Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Rockets to 1st on Steam's Top Sellers List

With little over a day to go before the launch of Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, the game has apparently already reached the number-one spot in both the US and global Top Sellers chart on Steam, even blasting past Steam's cash cow, Counter-Strike 2. This represents a change of 18 positions in the global chart and 25 positions in the US chart, and reflects a stark increase in pre-order volume ahead of the game's launch. Modern Warfare 4 is currently available for Advanced Access on Steam, both for pre-orderers of the $69.99 base game and the $99.99 Vault Edition. It also already has 5,116 user reviews on Steam, and has a "Very Positive" 91% user rating on Valve's game store.

This is despite the games AAA pricing and the lead-up to Modern Warfare 4 being somewhat marred by the reception of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, which currently has a "Mostly Negative" rating on Steam, with only 37% of all user reviews being positive. Aside from Modern Warfare 4, this week has seen a sizeable shake-up in the Steam Top Sellers chart, with Cyberpunk 2077 climbing 19 spots to sixth, likely thanks to both the upcoming 2.5 update and a current 70% discount on the game. Read full story