Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II saw sales pass $1bn this week, less than a fortnight after it launched, proving its status as a gaming juggernaut. It comes as Microsoft attempts to push through a deal to buy the company behind it, raising concerns among competition regulators.
The European Commission said this week:"The point is to ensure that the gaming ecosystem remains vibrant to the benefit of users in a sector that is evolving at a fast pace. We must ensure that opportunities remain for future and existing distributors of PC and console video games, as well as for rival suppliers of PC operating systems."
"Sony, as the industry leader, says it is worried about CoD, but we've said we are committed to making the same game available on the same day on both Xbox and PlayStation," it said after the EU's announcement. Games industry analyst Michael Pachter, of Wedbush Securities, told Sky News that CoD really is different - and the enormous demand for Modern Warfare II proves it."Had it done so, CoD annual sales would drop by as much as 50%."What happens next?
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