I think it was after Christmas. Local grocery store was selling it on clearance for 30 bucks. Picked it up because why not? Was hard core CoD at that point. Been playing that series since CoD 4 the first modern warfare. When AW failed to take care of lag issues I decided to unpackage the disc and give it a try. A friend was playing it and said it was kinda fun. So the two other guys I play with regularly started and have not looked back. Most likely will not be buying the next CoD. I really like the co-operative game style. Makes the game a lot more fun.