Activision Raises Revenue Expectations on Back of Modern Warfare 2 DLC Sales
The $15 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Map Pack, which broke a few Xbox Live DLC sales records, was originally planned for the June quarter, but was released early. One might speculate that the DLC was pushed up due to the then impending legal drama between publisher Activision and developer Infinity Ward.
World of Warcraft sales beating expectations is good news for Blizzard as new subscriptions have been slowing for the company's insanely popular MMORPG.
A second map pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is being developed by (those left at) Infinity Ward. The first map pack is currently available on the Xbox 360, but will be released on the PC and PlayStation 3 in May.
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Moog69
replyOh that boycott worked !
Must be one of the most successful in the history of failed boycotts :)
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I mean the thing is, people are going to buy COD for a long time, I think most people would agree MW2 was the best FPS released in 2009, by far. In a sense, Activision is good to its customers, I mean look at all the free DLC PC players got for COD: World at War. I'm when MW3 comes out it will sell even better.
If you're going to protest something, you have to do it right. This reminds me of when people were boycotting L4D2 which was pretty unfounded in my opinion, people wanted more DLC from Valve, even though when you buy a game at its original price, that's what you're agreeing to get and anything else is a bonus.-
Yes! Activsion was so good to gamers in 2009, just look at this lineup. http://www.geek.com/articles/games/activisions-2009-lineup-everything-you-need-to-know-20090213/
Three franchises, and they've ruined two of them. Who buys Guitar Hero games anymore? Not many. Then, as far as the Call of Duty franchise is concerned, their greed and tyrannical control drove away all the talent at Infinity Ward. That leaves Blizzard to pick up the tab for the next year with Starcraft II and WoW. Well played Activision!
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On PC it worked... MW2 had allready a 10% steamsale because they sold shit. Who cares about fucking consoles anyway. Oh yeah, Kotick does... he likes those little Xbox-kids, because they throw the money of their parents on everything that is advertised. Be proud america... (yes, america=xbox country...)
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Thats funny because MW2 is still place 4 in the steam top seller list, and on release day everyone in the boycott group was playing it.
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