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"More than 5.2 million multiplayer hours were logged playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on the first day alone and more than 2.2 million unique gamers played MW2 in one day on November 10th. A new one-day record for Xbox LIVE."

Activision press release.

The gamers went all out last week! Midnight release = people skipping school and work to play all day.

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