So for a version with so far almost no marketing, and very little shipments, it's sold 100k in two weeks. I'd say that's pretty good so far. Plus it had a miniscule 22.49% drop in the second week*. That's also a good sign. Might even indicate legs, although we'll of course need a few more weeks to see if that's so.
Either way, let's see how well it does. Any thoughts or guesses about the end of year total? I would say over 300K is likely.
* It's not really bad news for Modern Warfare 2 was going to have a huge second week drop. With things heavily marketed for huge openings, sales past that rely on word of mouth and post hype marketing. So even the 80% (81.71% (PS3) and 83.09% (360) specifically) drop was to be excpected. Yet they could even themselves have legs, just closer to the second or third week.
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs
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