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Forums - Sales - Pachter :Modern Warfare 2 will EXCEED $500 million in week 1!!

Vetteman94 on 03 November 2009

Well I hope it falls way short of that. I am not buying it, not even used. I'll save my money for games that are worth it.



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Munkeh111 on 03 November 2009
dunno001 said:
Munkeh111 said:
According to wiki, GTA IV made $500m first week {revenue} and sold about 6m copies. Modern Warfare 2 won't need to sell so many copies as it has more expensive and numerous CEs

I think this helps to prove why Wiki info needs to be double-checked. IF you were to align all the launches of GTA 4, yes, it would come to almost 6 million copies. However, at $60/copy, that would be $360 million. If this supposedly broke $500m, where's the other $140m?

Another poster has already broken down the number for $60 copies at just over 8 million. Even if the $80 version was the average sale, it would still need to break 6 million. Like I said before, I can see it for the quarter, but not the first week.

Special editions, and higher prices outside of America



Ail on 03 November 2009
dunno001 said:
Munkeh111 said:
According to wiki, GTA IV made $500m first week {revenue} and sold about 6m copies. Modern Warfare 2 won't need to sell so many copies as it has more expensive and numerous CEs


I think this helps to prove why Wiki info needs to be double-checked. IF you were to align all the launches of GTA 4, yes, it would come to almost 6 million copies. However, at $60/copy, that would be $360 million. If this supposedly broke $500m, where's the other $140m?

Another poster has already broken down the number for $60 copies at just over 8 million. Even if the $80 version was the average sale, it would still need to break 6 million. Like I said before, I can see it for the quarter, but not the first week.

Not really.

Outside of US the game actually sells for more than 60$ if you look at retail prices in Europe. Especially with the weak dollar...



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !

Xelloss on 03 November 2009

Going to be funny when the gaming media in general hang all over Activisions nuts, and give awesome scores for a 6 hour game. I honestly thought the single player at least would be better than what I am hearing, but "short, kinda boring" seems to be the consensus.

Gonna LMAO if it hits the used-game shelves so quick it cannibalizes new purchases before the holiday season even arrives.

Munkeh111 on 03 November 2009
Xelloss said:

Going to be funny when the gaming media in general hang all over Activisions nuts, and give awesome scores for a 6 hour game. I honestly thought the single player at least would be better than what I am hearing, but "short, kinda boring" seems to be the consensus.

Gonna LMAO if it hits the used-game shelves so quick it cannibalizes new purchases before the holiday season even arrives.

The main appeal of MW 2 is the online, which will stop that many used sales from damaging new sales



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KungKras on 03 November 2009

Only 6 hours?

So much for Kotick wanting it to be "the biggest entertainement launch in history"

The biggest entertainement launch in the form of a video game should at least try to have some length to them.

This is what I hate about most games today. I expected graphically impressive and long uber games, not developers sacrificing length just to boost visuals. Length is important.



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Munkeh111 on 03 November 2009
KungKras said:

Only 6 hours?

So much for Kotick wanting it to be "the biggest entertainement launch in history"

The biggest entertainement launch in the form of a video game should at least try to have some length to them.

This is what I hate about most games today. I expected graphically impressive and long uber games, not developers sacrificing length just to boost visuals. Length is important.

It may be short, but it will be awesome. You have to remember that this game is mostly about MP, the SP is just the warm up really



KungKras on 03 November 2009

^Still, there are FPS games that I think does multiplayer better than CoD.

And no dedicated servers will cripple the MP beyond rescue.



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Asriel on 03 November 2009

Pachter thinks the biggest release of the year, from a massive third party publisher, launching on three formats, with a strong brand name and massive marketing blitz is going to be a massive hit at the busiest time of the year for videogame sales?

What a genius.



Qumulox on 03 November 2009

The saddest thing is that this overpriced game that has basicly the same multiplayer as COD4 and doesn't even has dedicated servers will get straight 10s everywhere and massive sales. I know this doesn't have anything to do with the thread but I know I'm not the only one who thinks the same.