Modern Warfare 2 makes $1 billion since launch

2010-01-14 12:36:53

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blademaster: I'm moving to Brazil; +2,075|6853

Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has grossed over $1 billion since its launch back in November.

"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has exceeded our expectations and shattered theatrical box office and video game
records," said Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. "There are only a handful of entertainment properties that have ever reached the $1 billion mark, which illustrates the power of the Call of Duty franchise and mass appeal of this game."

In its first five days alone, the game sold an estimated $550 million worldwide, outpacing five-day worldwide theatrical box office gross figures for such films as Avatar, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and The Dark Night, according to internal Activision estimates and boxofficemojo.com."

The press release comes after ELSPA's confirmation that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was the best-selling game of 2009 in the UK followed by FIFA 10 and Wii Sports Resort. Since its launch, the highly anticipated first-person shooter has remained number one for nine consecutive weeks, and is the third biggest game in the UK ever.

The following are the top 20 best-selling games of 2009 in the UK.

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2. FIFA 10
3. Wii Sports Resort
4. Wii Fit
5. Wii Fit Plus
6. Assassin's Creed II
7. Mario Kart Wii
8. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
9. Call Of Duty: World At War
10. FIFA 09
11. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
12. Wii Play
13. Professor Layton And The Curious Village
14. Forza Motorsport 3
15. Lego Batman: The Videogame
16. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
17. Need For Speed: Shift
18. Resident Evil 5
19. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training
20. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

------- Thanks to Godfather who let me play Mw2, I found out the game wasnt all that, it was just hyped up, nothing special I think... played single player more than multiplayer.... but yeah WTF didnt know they made that much money on the game that wasnt all that great..... maybe I have high expectations but I dont know Im more of a bf series fan than cod.... cant wait for bfbc...

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2010-01-14 12:39:39

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Ioan92: Member; +337|5930

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2010-01-14 12:53:03

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DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6671|cuntshitlake

I call bs, L4D2 is most definitely in top20

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2010-01-14 13:26:00

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Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6676

DeathUnlimited wrote:
I call bs, L4D2 is most definitely in top20

2010-01-14 14:35:55

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Kez: Member; +778|5911|London, UK

dont forget majority of those were 12 y.o. asked for it for xmas

2010-01-14 14:38:08

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=NHB=Shadow: hi; +322|6574|California

I remember I brought my daddy with me to buy Starcraft, best decision evar

2010-01-14 14:40:02

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Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6883|Canberra, AUS

And how much of that was on PC? From what I've seen, not much.

IMO it's a superb console shooter. But we expect much, much more from a PC shooter.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2010-01-14 18:46:48

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TopHat01: Limitless; +117|6112|CA

Of course it outsells movies. $60 for hours of gameplay > $12 for 2-3 hour movie.

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2010-01-15 01:03:20

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baggs: Member; +732|6412

Kez wrote:
dont forget majority of those were 12 y.o. asked for it for xmas

what dickhead said.

compare the demograph for serious/enthusiast gamers to the little kids and 'pr0 gamer' console fags and i'm sure you'll discover where $1 billion came from.

2010-01-15 16:33:10

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TopHat01: Limitless; +117|6112|CA

^Exactly. MW2 is part of pop culture, not just a video game some people play.

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2010-01-15 19:20:21

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specialistx2324: hahahahahhaa; +244|6897|arica harbour

something like this puts a smile on my face

2010-01-15 19:23:29

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Miggle: FUCK UBISOFT; +1,411|6950|FUCK UBISOFT

specialistx2324 wrote:
something like this puts a smile on my face

when it comes to insanity, the joker has nothing on you.

2010-01-16 00:09:30

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Ioan92: Member; +337|5930

specialistx2324 wrote:
something like this puts a smile on my face

https://guysword.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/smiling-kid-750x500.jpg

2010-01-16 06:22:30

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KuSTaV: noice; +947|6719|Gold Coast

I would say Im not suprised, however one billion dollars is a fuckton of money.

noice

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2010-01-16 09:43:00

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Blade4509: Wrench turnin' fool; +202|5717|America

1 Billion dollars?

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2010-01-16 10:02:13

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Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6676

Doctor Strangelove wrote:
DeathUnlimited wrote:
I call bs, L4D2 is most definitely in top20

Okay, I figured it out.

These are only the retail sales. As the overwhelming majority of L4D2's sales were over Steam, it's not on that list.

2010-01-16 10:07:11

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Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6829|London, England

I doubt a PC game would break into the UK year round top 20 these days, it's the truth. Maybe if it was something like The Sims

2010-01-16 10:21:20

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Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|6974|UK

They spent $200 million on advertising alone, more than Avatar did, so its not massively surprising.

2010-01-16 13:17:56

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Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6676

Vilham wrote:
They spent $200 million on advertising alone, more than Avatar did, so its not massively surprising.

Seriously, the advertisement budget was four times that of the development budget. It's kinda disgusting.

