Modern Warfare 2 Fields the World's Largest Army

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CALL OF DUTY®: MODERN WARFARE® 2 FIELDS THE WORLD’S LARGEST ARMY WITH MORE THAN EIGHT MILLION PLAYERS IN FIRST FIVE DAYS ALONE


With more than eight million gamers on active duty in its first five days alone, Activision Publishing’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is not only the biggest entertainment launch in history grossing more than $550 million, but also significantly outnumbers the world’s top-five armed forces combined.


The world’s largest virtual army, Modern Warfare 2 has:

• more than twice the number of troops in NATO’s 28 member countries combined (3.9 million active troops in NATO)

• more than three times the number of troops in the world’s largest army (People’s Liberation Army of China with 2.3 million)

• more than five times the number of active duty military personnel currently serving in the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force combined (1.4 million)

• more than six times the size of India’s Armed Forces (1.3 million)

• more than seven times the size of North Korea’s Korean People’s Army (1.1 million)

• And, eight times the size of personnel in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (1 million)