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COD:WM2 has another claim to fame

by on31 December 2009

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The most pirated game of 2009

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has certainly won its share of awards and accolades since release. However, one distinction that isn’t going to make Activision or developer Infinity Ward happy is the news that it was the most pirated game of 2009, and it only took two months to achieve this distinction.

According to reports from various BitTorrent information sources, COD:MW2 has racked up over 4.1+ million illegal downloads for the PC version. The problem continues because of its popularity, and there are just too many seeders to stamp it out.

While the PC version is first with over 4.1+ million downloads, the Xbox 360 version is just short of a million downloads. Still, the numbers are staggering for the publisher and developer who are looking at over 5+ million plus pirated copies of the game in the wild. It again shows the power that BitTorrent has in the distribution of illegal software. People wonder why developers cite piracy as the number one reason that they no longer want to develop for the PC platform; and with numbers like this, it certainly seems understandable to us.

Last modified on 31 December 2009
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