2010-01-16 13:44:46

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GodFather: Blademaster's bottom bitch; +387|6428|Phoenix, AZ

Doctor Strangelove wrote:
Vilham wrote:
They spent $200 million on advertising alone, more than Avatar did, so its not massively surprising.
Seriously, the advertisement budget was four times that of the development budget. It's kinda disgusting.

Yeah I laughed at all that shit and all the xbox 360 kids waiting for a new game to play

Console gamers are so ignorant though... like I remembered when halo 3 came out I was like, "that's it, that's what your shitting your pants over?" And people looked at me like I just gave the pope a mean right hook. Same thing with MW2, people were amazed and thought it was the apex of gaming, I played like 5 mins at my friends house and I'm like fuck this...

The only thing that I'm impressed about with MW2 is the level of balance the maps have... if you ever noticed how every position has the same amount of tactical advantage, or how some spots would be perfect except that sign for that deli perfectly blocks your line of sight?

Other than that its just SOLID graphics, bullshit mele stuff, no servers (for pc) no console commands, no customization and shitty maps

I mean I play the game cause there isn't much out but I'm never excited to play it, its just something to do

lol @ my karma

no my kdr is positive, i pull a lot of 4:1 rounds, and I throw a lot of knives... COD is way easier than say BF2

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2010-01-17 06:39:41

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ruisleipa: Member; +149|6430|teh FIN-land

GodFather wrote:
Console gamers are so ignorant though...

lol wut? nice blanket ignorant statement. What does that say about PC gamers? lol. fyi I play PC AND console games...does that make me only ignorany when I play my PS3 or 360 or wut??

GodFather wrote:
The only thing that I'm impressed about with MW2 is the level of balance the maps have... if you ever noticed how every position has the same amount of tactical advantage, or how some spots would be perfect except that sign for that deli perfectly blocks your line of sight?

Totally, the way the maps are designed is great.

GodFather wrote:
and shitty maps

huh? but you just said...

GodFather wrote:
COD is way easier than say BF2

ranking up is certainly easier.

2010-01-18 13:49:05

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GodFather: Blademaster's bottom bitch; +387|6428|Phoenix, AZ

ruisleipa wrote:
GodFather wrote:
Console gamers are so ignorant though...
lol wut? nice blanket ignorant statement. What does that say about PC gamers? lol. fyi I play PC AND console games...does that make me only ignorany when I play my PS3 or 360 or wut??

>>Let me rephrase that, console ONLY gamers are ignorant, XBOX fanboys and the people that are always screaming on their microphones in between matches... Dont get me wrong I like consoles too, but not for shooters, more like racing games and the like where a controller is better than a keyboard

GodFather wrote:
The only thing that I'm impressed about with MW2 is the level of balance the maps have... if you ever noticed how every position has the same amount of tactical advantage, or how some spots would be perfect except that sign for that deli perfectly blocks your line of sight?
Totally, the way the maps are designed is great.

>>Yeah, I like that, but I don't like the maps for everything else about them, notice how I never said I LIKE THE MAPS BECAUSE THEYRE WELL DESIGNED, BUT I DONT LIKE THE MAPS. I said, I was IMPRESSED with the maps yet I do not like to play them.

GodFather wrote:
and shitty maps
huh? but you just said...

>>Yeah? Let me restate that, I said I was impressed.

GodFather wrote:
COD is way easier than say BF2
ranking up is certainly easier.

>>No vehicles (not a bad thing), no strategy for the maps besides run forward and shoot what you can see and if anyone is close to you look at them from 10 feet away and press the 'E' key to instantly kill them

>>I stand by all my points. And btw, I own a PS3 and I like it

>>But it could have been a better game if they didnt spend 4 times the development money on advertising

>>And they couldnt give a fuck about PC gamers because the market is now about console gamers, I mean there is NO chat function between rounds to strategise with your team or talk about the round... Why? Because Xboxes and PS3's dont have keyboards, only mics, which is why you can use a mic in between matches, but nobody even HAS mics in MW:2 besides a few people... I'm lucky if I find 3 people with mics in 3 hours of playing, obviously its the opposite with consoles because every 13 year old has one

>>I'd play the shit out of BF2 if I could get my password from EA, but I cant and have no fucking idea what it is. And I'd play the shit out of Americas Army 2.x if anyone still played that shit. But they dont

>>MW: 2 wouldn't be a bad game if they made some good options for PC gamers, you CANT deny that the PC has way more potential for First Person Shooters than Console games. 128 keys to map any action (correct?) & a precision laser mouse to look anywhere and scope in, in an instant (judging by your reaction time). But with Modern Warfare: 2 on the PC, we are stuck with the limitations of console gamers. No servers, no commands, no modifications (developed by players, not the software company), and no ability to choose what map you play.

So bring it on, misconstrue my statements and use words like, "nice blanket ignorant statement" because the phrase is blanket statement, try adding ignorant before that so you can sound like you know what your talking about. Nice counter ignorant argument.

Last edited by GodFather (2010-01-18 13:50:24)

2010-01-18 14:29:04

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Blade4509: Wrench turnin' fool; +202|5717|America

Well if you could keep your story straight we might believe you but since you can't you should probably just go play in traffic.

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