CoD 2 360 - One Million Sold

Evil Avatar · 09-12-2006, 05:14 PM

Activision sends along word that Call of Duty 2 for the Xbox 360 has sold more than one million units in the USA.

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Activision, Inc. announced today that Infinity Ward’s critically acclaimed Call of Duty 2 for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system has sold more than one million units in the U.S. alone, according to NPD Funworld.

The award-winning title is the # 1 best selling game on Xbox 360 and continues to be among the highest rated games for the platform, according to Gamerankings data.

“We are proud that Call of Duty 2 is the first title to sell over one million units on the Xbox 360 in the U.S.” said Robin Kaminsky, executive vice president, Activision Publishing. “Activision has made a strong commitment to develop leading franchises for the next-generation consoles and we look forward to continuing that successful strategy with our titles launching on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and the Wii this fall.”

Sandman · 09-12-2006, 05:18 PM

Thats all?

And PDZ sucking really helped it.

Captain Awesome · 09-12-2006, 05:20 PM

More WW2 shooters, here we come

thecrazyd · 09-12-2006, 05:23 PM

Well, there goes my hopes of a sequel more like the original.

fitbabits · 09-12-2006, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by djsandman

Thats all?

And PDZ sucking really helped it.

That's a lot, though, for a relatively new console.

Ph00p · 09-12-2006, 05:29 PM

wow halo ww2 is a big seller? what a suprise!

fitbabits · 09-12-2006, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Ph00p

wow halo ww2 is a big seller? what a suprise!

wow writing witty remarks in lower case is co cool! what a suprise!

Skytram · 09-12-2006, 05:33 PM

Is everyone wearing crankypants today?

aversion2k · 09-12-2006, 05:35 PM

Congrats to Infinity Ward.

I liked COD2 Multiplayer, although it removed everything UO added to the first game, and added in some retarded things, Like grenade indicators.

Ludoc · 09-12-2006, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Skytram

Is everyone wearing crankypants today?

I'm a subscriber so I'm not wearing any pants.

And good for Infinity Ward; it's nice to see them doing so well. Do you think they sent a copy of the article to EA?

Lord Dongkey · 09-12-2006, 05:41 PM

Here's an interesting point - how many 360's have been sold at this time?

How many copies of CoD 2 have been sold at this time?

Attach rate?

(too lazy to look it up myself - but I have faith that some errant EA reader already knows all!)

The Iron Weasel · 09-12-2006, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Ludoc

I'm a subscriber so I'm not wearing any pants.

And good for Infinity Ward; it's nice to see them doing so well. Do you think they sent a copy of the article to EA?

I sure hope so. I want them to feel firing them. I loved both CoD and CoD2, and look forward to CoD:MC or whatever its going to be called.

SuperMonkeyFighter2 · 09-12-2006, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by fitbabits

That's a lot, though, for a relatively new console.

Exactly ... considering how few 360's have been sold in the US, that's a great ratio.

Zanzibar · 09-12-2006, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Lord Dongkey

Here's an interesting point - how many 360's have been sold at this time?

How many copies of CoD 2 have been sold at this time?

Attach rate?

(too lazy to look it up myself - but I have faith that some errant EA reader already knows all!)

Somewhere around 6-8mil X360s I thought I heard. That's an attach rate of around 15%.

This is why the PS3 devs are so pissed off. The best-selling launch title for the PS3, at a 15%-20% attach rate, will STILL only elicit around 100,000 units sold. That is NOTHING for a console game.

torrefaction · 09-12-2006, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Lord Dongkey

Here's an interesting point - how many 360's have been sold at this time?

How many copies of CoD 2 have been sold at this time?

Attach rate?

(too lazy to look it up myself - but I have faith that some errant EA reader already knows all!)

Regardless if you say sold/shipped...Microsoft says they've sold approximately 5 million.

http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=13296

Worst case, CoD2 has an attach rate of 20%. Not too damn shabby at all.

Zanzibar · 09-12-2006, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by torrefaction

Regardless if you say sold/shipped...Microsoft says they've sold approximately 5 million.

http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=13296

Worst case, CoD2 has an attach rate of 20%. Not too damn shabby at all.

Yeah, but that data is through June. Dead Rising came out since then.

thecrazyd · 09-12-2006, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Zanzibar

Somewhere around 6-8mil X360s I thought I heard. That's an attach rate of around 15%.

This is why the PS3 devs are so pissed off. The best-selling launch title for the PS3, at a 15%-20% attach rate, will STILL only elicit around 100,000 units sold. That is NOTHING for a console game.

That is ridiculous. Of course the attach rate would be higher if there was less games available. CoD 2's attach rate was probably significantly higher at launch.

PacoTaco · 09-12-2006, 06:01 PM

Keep in mind that these are sales figures for the US only.

f1sh3r · 09-12-2006, 06:02 PM

so that's why it still fetches so much money on the 360.

Lord Dongkey · 09-12-2006, 06:16 PM

*bows to the might of the EA readership*

This community never ceases to impress.

I'd say a 20% attach rate, or even a 15% attach rate, is a damned impressive thing. Especially in a genre that some would argue is saturated/tired. Either FPS or WW2 FPS, either way.

Kudos to Infinity Ward. Now if they'll just sell a mouse/keyboard I can use to play FPS the way it's supposed to be, I might just grab myself a 360.

Although a JRPG on the system and Dead Rising is almost enough to tip me as it is...

*stares at his lonely 56 inch TV*

/whimper