I’ve got Modern Warfare 2, and it’s an amazing game. No doubt, one of the best games I’ve ever played.
But, I didn’t NEARLY expect the record-breaking sales that it procured. While I did expect a large-numbered first day of sales, this was simply unpredictable…

Let’s start off by setting the bar.
Last year, Grand Theft Auto IV broke industry records, selling over 3.7 million copies the day the game was released, and 5.92 million during the first week on-shelves. People were amazed, and the news spread like wildfire.
This accounted for all of the platforms the game is available on (except for PC, which was not available until later in the year).

Now, to get to Modern Warfare 2.
This game has STUNNED market analysts, as well as people who give a rats ass, such as myself.
On the very first day this game was out, it sold over SEVEN MILLION COPIES worldwide. On the first day.
This is in comparison to GTAIV’s 5.92 million in the first WEEK, which broke records.

And these seven million copies were spread out among the platforms for which it was released… The Xbox 360, the most popular console so far for this game, had a staggering 5.5 million sales on the first day alone.
This is almost equal to GTAIV’s one WEEK sale, and it’s just for one console!

I am honestly stunned. This game has broken so many records in the 24 hours that it’s been released, and it’s sure to make a huge impact on the gaming scene.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go play for a couple — the rest of the night.

superimposition:

Sure, the App Store may look great at first glance, but if you use it a lot or are a developer, you know that it has its downfalls.

Battery apps, fart apps, flashlight apps, soundboard apps; the list goes on. They flood the store like there’s no tomorrow. Developers who make these apps often just want to make a quick buck off of these trends by making quick, sub-par apps. Okay, so maybe some of these are good (such as iStat and Statistique), but most were obviously made in a very short amount of time. With all of these one-trick pony apps in the store, it’s difficult to find all of the great apps the store has to offer. It’s almost like finding a needle in a haystack. For developers it’s often difficult to get their app “out there.” I know of quite a few apps that are just plain awesome that I’ve never seen on any Top list on the App Store.

My second gripe is that developers can’t directly reply to user ratings. As part of the Keymote team, it’s frustrating to see that a good deal of the people who gave it one or two stars obviously didn’t use it for more than ten seconds. Speaking of ratings Apple shouldn’t allow users to rate an app when deleting it. If you’re deleting it, it obviously wasn’t that great. That just doesn’t make much sense. Anyway, I’ll give you a little example of someone who didn’t use Keymote for too long after leaving their springboard.

Okay, first off, this is based solely on one of our “keysets” that I made. You can easily make your own keyset or download others. Second, I, among many others, do not find Keymote to be a “toy I wouldn’t see anyone using very often.” Now, I know I’m biased as I’m part of Iced Cocoa, but hear me out. I know many people who use Keymote when working in Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Aperture, and many other applications to increase their productivity. Thirdly, the one thing I absolutely hate to hear people say is “Oh, this isn’t worth $x.xx, it should be $x.xx.” Many before me have made this argument, but I’m gonna make it again. You bought an iPhone or iPod Touch for a couple hundred dollars and, if you’re an iPhone user, you pay a pretty hefty (in my book, at least) bill every month…but $3.99 is too much? That logic just boggles my mind. I can’t comprehend that argument.

Alright, I’m done ranting. Go back to whatever you were doing. Go…eat a pizza or something. Yeah. Pizza.

In “Six for Saturday,” a new weekly segment, I’ll ask you six questions that you can then respond to in the comments.
This is an attempt to get some communication going on here, and I’ll be asking questions that I truly am curious about. So, make it a weekly habit to check out the questions and take two minutes to post your response!

1) If you have a Google Wave account, what do you like most about it? If you don’t have an account, is it due to a lack of trying, or have you just not gotten in yet?

2) What’s your favourite twitter client, and why?

3) What has been your biggest achievement this past week?

4) What are you most looking forward to this year, and why?

5) How much storage space do you have on your computer?

6) What are some of your favourite websites?

I look forward to your responses. Random questions FTW!