Modern Warfare 2 shatters record sales!

[Chad711]

In one week, Activision and Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has raked in more cash than any form of entertainment for sale.

Any form!

It sold around 9.4 million copies of the first-person shooter game in five days and made $600 million.

Last year's videogame sales champ Grand Theft Auto 4 sold 5.9 million units and made $450 million in five days. At the movies, The Dark Knight made over $238 million in its first seven days of release.

Modern Warfare 2 is so popular it pushed Xbox Live, Microsoft's online game matchplaying network, to host a record 2 million players online at the same time.

Controversy -- stemming from a game mission in which players are supposed to kill civilians in a crowded airport -- hasn't hurt sales, either. Though it did get the game banned in Russia.

You-Be-The-Terrorist Videogame Sales Reach $600 Million In 5 Days (ATVI)

 

[Chad711]

check out this knife throw:

YouTube - MW2-AMAZING Knife Throw- Modern Warfare 2

 

[skitzo385]

check out this knife throw:

YouTube - MW2-AMAZING Knife Throw- Modern Warfare 2

I have heard not seen of a throw from across a map. This one is long so it might be the one I heard about. I do not think I have hit anyone with one yet at all.

 

[Nubbleet]

Hahahaha that knife throw was awesome.

 

[Druid]

What system was that done on? I saw it included in a gamespot video about ps3 stuff, so maybe ps3? But yeah, those sales were expected.

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

Didn't Halo 3 sell like 13 million copies in the first two days?

EDIT: NVM, they have the highest 24 hour selling period...

 

[Stevo808]

That was awesome.