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    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

    Game » consists of 22 releases. Released Nov 10, 2009

    The sequel to 2007’s wildly successful first-person-shooter Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues the story of American and British soldiers fighting Russian ultra-nationalist forces.

    Did the Modern Warfare Rebranding work for you?

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    Under_Influenz

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    #1  Edited By Under_Influenz

    I didn't think I'd stop calling it Call of Duty, but the rebranding worked on me. It's even sounds awkward to call it a Call of Duty game now.

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    #2  Edited By Damien

    Yeh, I call it Modern Warfare 2.  Curse you marketing!!!

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    #3  Edited By beargirl1

    it has also affected me. Modern Warfare 2 sounds like a good title for it, as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 just sounds weird. 

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    #4  Edited By hockeymask27

    I don't mind saying modern warfare 2. However trying to recall the previous one is starting to mess up my head. COD 4....COD modern warfare....mondernwarfare1  you get the point.

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    #5  Edited By trophyhunter

    nope I call it call of duty 6, just like I called world at war call of duty 5 because 5 is shorter than world at war 6 is shorter than modern warfare 2

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    #6  Edited By Fallen189
    @trophyhunter said:
    " nope I call it call of duty 6, just like I called world at war call of duty 5 because 5 is shorter than world at war 6 is shorter than modern warfare 2 "
    Same here. It's either COD6 or 4.5
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    #7  Edited By Milkman

    Yep, I just call it Modern Warfare 2.

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    #8  Edited By The_Dude

    call of duty 42?

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    #9  Edited By Forcen

    There is no number after the Call of Duty part, so..

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    #10  Edited By meteora

    Yeah the rebranding has worked for me. I just call it Modern Warfare 2 now instead of Call of Duty [insert something here].

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    #11  Edited By HandsomeDead

    Yeah, it's Modern Warfare 2 to me. There's a massive illuminated billboard up in Liverpool showing it and I was surprised to see the Call of Duty name on there, even if it's only as big as the ODE in Modern.

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    #12  Edited By Discorsi

    Damn marketing team.  Out of spite i will now refer to it as Call of Duty 6

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    #13  Edited By captain_clayman

    yeah it worked for me.

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    It's not a matter of the "rebranding working on me", it's a matter of what the game's official title is. I call games by their title, not something made up. I refer to it as Modern Warfare 2 because that's what it is.
     
    I was playing Gears of War 2 the other day and someone referred to it as "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2". It annoyed me. I am an elitist.

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    I call it modern warfare 2 cause that's it's name I guess, and because Im not big into COD. But a lot of my friends who game but don't keep up with news as much still call it COD6 : MW2

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    #16  Edited By Binman88

    They should have called it "Call of Duty 4 - 2 (6), Modern Warfare 2". I like the shortened Modern Warfare 2 they went with though.

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    #17  Edited By Karmum

    No, not really. I still associated it with Call of Duty, but if I'm typing in a hurry, I'll just brand it to "MW2." But I did that with the original MW, too.

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    #18  Edited By MetalR

    I call it you know the new Call of Duty game

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    #19  Edited By xDARKxKnight

    Yeh, its Modern Warfare 2 for me. Has a nice ring to it :)
     
    Sometimes, i even just say Modern Warfare.

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    #20  Edited By Lashe

    Depends who I'm talking to. I think I instinctively call it MW2 but for some people to get me I have to totally say 'The new CoD'.

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    Sometimes I accidently call C.O.D. 4 Modern Warfare (1) by accident so it appears to have worked.

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    #22  Edited By TheMustacheHero

    It's just a long title, so the Call of Duty is stupid to include.
     
    It's like how people don't say "The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion", they just say "Oblivion".

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    #23  Edited By beargirl1
    @Binman88 said:
    " They should have called it "Call of Duty 4 - 2 (6), Modern Warfare 2". I like the shortened Modern Warfare 2 they went with though. "
    Call of Duty 4 - 2 (6), Modern Warfare 2.. it just rolls off your tongue. 
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    #24  Edited By natetodamax

    I couldn't possibly care less.

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    #25  Edited By hughesie27
    @Vito_Raliffe: 
    It is called Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 though?
    Hence the branding on the box.
    Anyway, I call it COD 6
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    @hughesie27 said:
    " @Vito_Raliffe:  It is called Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 though? Hence the branding on the box. Anyway, I call it COD 6 "
    No, it's called Modern Warfare 2. They simply use Call of Duty on the box and in some advertising for consumers who would be confused by the official title change.
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    Name re-brands always seem weird at first, but eventually everyone stops noticing. Look at the Wii.

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    #28  Edited By hughesie27
    @Vito_Raliffe: 
    I don't think we are ever going to agree here but for arguments sake, if you were to go into a shop on Tuesday and ask for the Call of Duty game you will be handed MW2. Also, it will continue to carry the tag 'CoD'.
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    #29  Edited By DanielJW

    Great success!

