Modern Warfare 2

As a thank you to all the gamers who purchased the ‘CoD: World at War’ game, the following statement was issued:

These outstanding feats would have never been possible without the continued dedication and support from all of the loyal Call of Duty fans. For that, we at Treyarch and Activision would like to extend our sincerest Thank You. We’re honored and humbled to have one of the greatest online communities in video game history behind our products!

For Treyarch, those sales figures are an achievement in itself and for Activision it confirms that the Call of Duty Franchise is one of their biggest ever. Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith, has stated recently that total sales of the Call of Duty titles have now hit an impressive 35 million units worldwide with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare reaching just over 13 Million of those sales alone.

If that wasn’t enough, Janco Partners (Analyst Firm) Mike Hickey is predicting that the upcoming ‘Modern Warfare2′ will be the biggest selling game of 2009.

“We believe Modern Warfare 2 will likely be the largest video game release for [calendar year] 2009. For the Company’s fiscal Q409 period (Dec. ending), we anticipate the sell through to consumers of 11.1 million units for an estimated retail value of $803 million and sell-in approximating 12.4 million units, for an approximated sales value of $666 million (we assume demand is 90% of supply).”

“In addition to the success of Modern Warfare, we believe the potential Modern Warfare 2 fan base grew with the holiday ’08 release of Call of Duty: World at War, which management suggested 1/5 of buyers were new franchise gamers. The game has sold an estimated 11 million units in 6 months, suggesting an additional 2 million potential Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 consumers this holiday.”

For anyone who could possibly not know, ‘Modern Warfare 2′ is set for release on November 10th 2009.

Will it be the biggest selling game of the year, what are your thoughts?

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The world knows and the gamers know it better that the biggest title of 2007 end was Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. This had a significant change in the Call of Duty series. Till now the game is played too much.

2008 was the return of the old conflict in the game, World War II. It was Call of Duty: World at War. Modern Warfare 2 is also expected to top in sales in the videogame industry after it is launched on November 10 this year.

Mike Griffith, the CEO of Activision Publishing, said recently that when Modern Warfare 1 was launched in the year 2007 then it had a substantial jump in consumers engaged in the CoD franchise. The CoD: World at War was launched in Holiday 2008 and it saw that more than a 5th purchasers were the first time users of CoD franchise. He explains further that Modern Warfare 2 will be having a ready purchasers.

Griffith also said, “We also look at Modern Warfare 2 and where it’s strongest on the next-gen platforms of PS3 and Xbox 360. The installed base from the first Modern Warfare to the second one will be nearly double.”

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Activision needs not to worry at all for the Modern Warfare 2. It has been proved from the past record of it in the gaming industry. It has always dominated the videogame market. Activision has a knack for owning pretty much every genre it sets its sights on conquering. The previous two serious of Call of Duty games are still a hot selling in the video games market. It is never a surprise for Activision to expect Modern Warfare 2 to crush the competition this year.

Mike Griffith, the publishing CEO of Activision said that they have goals for all of their titles. He said that they fully expect this new series of Call of Duty to be one of the largest title in the gaming industry this year.

Griffith further said, “When you look at whenModern Warfare 1 was launched in 2007, it had a substantial jump in consumers engaged in the Call of Duty franchise. World at War, which was launched in Holiday 2008, saw that more than a fifth of its purchasers were first time users of the Call of Duty franchise. So all those new purchasers are ready for theModern Warfare 2 experience because they haven’t historically been in the franchise.”

It is also learned that Mike Griffith also predicts that Modern Warfare 2 owners will be almost double form what it was for the original Modern Warfare.

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