Gamespot is reporting that not only has Call of Duty 4 broken the 9 million unit sales barrier, but they have also broken an XBLA record with over 9 million downloads in nine days!From the get-go, Activision's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was a
certifiable hit. Its PC performance notwithstanding, the Infinity
Ward-developed modern-warfare shooter debuted with more than 2 million units sold
across the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in its first month last November.
Though having been available for only two months, the title also
managed to take the 2007 sales crown, with Activision saying in January
that COD4 had sold 7 million units worldwide by year's end.
Proving to have legs beyond 2007, COD4 landed the top slot in the NPD
Group's monthly sales dump for January and February, though it was ousted in March
by Super Smash Bros. Brawl's staggering 2.7 million-unit debut. Even
so, March's NPD report did signify a significant milestone for
Activision and Infinity Ward. According to a post by Infinity Ward director of communications Robert Bowling on the game's official blog, COD4 has officially sold more than 9 million units worldwide since launch.
With the Call of Duty 4: Game of the Year Edition
out two weeks ago, Bowling also noted that the Variety Map Pack has set
an Xbox Live Marketplace record of logging more than 1 million
downloads in its first nine days. The four-map pack came as a free
download with COD4: GOTYE, and those who already owned the Xbox 360
version of the game could purchase the add-on over Xbox Live for 800
Microsoft points ($10). The Variety Map Pack will be available on the
PlayStation Network next week.
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Posted at 10:40AM Apr 21, 2008
by Kevin P McAuliffe in Astound |