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

by Randy Nelson

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."

I doubt it would outsell wii fit or wii play, or used copies of wii sports.

Unless our little PS3 slim there changes the game

I so want this game to flop.

How much did new super mario bros DS sell

Why?

maybe he means for GameSpot...

you want this game to flop because its not on wii?

Because:

1: It's a first person shooter. There are already enough of those.

2: It's made by Activision, and if it will succed, they will milk the franchise even harder.

3: Battlefield-style FPS > CoD-style FPS. I want the more war-like FPS games to take over the genre, this means CoD selling bad, and Battlefield and MAG selling well.

4: Bob Kotick deserves it.

@ AnarchyWest. No, FPS games belong on PC. I don't care for FPS games on Wii.

How is the wii game going to sell better when the DS has an install base of over 100 million. In any case, the original Modern warfare sold over 13 million copies on all platforms, and continues to sell very well possibly 100K every 2 weeks.