Modern Warfare 2 Makes $1 Billion
In less than two months...Published 13/01/2010 at 14:54 by Gastos84
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Modern Warfare 2 was always going to be big and the hype, the release and the takings haven’t disappointed. Now, in just under 2 months, Infinity Ward’s creation has breached the $1 billion landmark.
If Activision’s internal estimates are correct then Modern Warfare 2 can now sit among the cream of the crop from various industries, not just video games, as one of the highest grossing entertainment releases in history. Mr. Kotick said:
There are only a handful of entertainment properties that have ever reached the $1bn mark, which illustrates the power of the Call of Duty franchise and mass appeal of this game.
This follows news that ELSPA and GFK Chart-Track have announced Modern Warfare 2 as the UK’s best-selling game of 2009, despite the fact that it has only been on sale since mid-November.
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Rob92 | 13/01/2010 14:56
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Craazzyyyy.
But I’m not surprised. Does anyone know sales figures for COD games pre-modern warfare?
Doddsy | 13/01/2010 15:02
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didn’t CoD4 get to 16 million. Or did I mishear?
Rob92 | 13/01/2010 15:06
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I think it did yeah but I mean like before MW, cause that seems to be when the hype became massive. I hadn’t played any COD before COD4.
H3O | 13/01/2010 15:25
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Can you imagine no company wants to make a new IP. It shows that franchises and all-to-familiar gameplay sells.
Pitcher-T | 13/01/2010 15:40
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And sequential numbers to the ends of your games and thy will sell. well aslong as the first is any good, lol
Pitcher-T | 13/01/2010 15:42
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*”add” not “and” Sorry
hazelam | 13/01/2010 15:56
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it wouldn’t be so bad but mw2 is basically mw1 with more bugs.
people complain that there’s not enough innovation and they keep churning out the same crap year after year, well, you’ve got no one to blame but yourselves.
hairfreax | 13/01/2010 16:17
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The charity donation they made seems like small change to them now
BIGAL-1992 | 13/01/2010 16:29
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That an unholy amount of money, for a game that had a sub-standard storyline and more bugs than the previous game.
parker | 13/01/2010 16:43
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Wow, that’s a lot of money!
The Call of Duty franchise has seen a lot of growth over the past few years – it’s now a household name. I’m not going to be getting the next Call of Duty (Treyarch’s) as I don’t want to play a shooter set in the past again. And MW3 will be skipped by me if there isn’t enough innovation, MW2 was basically an expensive map pack for COD4..
iAvernus | 13/01/2010 22:02
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Wow…but not a surprise really. Here’s hoping a better MW in the future…though I think it’ll be pay to play, in which I might not be participating in.
uber-BARBIE | 14/01/2010 01:57
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mw2 sucks. infinity ward are the most lazy developers ive ever had the misfortune to know.. and im not alone on this. come on fan boys wake up and smell the bad company 2. that being said i dont think i want loadsa campers and kids running their mouth on my battlefield xD keep ya mw2 and enjoy lol..
Monty | 14/01/2010 10:08
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Its amazing how many people want to knock MW2, I think people jump on the band wagon of slagging off the most popular game to look cool. There is a reason its made so much money… Its the best online first person shooter out there! Well done IW.
a inferior race | 14/01/2010 15:00
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I don’t think it is the best online FPS. I think it sold so well because COD4 took a lot of good ideas and did them very well much like Dead Space. It then traded off the back of this success.