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Almost 6 million copies sold in the first month of release — the result of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II sales on Steam
The sequel to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019 and the twelfth game in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II series was released on Steam on October 27, 2022.
Updated and improved artificial intelligence, better graphics, new weapon mechanics, and many other gameplay innovations were promised by developer Infinity Ward in the second part of Call of Duty Modern Warfare.
However, in a month since the release of the novelty, a large number of players have already managed to see for themselves whether everything is really as the creators say. According to GameSensor's estimations, the success in sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II on Steam during this time amounted to almost 6 million copies sold.
As for the revenue of Call of Duty Modern Warfare II, during the month of release date the sale of the game on the Steam platform amounted to about $330 million.
This amount of sales in such a short period has become the largest among other Infinity Ward projects on Steam: Call of Duty Modern Warfare II revenue is more than 70% of the total sales of all studio games on the platform.
Despite such financial results, players' ratings were average: on Steam, the game's rating is 3 stars out of 5, and on the aggregator website Metacritic, players gave the novelty 5 points out of 10. The vast majority complained about the confusing user interface, bad maps, and a large number of crashes and bugs in the game. Critics on the same website rated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II at 79 points out of 100.
In addition to Infinity Ward, the game was developed by the following studios: Raven Software, Beenox, Treyarch, High Moon Studios, Sledgehammer Games, Activision Shanghai, Demonware, Toys for Bob. The game was published by Activision.
About 60% of the audience of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II on Steam is English-speaking players. Chinese account for about 20% of users. The rest of the players speak German, Spanish, French, and other languages.
More analytical information about the number of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II copies sold can be found here.
