Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 had a monstrous November, moving more than 6 million copies in the U.S. on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The retail PC version also contributed, but to a less impressive degree.

According to a new report from Gamasutra on last month's NPD figures, the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 moved 'nearly 170,000' copies at retail. That doesn't include figures for Steam, Valve's digital distribution system, which are likely to have been significant—today, over 100,000 Steam users were playing the game online at the same time, but we're not sure how that breaks down to retail and online sales.

Still, at least 170,000 copies to a group of gamers that balked at the lack of dedicated servers and a higher-than normal price tag is.... pretty good? Regardless of Modern Warfare 2's success or failures on the PC side of things, Gamasutra's in-depth look at November's NPD estimates are good reading for the sales obsessed gamer.

The sixth game in the Call of Duty series was originally referred to under the working title Call of Duty 6. The official title for the game was first revealed to be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 by Activision Blizzard on December 3, 2008. Activision Blizzard subsequently recanted their announcement, saying any information about the upcoming Call of Duty game was 'speculative,' and Infinity Ward also asserted that they had not officially confirmed their latest project. On February 11, 2009, Activision Blizzard reannounced Modern Warfare 2

After the weapons tutorial at the beginning of the game, an Easter egg can be found in which a trooper asks another trooper if he 'has ever seen a grown man naked', followed by asking if he is 'still gay?'. After a few laughs the trooper says he's kidding and adds 'don't ask, don't tell' referring to the US military's don't ask, don't tell policy of the time which allowed homosexuals to serve in the military as long as their sexual orientation remained secret. The policy was abolished on September 20, 2011. The first half of this easter egg, however, is a reference to the movie Airplane! and are direct quotes from the HBO miniseries Generation Kill. Infinity Ward has been accused of being homophobic before (including the F.A.G.S. video). Infinity Ward has not made an official statement concerning the accusations.

The Javelin glitch caused online opponents to explode upon death, killing anyone within 15 feet (and even further with the “Danger Close” perk). In response to its growing misuse, Infinity Ward issued a statement that a required update was in the works, and collaborated with Microsoft to issue Xbox

A viral video was released about an organization called 'Fight Against Grenade Spam' or 'F.A.G.S'. The video depicts Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels delivering a fake public service announcement decrying the use of grenade spam, calling it 'for pussies', before he is blown up by many semtex grenades being thrown at him. This quickly created controversy, with writers such as Denis Farr saying it shows an acceptance of homophobic insults on Xbox Live. Brainy Gamer editor Michael Abbott stated that 'as both a father and a teacher, people need to teach to kids that this is not okay.' Game Critics editor Matthew Kaplan stated that the current marketing attitude comes from the present day culture of cynicism and self-centeredness. Game Informer editor Philip Kollar and freelance writer Mitchell Dyer criticized the video's language and tone as well as the acronym used. Kollar, in response to a reader saying he was overreacting, disagreed, stating that he was not doing anything to boycott the game or suggest others to do so, and was merely criticizing Infinity Ward for making a video that promotes an aspect of Xbox Live that they should be shunning. Infinity Ward employee Robert Bowling responded to this, stating that he felt it was more a social commentary joke than it was promoting the act. Dyer responded to this by saying that due to its poor execution, it appears to be promoting such 'assholer-y'. Ultimately, Bowling commented that while he could appreciate concerns over the video, he found the gag to be great and removed the video. Kotaku editor Owen Good agreed with one of the site's readers who stated that the controversy could have been avoided if the marketing department had called it 'Fight Relentlessly Against Grenade Spam' or 'F.R.A.G.S.' (Referring to the frag grenade) Good denotes the video as pointlessly provocative and criticized certain readers and commentators for what he describes as attacking anyone who takes offense as being politically motivated. As a response to the original video, EA released a spoof of it, entitled 'Friends Really Against Grenade Spam' or 'F.R.A.G.S.', as a part of a series of videos to promote the release of Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Featuring its own baseball pitcher delivering the message, New York Yankees' CC Sabathia, he stated in the video that 'In Battlefield: Bad Company 2 grenade spam isn’t going to prove quite as effective as one might find in competing games of this particular genre, not with destructible buildings, adrenaline pumping weapons and more vehicles than you can count.'

On October 2, 2012, a YouTube video was uploaded called 'Message to Infinity Ward From Muslims' saying that in a bathroom on the map, there is a picture frame above the toilet with writing that says 'Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty'. In Islam, it is forbidden to say anything about the Islamic religion in a bathroom. The map was then removed from all public playlists on October 6, 2012 after the video went viral. It was later put back into rotation on October 23, 2012 after a patch got rid of the texture on the frame of the picture. It has yet to be put back into rotation for the PC version.