According to âinternal Activision estimatesâ, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 didnât just have a good launch, it had âthe biggest launch in history across all forms of entertainmentâ.
This claim is based on sell-through sales, with Activision bean-counters reporting the game managed to pull in $310 million in its first 24 hours on sale. And thatâs not a worldwide number, thatâs just in North America and the UK. $310 million. In a single day. In three countries.
Sure, games cost more than a movie ticket, but $310 million in 24 hours is still a mighty impressive number, regardless of the admission price.
That $310 million was earned off the back of an estimated 4.7 million units sold, another frightening number when you consider itâs again excluding sales from all the other PAL territories.
