Loading ...CoD: Modern Warfare 2 – new record sales
Posted by Seth Lex onAs announced by Activision Blizzard Inc yesterday the game continues its record breaking streak. Over a five day time frame Modern Warfare 2 registered sales worth an approximate of $550 million, according to internal Activision estimates. Such numbers shatter all previous held records:
- The largest reported five-day opening worldwide box office gross figures, held by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($394 million)
- The largest reported five-day opening domestic box office gross figures, held by The Dark Knight ($203.8 million)
- The largest reported five-day worldwide video game sales record, previously held by Grand Theft Auto IV (6 million units, $500 million)
- The largest reported opening first-day domestic box office gross figures, held by The Dark Knight ($66.4 million)
- The largest reported first-day book sales in dollars, held by Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows ($220 million)
- The largest reported first-day worldwide video game sales record, previously held by Grand Theft Auto IV (3.6 million units, $310 million)
Information released by Microsoft in connection to Modern Warfare’s success on Xbox LIVE only comes to support the record breaking trend of the title’s epic launch:
- More than 5.2 million multiplayer hours were logged playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on the first day alone.
- More than 2.2 million unique gamers played Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in one day on November 10th. A new one-day record for Xbox LIVE.
- More than 11 million achievements were unlocked on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on the first day.
“In just five days of sell through Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has become the largest entertainment launch in history and a pop culture phenomenon,” said Robert Kotick, CEO, Activision Blizzard, Inc. “The title’s success redefines entertainment as millions of consumers have chosen to play Modern Warfare 2 at unprecedented levels rather than engage in other forms of media.”
Unfortunately I doubt we’ll live to see the day when the sales of an RTS or an RPG will come even close to such numbers. With a big thumb up for its creators, I think this rather old video fits just perfectly next to Mr. Kotick’s statement.
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A dumb game, entertaining, but nevertheless a very dumb game presented with a good scripted SP, very arcade, but in Hollywood style, all flush no substance, with a decent multi where you goal is to lvl? to get some perks and unlock new weapons, in the same maps over and over.
It shows how dumb are the players these days, or more how uneducated in the gaming are, it sad, it makes wanna go on a killing spree.
6 hours of a arcade gameplay and a decent multi= 60 euro lol.