Analyst estimates seven million day-one sales of Modern Warfare 2
by JC Fletcher 
on Nov 11th 2009 7:20PM
Analyst Ben Schachter estimates that
Modern Warfare 2, that game you're playing right now, sold seven million copies worldwide in its first day on the market, almost doubling the
first-day sales of
Grand Theft Auto IV (3.6 million).
1.2 million copies have already been accounted for in the UK -- not coincidentally, also double that region's first-day total for
GTA IV. That trend went into Schachter's estimate.
"With
GTA IV selling-through 6mm units worldwide in its first week," Schachter said, "that suggests week one of
Modern Warfare 2 worldwide sell-through could approximate ~11.7mm. While 2x the week one tally for
GTA IV may seem aggressive, the bottom line is that we believe current consensus estimates of around 12mm for the December quarter may end up being conservative."
Here's an eye-opening number for context:
Street Fighter II on SNES, which we think of as ubiquitous, sold
6.3 million copies worldwide. Total.
