Modern Warfare 2 is Most Pirated Game of 2009
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 broke all sorts of records -- even illegal ones.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is 2009's entertainment juggernaut. In its first 24 hours, the game sold 4.7 million copies in North America and the UK, scooping in $310 million.
Infinity Ward's latest cash cow shooter isn't only a champion in the legitimate space – the game also proved to be the most popular choice for gaming pirates too.
According to TorrentFreak, the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 has gathered 4.1 million BitTorrent downloads since its release on November 10 to December 27. Adding in the 970,000 downloads of the Xbox 360 version (for modded consoles), that brings a download total of more than 5 million for Modern Warfare 2.
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Im glad you included the downloads for Modded 360's, the likes of Infinity Ward seem to forget that piracy is rife on consoles as well!!!
Pretty much the only title I'm actually glad a lot of people pirated rather then paid for, what with all the 'IW doesnt actually give a damn about PC gamers'.
I wont be surprised if the majority of downloads is due to the dedicated server issue - without the desire to go online most cant be arsed with a legitimate version.
Hell, they might've gone into double figures (10m+) sales if they had corrected that mistake.
It should have been totally boycotted and not even pirated. This only gives them the excuse of piracy to make worse PC versions or not at all.
The game wasnt worth paying £30 for so no wonder everyone downloaded it
The game is worth the money! Spec on PC, yeah the competitive factor was taken out but the game itself it quite amazing.