Sales crossed $1 billion mark

Activision has let us know that Modern Warfare 2 has crossed the $1 billion mark in retail sales since it's launch in November '09.

This is an amazing achievement for both Infinity Ward and Activision (okay, 95-5%?)! Even though many have seen it coming, way before Modern Warfare 2 was released on November 10th, 2009.

In its first five days alone, the game sold an estimated $550 million worldwide, outpacing five-day worldwide theatrical box office gross figures for such films as Avatar, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and The Dark Knight, according to internal Activision estimates and boxofficemojo.com.

"Call of Duty:Modern Warfare 2 has exceeded our expectations and shattered theatrical box office and video game records," said Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. "There are only a handful of entertainment properties that have ever reached the $1 billion mark, which illustrates the power of the Call of Duty franchise and mass appeal of this game."

We would like to congratulate Infinity Ward with making such an amazing game! Thank you guys for making such a great game that has brought so many people from all over the world together.