Gamestop has informed USA Today that preorders for Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 “are the highest for any title we’ve ever sold.”
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has sold over 13 million units, Call of Duty: World at War has surpassed 11 million. Even going so far as to cause other games to be delayed – even Activision’s own published title Singularity – as companies attempt to avoid a head-to-head confrontation with arguably, this year’s biggest video game.
Activision CEO Mike Griffith in a conference call said, “Call of Duty has been very strong this year with pre-orders and also the special added value units. I don’t think we want to go into specifics on how much it’s up versus last year, but it is up and it’s set new records for us and we feel very bullish going into the launch.”
Analysts are expecting Modern Warfare 2 to sell 10 million copies withing the fiscal fourth quarter solely.
Source: Shacknews, Brave New Gamer
