has since become detached from its source, becoming an Internet meme in its own right, sometimes used unironically: during the tribute stream for the Jacksonville Landing shooting, viewers posted a single letter "F" in the chat. Sales Activision claimed that Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare generates more revenue than any other media launch in 2014. It was reported in November 2014 that US retail sales of Advanced Warfare were 27% down on 2013's Call of Duty: Ghosts. Despite the decline, Advanced Warfare was still the top-selling game at US retail for 2014. The PlayStation 3 version sold 79,586 copies within its first week on sale in Japan, making it the bestselling game of the week in the country. In the same week, the PlayStation 4 version sold 64,060 copies, and the Xbox One version sold 3,370 copies. Awards The game won the award for "Best Graphics - Technology", in IGN's Best of 2014 awards. At the 2014 NAVGTR Awards the game won two awards: Performance in a Drama, Lead (Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons) and Original Dramatic Score, Franchise, and received eight nominations: Writing in a Drama (Mark Boal), Use of Sound(Franchise), Graphics(Technical), Game(Franchise Action) (Glen Schofield, Michael Condrey), Direction in a Game Cinema, Character Design, Art Direction(Contemporary) and Animation, Technical. It also won the award for "Outstanding Realtime Visuals in a videogame at the 2015 Visual Effects Society Awards. It received nominations at The Game Awards, the 2015 British Academy Games Awards, 2015 DICE Awards, and the 2015 Golden Joystick Awards. It was nominated for the eSports Game of the Year Award at The Game Awards 2015. Notes References External links 2014 video games Fiction set in 2054 Fiction set in 2055 Fiction set in 2059 Amputees in fiction Advanced Warfare Dystopian video games Fiction about corporate warfare Video games about cyborgs First-person shooters Holography in fiction Video games about mecha Science fiction video games Military science fiction video games Multiplayer and single-player video games North Korea in fiction PlayStation 3 games PlayStation 4 games Third-person shooters Video games about the United States Marine Corps Video games developed in the United States Video games set in Antarctica Video games set in Australia Video games set in Bulgaria Video games set in China