GameStop: Modern Warfare 2 'could be the best selling title of all time'


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Tony Bartel, GameStop's executive vice president of merchandising and marketing, has some high expectations for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. In fact, he told shareholders and media listening in on the company's recent Q2 earnings call that the latest Infinity Ward FPS "could be the best selling title of all time," IndustryGamers reports. Of all time.
That would be quite an impressive feat, given the titles it'd need to trample in order to become king of the hill. In its 21 months on sale, the original Modern Warfare has sold 7.7 million copies across all platforms in the US, according to NPD. For comparison, Wii Play, which has sold more than 11 million copies in the states according to NPD, leads the all-time best sellers list for games that were never bundled with a console or handheld. If you consider pack-ins, it'd have to beat Wii Sports' nearly 24 million units in the States. To do that, every PS3 and Xbox 360 owner in the US would need to buy a copy.
So, yes: It could be the best selling game of all time. Emphasis on "could."

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TTG_KillJoyPosted:

just think of how good cod4 was (if you dont like cod4 you fail at life) and then imagine it about 100 times better then you will get half of MW2 lol

TTGxSNAKExPosted:

iv pre ordered mine so im in business

GreenbirdPosted:

It will be the best. I think it will be crazy. My gamestop down the street already has 300 copies ordered and thats now

JuggiePosted:

hmm some second made games people expect to much of them like me :o i dont know what really in a way to expect i just hope its as good as cod4 because new maps new weps new perks no boredness there

JakePosted:

I think it has a good chance of being top seller so many people waiting for the game to be released and all the pre-orders on the first day will get so many sales and then theres after that.

NeilPosted:

7.7 million copies sold of the last game.





The hype is even bigger for this one, with most treyarch fans in line to buy it too, it certenly has potential.



Im thoroughly looking forward to it.

-BlitzKrieg-Posted:

It will be a best seller im sure. how could it not be :)

CascaPosted:

IW has the reputation and technology to make it happen. If you consider that COD 4 is over 19 months old and there are thousands of people still playing it religiously there is a strong possibility that COD MW2 could be one of the top selling VG of all time. I think it is theirs to lose.



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mrmacgeePosted:

This has a lot of potential on being the best FPS ever. It also has a lot of potential being the most selling game ever. We will just have to wait and see, but I do see this game making Activision rich.




TTG_Taco_xPosted:

hmmm it could theres alway the possibility tat they disc will turn into robots and destroy us but hopefully it will be ONE of the best selling games that will be made


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