According to Activision, as well as a recent article by Wired Online, Activision's Cash Cow, Modern Warfare 2 sold 290,000 legitimate copies on PC and was pirated 4.1 million times. First of all, I would just like to officially state that while GAME NEBULA DOES NOT ENDORSE ANY FORM OF MEDIA PIRACY, it's nice to see that Activision's milking of the Call of Duty franchise backfired on them.
I mean 4.1 million is a big number. Imagine a room full of every person who has visited this blog so far (about 1,000). Now imagine multiplying that room by 4,000. Now imagine if Call of Duty was good again. Wait, I got a little bit off topic there, but you get the picture.
Although I highly doubt that Activision will be able to turn the series around after Modern Warfare 2, it would be nice for them to learn from their mistakes, and give future Call of Duty developers more freedom in their projects (and dedicated servers. Sweet, sweet dedicated servers).
Anyway, suck it Activision.
Games: Console Makers Fight Back Against Piracy [Wired Online]
Does that include Steam? I know COD4 reported to sell more than that on PC but that didn't include steam sales.
ReplyDeleteMost PC sales reports include Steam, so I would assume so.
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