Grenade Spam Or Not, MW2 Sets Pre-Order Record
One thing's for certain, Infinity Ward's Fight Against Grenade Spam video may have hurt feelings, but it didn't hurt pre-order sales. GameStop executive Tony Bartel announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has broken the record for most copies pre-ordered at GameStop:
"By all indicators, we anticipate Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be the biggest entertainment launch of all time... As of today, the number of pre-order reservations we've taken for the game is the highest for any title we've ever sold in our 6,200 store network."
Activision's devoted campaign to sell the game also has 2,600 Walmart stores holding midnight launches, while the people at Amazon have been ordered to search for the most Call of Duty-est town in America and the $5,000 charity contribution which that title will earn the "lucky" town. (The list is a little scary.)
UK sales are also expected to break records, notably GTA IV's record of 926,000 copies sold in one week. With 500,000 UK preorders, the projected first week UK sales of 1.7 million copies doesn't seem too far-fetched.
For what it's worth, MW2 has been getting plenty of flack for non-gay-related controversies, like one scene that has an undercover CIA officer perform terrorist atrocities at an airport:
"The way that the plot is likely being handled comes across with a lot of the wrong messages, and shows a poor method of thinking when it comes to the sensitivity of the issue."
What does this mean? Sales trump sensitivity any day.
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Video Games on 4 November 2009
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I'm not surprised... the majority of people who play video games could give a shit about us. Also... even the few that were upset by this F.A.G.S. promo said they will still buy this game... me on the hand... i already cancelled my pre-order for this game and I don't plan on buying it ever... even though everyone on my friends list on ps3 and xbox360 will all be playing this game
I'll personally never get the FPS game love... *shrugs*
Myself and my friend (who is straight) both cancelled our orders also. He decided that if this company wants to act this way then that's their choice not buying the game is his.
He isn't an activist or anything like that but still doesn't see any reason that a company would even make a video like this and I agree.
No way was I going to be picking this game up anyway.
Hopefully Uncharted beats this for GOTY just to wipe the smirk off of their faces. What a joke, the same game rehashed 6 times now with the last two being virtually the same... and no-one's picked them up on it?