Modern Warfare 2 becomes top selling UK game


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August 23rd, 2010 @ 11:51

By Patrick Garratt

See this, Dr Kawashima? This is danger close right up in your bespectacled face.

Chart-Track?s confirmed that Modern Warfare 2 is now the biggest selling British game of all time.

The Infinity Ward shooter achieved the feat this week, 41 weeks from launch. The game has spent only three weeks outside the top 10 since releasing in 2009.

MW2 has stolen the UK crown from Dr Kawashima on DS, which took around 36 months to overtake the previous holder, GTA: San Andreas on PS2, Xbox and PC.

As ever, no firm figures were released by Chart-Track. Suffice it to say, Modern Warfare 2 has sold ?a lot?.

Activision will be looking for another CoD smash with Treyarch?s Black Ops on November 9.

http://www.vg247.com/2010/08/23/modern-warfare-2-becomes-top-selling-uk-game-ever/

I should put money on who the first hater will be to comment

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Thank the supermarkets :p

MW2 was sold in supermarkets? Whoa. I'm in the US so I wouldn't have guessed. The closest thing found in supermarkets are toys and DVDs. :p

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All of our supermarkets have like 24/7 living stores that sell more than just groceries.

Some even sell insurance and piggy back on cell carriers for their own network.

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MW2 was sold in supermarkets? Whoa.

There was a price war between the supermarkets too, so it ended up being sold at a very low price. :D

£26, instead of about £40ish?

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MW2 was sold in supermarkets? Whoa. I'm in the US so I wouldn't have guessed. The closest thing found in supermarkets are toys and DVDs. tongue.gif

You could pick up MW2 for between ?20-25 in most supermarkets in UK on launch so it shifted bucketloads.

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Picture in OP is flawed, it has 3 members of the same time very close to each other which would indicate teamwork - That doesn't exist in the Call of Duty games.

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Picture in OP is flawed, it has 3 members of the same time very close to each other which would indicate teamwork - That doesn't exist in the Call of Duty games.

Maybe a promo shot showing that teamwork IS possible, but unlikely........

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Never played it, is it good?

If you like a game that removes the player from the equation and replaces it with perks and killstreaks, add a sprinkle of frustration and a dash of rageface and then you have MW2 (Y)

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MW2 was sold in supermarkets? Whoa. I'm in the US so I wouldn't have guessed. The closest thing found in supermarkets are toys and DVDs. :p

I think UK supermarkets aren't like ours. I'm going to guess they sell more than just food.

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If you like a game that removes the player from the equation and replaces it with perks and killstreaks, add a sprinkle of frustration and a dash of rageface and then you have MW2 (Y)

That's PRECISELY what it is! Especially the "rageface" bit. ;)

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unreal game. multiplayer is as addicting as crystal meth.

That's going a bit far.. it's fun to play maybe once a month. And then you remember all the reasons why you stopped playing it a month ago.

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That's going a bit far.. it's fun to play maybe once a month. And then you remember all the reasons why you stopped playing it a month ago.

the game made my eyes bleed for three straight months. then bad company happened and failed hard and i went back.

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I play every few days or so for an hour... I believe the engine is okay (physics are great) but when you play it a lot you'll notice things missing (e.g. probably the reason you won't play it for ages is because of no dedicated server support = no community). It's sad to see a game these days have less for it than Quake did way back.

Looking forward to Black Ops, looks like a rehashed MW2 with server support so that's fine with me. Pre-ordered :)

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Oh come on guys, it's not a bad game. It's not a great game but it is one of my favorite online shooters. Maybe you guys are holding it wrong?

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Even if the multiplayer does suck, it doesn't at all speak for the campaign. Both of them had great storylines and combat.

The engine is also -amazing- considering it ran very smoothly on a 3870, with highest settings. Yet it still looked beautiful, and alot more detailed than many.

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