As Of Last Night, 2.35 Million People Had Tried Modern Warfare 2 On Xbox Live

24 Comments Posted November 11, 2009 - By Patrick Klepek

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The numbers for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 are going to be monstrous when the tallies come in over the next few weeks. A sampling of Xbox 360 gamers who'd picked up Modern Warfare 2 on launch day last night suggests Activision and Infinity Ward's shooter is going to shatter records. As I shut down the game around 3:00 a.m. PST last night, I scrolled to the bottom of the Xbox Live global leaderboards. After nearly 30 minutes of scrolling down (there's no "see the bottom of the list" option and the list scrolls at a mind-numbing pace), the magic number appeared:

2.35 million.

There are apparently tens of thousands of players who have picked up Modern Warfare 2, popped into multiplayer for only a handful of seconds to a few minutes and racked up zero points in the process, but Infinity Ward's tracking data logged them anyway. The amount of players who have signed onto Xbox Live, if only to briefly check out multiplayer, was 2.35 million. That doesn't even take into account the many players (like me) who most likely are still engrossed in the single-player campaign.

This is just a isolated sampling taken on the first day of Modern Warfare 2's emergence onto the market, not to mention just one platform among three that Modern Warfare 2 is being sold on.

As soon as I can get my hands on the PlayStation 3 and PC versions, I'll check those numbers.

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Tags: Videogames, Xbox 360

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lucidity

I believe the PS3 numbers are "0" until it's patched.

Posted: November 11, 2009 10:53 AM | Reply | Report

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darkhadden

Patrick. When does the hurting stop??

Posted: November 11, 2009 10:54 AM | Reply | Report

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djHaQ

Until it's patched?

Posted: November 11, 2009 10:57 AM | Reply | Report

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PS3fears360

@ lucidity

Lol! Ouch!!! Haven't they suffered enough already?

Posted: November 11, 2009 11:00 AM | Reply | Report

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darkhadden

Wrong hurting bucko. :( THE MW2 media blitz overload. This is a better machine than the Bush administration had, and again nobody questions, they just report... ALL MW2 ALL THE TIME. Egad.

Posted: November 11, 2009 11:00 AM | Reply | Report

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SaintArsenal

Now I feel good about where I am on the leaderboard.

Posted: November 11, 2009 11:09 AM | Reply | Report

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gamersince1995

DEMN NOW THESE IS THE TIME TO THINK WHY THERE IS NO BETA ON THESE GAME COZ PROBLEMS ARE RISING!

Posted: November 11, 2009 11:18 AM | Reply | Report

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BONERJAM

@SaintArsenal

I know what you mean. I saw my kill/death ratio and my rank and I was sooooo pissed. I think it will get better once I learn the maps but after seeing that number my rank doesn't look bad at all.

Posted: November 11, 2009 11:20 AM | Reply | Report

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darkhadden

ROD unfortunately they're referring to the bugged patch that hit PS3 MW2 and bricked the game online for people. It supposed to be fixed Friday. Way to go IW.

Posted: November 11, 2009 11:22 AM | Reply | Report

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BoydofZINJ

I wonder what the numbers are for the PC?

Likewise, for the PS3. If the Play Station 3 people are not careful, the next big game will include a water down PS3 version like the water down PC version of MW2.

Posted: November 11, 2009 11:26 AM | Reply | Report

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Patrick Klepek

I'll be looking into these soon, don't worry.

Posted: November 11, 2009 11:27 AM | Reply | Report

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PS3fears360

@ RRODisBack

Yesterday you made comments like "This is no different than Madden and Guitar Hero. Just annual updates." and "COD4 with new maps. Nothing new or original." I seriously doubt you were "playing" MW 2 on your PS3 last night. Nice try though.

http://www.justpushstart.com /2009/11/11/modern-warfare-ps3 -multiplayer-totally-unplayabl e/

Posted: November 11, 2009 11:31 AM | Reply | Report

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XXXSpartan118XXX

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Dont be mad the Xbox is still getting better as it goes along. Not my fault 0 players were on ps3.

Posted: November 11, 2009 11:42 AM | Reply | Report

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lucidity

I wonder how many PS3 owners are trading in their copy of MW2 for the 360 version right now?

Posted: November 11, 2009 11:42 AM | Reply | Report

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Krypton

Wasn't their a news report just the other day on G4TV.com that "supposedly" said that players favored the PS3 for all upcoming 3rd party multiplatform games including MW2?

I think it should be corrected to say the Xbox 360 instead. :)

Posted: November 11, 2009 11:52 AM | Reply | Report

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BoydofZINJ

I would love to see the numbers for the PC version. I did go to the Best Buy midnight opening and was amazed how many people in San Antonio bought one. I almost bought the PC VERSION myself and I resisted the temptation. The single player would keep me busy for, what, 3 days?

I did win 2 Modern Warefare 2 posters, WTG BEST BUY LOL!

It is far easier and more profitable to sell to XBOX360 than to the oldbreed of PC-Gamers. With that being said, IW is hoping that the XBOX and PS3 users will be enough profit for themselves. The PC-Gamers have been regulated to the MMO market and IW is proving they dont need us to be called the most successful game of the year and the most profitable one either!

This situation bodes badly for us PC-Gamers! I dusted off my PS3 and noticed it can play games. I do have a Play Station 3 system. I bought it to play BluRays and I did buy GTA 4(never finished it) and Forced Unleashed (I finished it when I bought a new computer and my old one broke).

Posted: November 11, 2009 11:53 AM | Reply | Report

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SkullOne360

Activision's servers went down for PS3 causes the multiplayer outage. Randolph d'Amore the quality assurance/customer service tech posted that on his twitter account and that Activision is working on a solution. This just gives me more time to play Uncharted 2 so it's no big deal to me.

Posted: November 11, 2009 11:57 AM | Reply | Report

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pwnagninja12

Modern Warfare 2 for Game of the Year!

Whats going on with the PS3 patch? I haven't heard anything about it.

Posted: November 11, 2009 12:45 PM | Reply | Report

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BlueRectangleOfLife

I can happily say...I haven't played yet...because I decided that I wanted to be able to eat for the reset of the month

Posted: November 11, 2009 1:06 PM | Reply | Report

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dominion76

damn bills. nothing like priorities to ruin my fun. One more week until I can get this, and so long social life.

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