Activision: Call of Duty 4 was best-selling game of 2007

[wraggster]

Much like the dim-witted kid you constantly taunted in kindergarten, Activision is having extraordinary difficulty making it past the number "1." Constantly cited in press releases, it appears uno is the only number the publisher cares to count on: #1 US publisher in 2007; a $1 billion dollar franchise in Guitar Hero; and #1 game in last week's Xbox Live Activity. Perhaps you too would be laughing all the way to the bank if you weren't such a mean-spirited brat in your early years.

Activision's latest claim to #1 fame is based on sales figures obtained from The NPD Group, Chart Track and The GFK Group, which label Infinity Ward's critically acclaimed Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare as the best-selling game for 2007. The frantic first-person shooter is said to have sold in excess of 7 million units worldwide, a particularly impressive victory considering the game's relatively recent November release. Of course, those keen on the shooting of the aliens will recall that Microsoft claimed an 8.1 million sales 'splosion for Halo 3 earlier this month, bringing the title of "Best-selling Game of 2007 OMG" title into minor dispute.

We've contacted both boasters to clarify the figures ... just so we can be sure to stick the air pump into the right ego. Regardless, you'd best take this as a sign to start counting down the months until the inevitable Call of Duty 5 arrives. Let's just hope it's not a #2.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/25/ac...-game-of-2007/

[AshtonNewton]

Call of Duty 4 is one of my favorite games along with Rock Band, and Guitar Hero 3, all wich are very addictive.

[DPyro]

I'm getting this game tomorrow along with R&C

[Sterist]

how ironic

i mean.... CoD4 is good, but not THAT good. offline is very short and online is based on who sees who first, not skill.

[Chameleon]

how ironic
online is based on who sees who first, not skill.

Your obviously a COD4 noob, at first thats how it seems.. but really it depends on how much tactic you have to make yourself see the other person first

[F9zDark]

Your obviously a COD4 noob, at first thats how it seems.. but really it depends on how much tactic you have to make yourself see the other person first

As well, to add to that, it depends on your weapons too. The M4 and MP5 will change that, they did for me and I still use the M4 even as a Major General; I stopped using the MP5 in favor of the P90, but the weapons, and the skill makes all the difference.

Countless times, have players seen and fired at me first, but I hit the dirt and shoot them dead.