Is this really a surprise?

I doubt it will sell that much.

I don't get the big deal with CoD... however I imagine it will sell a lot, just not that much.

IW will break off from Activision in the same way Bungie did from MS?  I seriously doubt that.  Bungie was let go under the condition that they give Microsoft a first look at everything they make.  Activision loves money far too much to allow such a cash cow go.

That number is rather large, but considering it's incredibly popular on PC, Xbox, and PS3 i guess it's possible.  One things for sure, if you like COD4 and/or WAW you will definitely love MW2.

Well it's the game pretty much everyone will want to buy.  It's going to sell a lot.  I have no idea how many shooter fans there are across the three platforms though.

That's pushing expectations ridiculously high.

COD4 sold 12 million, of course MW2 will sell as much or more.

That's high but totally attainable.

i can believe it.

I can see this definitely making that benchmark. Obviously not in one, two or even three months but in a reasonable amount of time this game will definitely break 10-11 million.

I can see this game selling 11 million.

It can be the next CS.

I remember reading somewhere that WaW just broke 11 or 12 million but that was in 8 or 9 months. The game will sell millions but I just don't think it'll sell that much in such a short time.

i could see it sell 10m + in 2 months

I wouldn't be surprised. 

I'll buy it...

HOW IS THIS NEWS?!?

How is speculating something that will or won't happen in the future worth the amount of time it took someone to write this? I'm not denying that MW2 is going to sell a fuck-ton, and probably deservedly so if Infinity Ward's past record is any indication. But analysts "assuming" and "anticipating" stuff based on graphs and charts is really about as much news as when someone gets on my TV and tells me that gas prices are (probably) going to go up tomorrow.

It is like everyone is so busy trying to get the story first, we've decided to report on things before they happened.

Modern Warfare 3 would be overkill.

Read it earlier. It's... attainable, but not a high chance. Depends on how popular it is, the consumer demands and if recession doesn't bite sales.

I really doubt it, dont get me wrong i think it will sell VERY well. But after talking to many of my friends who are semi-gamers, they dont  really think of Cod4 as modern warfare, they think of it as CoD4. And when i said they were making a new CoD4, they didnt even know about it. (one of my friends even asked me if CoD6 was still coming out)

Honestly, who gives a fuck what they predict. These guys are no different than the ones that has the purpose of selling a product using extensive business techniques. I find it amusing if people are stupid enough to purchase it just because of a big number.

"@Hitchenson: Me either. I think it's because of the multi player though, as CoD4 had a lackluster single player campaign. CoD 4 is a very well polished game but it still suffers from it's own limitation.

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" @T0mF5: I really don't see how people don't appreciate the COD4 singleplayer, it was one of the best SP I've ever played in a FPS with literally tons of "... OH SHI-" moments. "

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" @Meteora said:

" @T0mF5: I really don't see how people don't appreciate the COD4 singleplayer, it was one of the best SP I've ever played in a FPS with literally tons of "... OH SHI-" moments. "

Yeah, one of my friends didn't really care about the SP either, said it was nothing special. Pfft. "

" @Mordukai said:

" http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=55994

If that would be the case I believe that Infinity Ward will brake off of Activision"

I'm willing to bet that's what they are hoping will happen.

Also, is this game called Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 or just Modern Warfare 2?  All I've seen is Modern Warfare 2 popping up on EVERYTHING, but there are still people calling it Call of Duty...

As far as the story goes, 11 million isn't impossible, especially for Modern Warfare 2.  The thing is getting fanfare receptions of joy that rival Halo with no problem.

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Sigh.

This isn't news at all, this is a prediction. I'll believe it when I see it.