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Activision Blizzard announces that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has passed $1 billion in worldwide retail sales according to their internal estimates. This is all the more impressive considering the game has only been available for about two months. "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has exceeded our expectations and shattered theatrical box office and video game records," says Activision CEO Bobby Kotick. "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."
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Re: Modern Warfare 2 Sales Top $1 Billion |
Jan 15, 2010, 12:54 |
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I'm just pointing out that the evidence here supports the fact that they tend to flock to games that are considered pretty lousy by hardcore PC gamers, and that this is reflected in the trends of games becoming more consolized.
Again, I disagree. I think it's impossible to generalize an entire audience's taste by contrasting game sales from individual titles. First, people buy what is available to them. No one is making Deus Ex anymore so it's pretty hard to tell if they would or wouldn't purchase it if there was a console version. The huge process of PC developers moving to consoles and learning to deal with hardware that has a resource ceiling has been a painful one, I think it's disingenuous to blame it on users.
Second, gaming isn't that old. Many of the so-called console kiddies are in fact PC gamers. People play different games, they rarely just stick to a singular genre or preference. That's part of the reason we're seeing genre bleed with RPGs and shooters. Developers are experimenting just like consumers are.
Finally, Call of Duty has always performed well on the PC. This is the first iteration where we've seen a poor port and even then in this thread you'll find a few people who debate that. I don't think it was so much a poor port as it was lacking PC specific features. I think it's pretty silly to blame a different market for what is obviously the developer purposely slighting the PC platform. Even more silly - some of those here bitching actually bought it anyways. |
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