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Modern Warfare 2 map pack shatters PlayStation Network download records

Activision Blizzard announced today that it has sold more than 1 million copies of the downloadable map pack for the latest Modern Warfare game on the PlayStation Network.

The Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 game has been the bestselling game of all time since its launch in November. A follow-on map pack, the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package, has sold more than 17 million units at $15 a piece. Now the PlayStation Network version has also sold more than a million units.

Although there is turmoil at Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward, where the parent company fired the game studio’s co-founders, sales of the Stimulus package on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live have broken all records. The fact that gamers are playing map packs and extending their multiplayer gaming for a longer period may explain why sales of new games have been week, according to analyst Michael Pachter at Wedbush Morgan.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.