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Modern Warfare 2 crosses the 1 Billion Dollar mark in sales

On Wednesday, Activision Blizzard announced that its mega-hit video game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 had crossed the billion-dollar mark, after just two months on store shelves--and the entertainment industry's single-day sales record. " Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2  has exceeded our expectations and shattered theatrical box  office and video game records," said Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. "There are only  a  handful of entertainment properties that have ever reached the $1 billion mark, which  illustrates the power of the  Call of Duty  franchise and mass appeal of this game." This comes close on the Heals of Avatar crossing the $1 billion mark. The Game has also hit the No.1 spot in the UK. With people watching their purse strings so carefully it is an achievement that a video game company has crossed the billion dollar mark An original post by Sociolatte