PlayStation has confirmed via its official Twitter account that the recently released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 had the biggest launch ever of any Call of Duty game on the PlayStation store. By ‘launch,’ it’s specifically referring to the total number of pre-orders and day-one sales. This is most likely only in regard to digital sales, as physical sales can be difficult to track so early-on. The Call of Duty series is known for its mass-market appeal and its frequent dominance of the annual sales charts. A Call of Duty game has been the yearly best-selling title nearly every year since 2010, the rare exceptions coming only from Rockstar-developed games, those being GTA V in 2013, and Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2018. The most recent public reports place Call of Duty as the 4th best-selling video game franchise of all time, behind only Mario, Tetris, and Pokémon.