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Modern Warfare 2 Release Week Has Major Effect On XBLA Sales

118 days 1 hour ago By: Nineball2112 | News | |
The release of Activision and Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 spurred Xbox Live to a record-breaking 2 million concurrent players -- and the attention-grabbing launch affected sales of Xbox Live Arcade games, too.

Gamerbytes editor Ryan Langley regularly analyzes Xbox Live Arcade Leaderboard data to help determine how well a game may be selling, and his latest look reveals sales for top-selling XBLA games down significantly.