Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sales on PC Disappointing sold only 170K

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Scoobes said:

FaRmLaNd said:
Didn't we have the same conversation about crysis?

It sold little in the first NPD report and overall did very well. Its doubtless that this will be any different. However it certainly is a lower then expected numbers. But that hardly is surprising considering the negative campaigns against it.

If I remember rightly, it sold very little at first because it only had 1 week of data at retail.

The issue with Crysis as well was people simply didn't understand the sales pattern for a title like that.  It was marketed and known as a high end PC show off title.  Initial sales are low and to that crowd, then over time, as the general tech level increases with upgrades, more and more then get the game over time, giving it a much less front loaded profile.

Part of the problem is so many people look at the high profile front loaded console titles and simply assume that defines the only successful profile, and therefore anything that doesn't fit is judged a failure one or two weeks in.  Daft, but there you go.