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    #30  Edited By Capum15

    I call it Modern Warfare 2.

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    #31  Edited By copycatzen

    It worked for me... I havent even play the first one... but I will, i borrowed it already from a friend and its waiting in my closet... once I am done.... If I like Ill buy MW2
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    #32  Edited By PercyChuggs

    They could call it "You're a moron and your mother has a stupid face 2" and I would still buy it.

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    #33  Edited By WrenchNinja

    They could call it anything and I still wouldn't buy it.

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    @hughesie27 said:
    " @Vito_Raliffe:  I don't think we are ever going to agree here but for arguments sake, if you were to go into a shop on Tuesday and ask for the Call of Duty game you will be handed MW2. Also, it will continue to carry the tag 'CoD'. "
    We're not disagreeing on anything. I am just saying that officially, the game is called Modern Warfare 2. This is fact and not something that can be argued. It was decided this way because Infinity Ward considers it a new IP. Press releases from the companies themselves and the premiere teaser trailer confirm this.
     
    I have no problem with people calling it Call of Duty. That is expected and intentional with the way the game is being marketed. Everyone knows what someone means when they say Call of Duty. A lot of people would be potentially confused if they just marketed it as Modern Warfare 2.  This is why the Standard edition of the game has Call of Duty on it, but the more expensive editions do not. They figure if you are buying a collector's edition, you know exactly what Modern Warfare 2 is.
     
    I did jokingly say that I was annoyed when someone called it "Call of Duty FOUR: Modern Warfare 2". That to me is like saying Grand Theft Auto III: San Andreas.
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    #35  Edited By JoelTGM

    I wish I could call it COD6 but I can't now or people will get angry.  I don't know what the short form for Modern Warfare 2 is... Mod2?

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    #36  Edited By Under_Influenz
    @DOUBLESHOCK said:
    " I wish I could call it COD6 but I can't now or people will get angry.  I don't know what the short form for Modern Warfare 2 is... Mod2? "
    I think it's just MW2
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    #37  Edited By JoelTGM
    @Under_Influenz said:
    " @DOUBLESHOCK said:
    " I wish I could call it COD6 but I can't now or people will get angry.  I don't know what the short form for Modern Warfare 2 is... Mod2? "
    I think it's just MW2 "
    yeah but to say it out loud it's 5 syllables which is the same as just saying the whole thing Modern Warfare 2.
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    @DOUBLESHOCK said:
    " @Under_Influenz said:
    " @DOUBLESHOCK said:
    " I wish I could call it COD6 but I can't now or people will get angry.  I don't know what the short form for Modern Warfare 2 is... Mod2? "
    I think it's just MW2 "
    yeah but to say it out loud it's 5 syllables which is the same as just saying the whole thing Modern Warfare 2. "
    This is why it should be ModWar2. There, only three!
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    #39  Edited By JoelTGM
    @Vito_Raliffe said:
    " @DOUBLESHOCK said:
    " @Under_Influenz said:
    " @DOUBLESHOCK said:
    " I wish I could call it COD6 but I can't now or people will get angry.  I don't know what the short form for Modern Warfare 2 is... Mod2? "
    I think it's just MW2 "
    yeah but to say it out loud it's 5 syllables which is the same as just saying the whole thing Modern Warfare 2. "
    This is why it should be ModWar2. There, only three! "
    ok sounds good.
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    #40  Edited By iam3green

    yes, i can say it worked for me. i just call it modern warfare 2 because calling it call of duty modern warfare 2 is long. i call the first one call of duty 4.

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    #41  Edited By Diamond

    I like that it's not Call of Duty because I'm not afraid they'll go back and start making WW2 games again.

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    #42  Edited By roofy

    worked on me.
     
    the modern warfare name seems more high quality than call of duy

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    Modern Warfare 2 just feels awkward to me.  
    My friends and I just refer to it as COD, we know what we're talking about.

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    #44  Edited By Sabata

    Nope, I call it CoD6.

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    #45  Edited By wfolse1
    @trophyhunter: This is a little bit ridiculous.  Did you call GTA: San Andreas GTA 5?  Likewise, were the many versions of Street Fighter 2 numbered sequels?  This must have caused a great amount of confusion for you when GTA IV and Street Fighter IV came along.
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    #46  Edited By iiNF3RNo

    Modern warfare 2 FTW

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    #47  Edited By Wolverine

    I like it better for the most part. I just don't like it when people refer to it as MW 2 and pronounce the MW as (Mew) like the sound a cow makes.

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    #48  Edited By fezz

    I only know one person that still calls it Call of Duty, so apparently it worked.

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    #49  Edited By citizenkane
    @Capum15 said:
    " I call it Modern Warfare 2. "
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    #50  Edited By Red

    MW2 is shorter than CoD6, by the way.

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