Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Declared Biggest Launch in Entertainment History
by Alice O'Connor, Nov 12, 2009 5:05am PSTCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 publisher Activision has declared this week's release of Infinity Ward's shooter "the biggest launch in history across all forms of entertainment."
Approximately 4.7 million copies of Modern Warfare 2 were bought within the first 24 hours of sale in North America and the United Kingdom alone according to internal estimates, which Activision works out as $310 million of sell-through sales.
Modern Warfare 2 was released for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on Tuesday, with many stores opening at midnight for the occasion including 10,000 in the USA.
So great was the launch, Infinity's Ward Robert Bowling explained, that Sony's PlayStation Network was "overwhelmed" by the glut of players on PlayStation 3 and many were left unable to play online--an issue which should now be rectified.
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The mutliplayer is the same with different maps and different perks. While I'm sure I'l play it at my friends house who did buy it, I'm not holding my breath that it will be so much better to waste $60 when that could be spent on some REAL singple player games I haven't gotten around to, like finishing fallout 3 (borrowed from a friend), mass effect, or XBLA games. Actually, I would much rather buy indie games and support some people that aren't multi-million dollar companies. They really aren't missing my money at all.
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