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Despite all the boycotts and harsh criticism from the media and fans alike, Left 4 Dead 2 has managed to sell 2 Million in 2 weeks. People felt the game came to early since the previous one was released last year. They also felt that the game had no significant upgrade or difference from the first one as well. Valve has continued to push the many new features and extras L4d2 has and even went as far as dropping 25 million dollars to market these strengths. It paid off. Full press release below.

Dec 1, 2009 – Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as
Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam
and Source), today announced sales results and multiplayer numbers for
its zombie apocalypse, co-operative action, Left 4 Dead 2.

Released just two weeks ago, over 2 million retails copies
of L4D2 have been sold worldwide and the game appears to be on target
to become one of the top selling Xbox and PC titles for the month of
November. Sales to date are more than double the original title, which
was released exactly one year prior to L4D2. And “Black Friday”
promotions during the title’s second week of availability in North
American resulted in stronger than expected sales in L4D2’s bid to
become one of this year’s best selling releases on both platforms.

“Left 4 Dead 2 is off to a great start with strong support
at retail and great reviews from the press,” said Doug Lombardi, VP of
marketing at Valve. “Meanwhile the title has already been played by
over 1 million Xbox LIVE Gold account holders, and news regarding L4D2
DLC 1 is coming very soon.”

Exclusively available for the Xbox 360 and PC, L4D2 sets a
new benchmark for co-operative action games. The title adds melee
combat to enable deeper co-operative gameplay, with items such as a
chainsaws, frying pans, axes, baseball bats, and more.

With the AI Director 2.0, L4D’s dynamic gameplay is taken
to the next level by giving the Director the ability to procedurally
change weather effects, world objects, and pathways in addition to
tailoring the enemy population, effects, and sounds to match the
players’ performance. The result is a unique game session custom fitted
to provide a satisfying and uniquely challenging experience each time
the game is played.

Finally, with new Survivors, boss zombies, weapons, and
items, Left 4 Dead 2 offers a much larger game than the original,
featuring more co-operative campaigns, more Versus campaigns, new
Survival maps, and the new competitive game mode, Scavenge, all
available at launch.

Written By A.B. Frasier

I don't think outside of the box. Because if I did then that would presume I was already in one. Co Founder Of The Koalition.