MCV has reported in its Friday 30th October issue that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is set to break the UK entertainment launch record held by Grand Theft Auto IV.
Having sold an estimated 500,000 pre-orders, a target of 1.7m for first week sales has been predicted, nearly double that of the previous record.
A lot of talk had surfaced about whether this record would be achieved, but it now looks likely.
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There have been a series of well known releases over the past month, with the likes of F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, Street Fighter IV and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2 making a splash in the sales charts.
Over the next month it will be interesting to see the sales and promotion for a brand new series, or IP, competing against the well known ones.
BattleForge and HAWX are two of the strongest heading our way in March, competing against Empire: Total War and the latest Codename: Panzers title, Codename: Panzers - Cold War.
Capcom has announced that Street Fighter IV has sold over 2 million copies worldwide in its first week of release.
The sales of XBOX 360 and PS3 copies of the game have made it one of the biggest sellers of the year so far.
The PC edition is released in June, and the latest Street Fighter movie is released at the end of February.
