Modern Warfare 2 Rakes in $360M First Day
- Scribbled on November 12th, 2009 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Microsoft Xbox 360, NPD, PC, Shooter, Sony PlayStation 3
As expected, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has shattered records with an amazing $360M first day take in the United States and United Kingdom, with 4.7M units sold.
“The Call of Duty franchise has become a cultural phenomenon showing the power of video games as an entertainment medium,” said Mike Griffith, CEO of Activision Publishing. “The shattering of these entertainment records is a testament to the compelling, cinematic and uniquely engaging experience that the Call of Duty brand delivers.”
“Modern Warfare 2 has taken interactive experience to unprecedented heights setting a new standard for entertainment,” he added.
The 4.7M units shatters the mark held by another multiplatform blockbuster IP, Grand Theft Auto IV. Sure, it’s had some issues – and still does – but there’s no denying how big an IP the game is. It’s even selling console bundles.
Let us know what you think.
(Thanks, Action Trip.)
November 12th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
And that, my friends, is what an A-list game looks like. So when people point to Uncharted 2 and say “Look! 500,000 in one month!” You point to Halo 3: ODST or MW: 2 and say “Um, yeah, 2 million in one day.”
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