(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); It's not so surprising, really, that Modern Warfare 2, arguably the world's most popular video game, would recruit such a staggering amount of bodies for its perpetual online war. But, there it is: 25 million unique players, as revealed in a tweet from Infinity Ward's community guy-at-large, Robert "fourzerotwo" Bowling. We've contacted Infinity Ward for specific platform numbers, but in the meantime, Bowling offers a bit more to chew on:

He confirms the majority of players are taking the fight to Xbox Live, but he says the PS3 comes in at "a close" second. That puts the PC space in third, though it's still enlisted "millions," according to Bowling. But, what about that boycott? Oh, right.

Now, it should be noted that Modern Warfare 2's reported 25 million players aren't necessarily all on active duty. Surely, more than a few steadfast soldiers have taken up positions in DICE's Battlefield: Bad Company 2. No rest for the weary, eh?


Seems like things are still runing at IW (to some extent at least) or could this just be a platform to see how well a MMO style amount of players will handle it? as Activision want to bring in a 3rd developer to make a MMO call of duty

Something Unique Or just a Stupid Gimmic?

It'll be interesting to see the 10Q report after the DLC is released.

From the close of 2009, the sales for XBOX ATVI games increased about 56%. The PS3 sales increased about 26%. This is compared to 2008 Activision sales across all video games.

The platform/console breakdown for Activision games looks like this:

38% - Xbox 360
26% - PS3
21% - Wii
8% - PS2
7% - PC

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yeah it would be, theres no way they could get 25 million players though IMO(or even half of that), even AFTER DLC released, unless DLC is something completely groundbreaking

but for them to make such a bold statement, they must have something up thier sleeve, esp with all this IW v AV business going on in the background

the 10Q report will show all business activity so you'll have to make a few assumptions on the DLC sales.

I would imagine that people will buy the DLC even if its not epic. There are about double the amt of PS3 players on when I'm on compared to W@W. I know that I'll be picking up the DLC.