The report also mentions that 1.5 million copies of the mappack have been sold and CoD4 is one of only 9 or less games to sell 10 million copies since 2000 (I think he is excluding portable games as Nintendo DS already has five or six 10 million sellers and also bundled games).
I guess the other possible individual games to sell more than 10 million copies are:
GTA III GTA: VC GTA: SA Sims 2 The Sims GT3 World of Warcraft Wii Play
Though Gears of War 2 is a very different game, I'm betting it will definitely hamper CoD4 sales when it releases in November. Most everyone will have bought CoD4 by then and people will want to play the new hotness. (That's just how it is with shooters, people migrate to the latest and greatest.)
@Heloise10, Does not matter. You fail to mention that the sales are across all platforms. You also fail to mention that Activision has been reported as saying that the title has been the "most successful" on the Xbox 360 - though not reporting any breakdown of the 10 million.
Does this include the PC version? If so, then we're betting on 13 million or so.
It depends on what FPS come out this year for the consoles to determine if this is undervalued or not. A new really good FPS would probably kill COD4 sales.
Apparently you didn't read the article that closely. Call of Duty 4 has sold 10 Million across all platforms, not just Xbox 360. However, it has sold the most on the 360.
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I guess the other possible individual games to sell more than 10 million copies are:
GTA III
GTA: VC
GTA: SA
Sims 2
The Sims
GT3
World of Warcraft
Wii Play
GT4 is at 10.06 million according to SCE press release also.