"Modern Warfare 2" broke the first day of game sales record

"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" game screenshot Beijing Time November 13 morning news, according to foreign media reports, Blizzard announced today, shooting game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" (Calls of Duty:modern Warfare 2) Tuesday after the listing,　　The first-day sales in North America and the UK reached 4.7 million. The result has broken the record of 3.6 million sets sold on the first day of the launch of Take-two's "Grand Theft Auto 4", which was set last year. Blizzard said "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" in North America and Britain, the first day of sales of 310 million U.S. dollars.　　The retail price of this game is 60 dollars.　　The video gaming industry has been in a slump since the weak consumer demand, and the launch of Modern Warfare 2 is a bright spot. Pacific Crest Nomura industry analyst Yven Wilson (Evan Wilson) said that "Modern Warfare 2" sold more than he had expected. He expects the game to be released on the first day of global sales of 6.5 million units.　　"Modern Warfare 2" was developed by Infinity Ward, where Blizzard was responsible for distribution.　　Wilson believes it is not possible to generalize the overall holiday sales of video games with the sale of this game, because "Modern Warfare 2" is a game that can be sold in any economic environment. Brokerage Wedbush Morgan estimates that the first quarter of "Modern Warfare" sold 6 million units in its debut season. "Modern Warfare 2" is its sequel.　　Retailers have been fiercely competing for the distribution of the game as they face a grim holiday shopping season.　　In "Modern Warfare 2", Russian extremists want to bring havoc to the world, the latest in the "Call of Duty" series, which was first launched in 2003. The initial game background was set during World War Ii.　　But in "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" (called Deriving 4:modern Warfare), which was released two years ago, game developers tuned the background to contemporary. The change has been echoed by gamers, who are still playing the game. Part of the appeal of the game is that players can play different roles in the game, as if they were experiencing a real conflict from many angles, such as playing an American or British soldier and fighting the enemy with a variety of modern weaponry. (Wood)