In an announcement that surprised virtually no one, earlier today Activision Blizzard told a group of analysts thatModern Warfare 2recently broke 20 million copies sold.
To put that in perspective, that’s about 4 copies for every person in Scotland, two copies for every person in Los Angeles, or a copy for almost every single person on the continent of Australia. The craziest part of all this is that, taking into account all the money Activision Blizzard made offCall of Duty,the Wall Street Journal reportsthatWorld of Warcraftstill makes up 70% of Activision Blizzard’s operating profit.
Whatever they made fromCall of Dutywas just a drop in their (enormous) money bucket, which pretty much blows my mind. Activision Blizzard could theoretically — not that they ever will, or should — stop production on all console games, and STILL make more money than most game companies could even dream of.
Crazy, right? Maybe that will change though — getting back on topic, it was also announced that preorders forCall of Duty: Black Ops, set for release on November 9th, are already on track to surpass the preorder numbers forModern Warfare 2. Are you one of the 20 million people who boughtModern Warfare 2?
[viaGameSpot]
