User blog comment:Callofduty4/Modern Warfare 3 shown at E3/@comment-3115486-20110608170932/@comment-1786471-20110608202052

In the case of Pirates of the Caribbean, the second and third movies were planned after the first one's success. That may have been the case with MW2 and MW3. You don't need a cliffhanger to make a following sequel. The lack of a cliffhanger does not make the following story "off topic."