Outcry over removal of dedicated server support can’t stop latest Call of Duty installment from a faster start than original Modern Warfare. Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 faced its share of prelaunch controversy. Above and beyond a contentious level in the game’s campaign mode, many PC players were particularly peeved with the game’s lack of dedicated server support . PC gamers who had been vocal about a Modern Warfare 2 boycott went into stealth mode when it came time to pick it up. While boycotts were threatened and more than 220,000 gamers signed a petition asking developer Infinity Ward to reconsider dedicated servers , sales of the PC edition of the game don’t appear to have been affected greatly. In a post on the developer’s official forums , community manager Robert “fourzerotwo” Bowling revealed that, “The PC version of Modern Warfare 2 has actually outsold the PC version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare in its [sic] first week. Making it the most successful PC version.” Bowling’s note about the sales came in a thread claiming the PC version to be a flop because it only accounted for roughly 3 percent of all Modern Warfare 2 sales in the UK. The community manager addressed the figure, saying it was evidence not of a PC flop, but rather overwhelming success of the console editions of the game. The PC version of Modern Warfare 2 is by no means the only one outperforming previous installments. Activision estimated that across platforms, the game brought in $550 million worldwide in its first five days of release , outpacing previous blockbuster games like Grand Theft Auto IV, films like The Dark Knight and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , or the book release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows . [ Watch Video ] Comment on this video Watch this video in High Def Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot ” Modern Warfare 2 PC first-week sales top predecessor ” was posted by Brendan Sinclair on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:56:46 -0800

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