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Modern Warfare 2 Now Third-Best Selling Game Of All Time



Following another strong showing on the Feburary NPD charts, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 now owns the third spot on the highest-selling games of all time list. Infinity Ward's blockbuster sold another 567,000 units across Xbox 360 and PS3 in the month of February, only down slightly from January's 586,700 sales. This puts it just shy of ten million copies life-to-date, according to NPD. According to the research firm, the top two slots (no numbers provided) are taken by Wii Play and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. It should be noted that NPD's records only go back to 1995, so don't get too up in arms about Mario's apparent snub.

Charting ahead of newer titles Dante's Inferno and Mass Effect 2, Modern Warfare 2 is continuing to sell extremely well despite its well-publicized online issues. The stakes just keep getting higher and higher for the lawsuit between the former Infinity Ward heads and IW parent company Activision.

If you had your way, what would the top three best-selling games of all time be?

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  • Infamous, Call of Duty, and Resident Evil 5. These are not in order.

  • Super Mario World

    Half Life 2

    Final Fantasy Tactics

  • What are the other two highest?

  • Even though this game doesn't deserve to be this high.

    Mine would be 1)Fallout 3 2)GTA4 3)Halo 3

  • Anything but Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. How about...Bad Company 2!

  • If I had my way??

    -Mass Effect 1

    -Uncharted 2

    -A Link to the Past

  • Assassin's Creed, MW2, Dragon Age.  Of all current games of course.

  • This is indicative of how much MONEY it has earned not the amount of copies I  mean 10 million was reported for Halo 3 before even ODST came out (to be fair it has been out way longer) but all the problems with MW2 has turned everyone I know away from this series they now play battlefield or Halo 3 waiting for Reach plus I think both GTA: San Andreas Super Mario (1) and Wii sports have all sold more than double this amount.

  • Aside from the rant my 3 would be

    FF8 , KOTOR , and MW2 (I know right? Especially after that rant)not in any particular order.

    Fallout 3 is way to glitchy to even be up there.

  • 1)Grand Theft Auto 4, 2)Assassins Creed 2, 3)Bioshock, maybe Metal Gear Solid 4, no maybe Uncharted 2, no maybe Mario 64, no maybe God of War 3, no maybe... Ah Forget it who cares

  • 1: World of Warcraft

    2: Halo 2

    3: Half-Life 2

  • Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy

    Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena

    Red Faction: Guerilla

  • BOOYAH-to all you bfbc2 noobs

  • 1. KOTOR    2. Assassins Creed 2      3. Uncharted

  • super metroid

    god of war

    super mario bros 3.

    but if i wanted to ad to that list i would include zelda a link to the past,half life 2, final fantasy 7, gran turismo 4

  • ( Not in order.)

    Bad Company 2

    Timesplitters Future Perfect

    Freedom Fighters.

  • HALO COMBAT EVOLVED,BAD COMPANY 2,ODDWORLDSRANGERS WRATH.

  • StarCraft

    Uncharted 2

    CoD 4

  • @Chrisrolla117

    If you can get past the glitches Fallout 3 was a great game, much better than MW2, especially since MW2 was just as glitchy.:P

  • big rigs, et, and superman 64

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