The launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was an incredible success, surpassing publisher Activision's expectations in terms of sales and profits less than two weeks after its release.

Call of Duty's latest shooter has outsold some of the most popular games released recently, such as Gotham Knights, FIFA 23 and NBA 2K23, and has become the most downloaded title on the PlayStation Digital Store in the US and Europe during the month of October.

This information was provided to us by the official PlayStation Blog. It detailed the top 20 most downloaded games in both the US and Europe regions based on a number of different criteria. Modern Warfare 2 was the second most downloaded game on PS4 in Europe, behind the new football game FIFA 23.

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GSD, which specializes in October 2022 sales data, reported that Modern Warfare 2 and FIFA 23 saw a 1.5% increase in game sales compared to October 2021. GamesIndustry agreed, revealing a huge increase in first-week sales. And it came close to matching the sales total of the previous game, Call of Duty: Vanguard.

Activision, the publisher, also shared exciting details about the game’s sales. According to the publisher, the game’s sales within ten days of its release have surpassed a billion dollars in this short period of time.

These Modern Warfare 2 sales figures come after the publisher previously announced that total sales of the shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 reached $ 800 million in just 3 days after its release. It then became the fastest-selling game in the series' history, according to publisher Activision.

with these announced numbers. This piece managed to surpass the previous record of Black Ops 2, released in 2012. It took 15 days to reach US$ 1 billion in sales.