Modern Warfare 2 smashes day-one sales record

Activision sold 1.23 million copies of Modern Warfare 2 in the UK on the game's first day on release, MCV can reveal.

Incredibly, that's double the number GTA IV sold through in its first 24 hours on shelves – making MW2 by far the fastest-selling video game in UK history.

According to official GfK-ChartTrack numbers obtained by MCV, Modern Warfare 2 sold 1,230,588 copies on day-one – smashing the previous record set by Rockstar's 2007 release.

The number represents close to one in 24 UK homes.

The news puts MW2 easily on course to hit the 1.7 million sales forecast by MCV last month – and means it's already matched HMV's slightly more conservative estimate.

The last day-one sales champ, GTA IV, generated 609,000 sales in its first 24 hours at retail in the UK.

The Rockstar release sold 926,000 units in its first five days on sale – taking £40 million at tills.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/36482/Modern-Warfare-2-smashes-day-one-sales-record

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