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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 makes $1bn a dayquicker than Modern Warfare 3Activision vows to keep bringing "fresh ideas and new innovations" to the series.
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By Wesley Yin-Poole Published Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 made $1 billion a day quicker than Modern Warfare 3, Activision hasannounced.
That's $1 billion in worldwide retail sales in 15 days since launch, based on Chart-Track and internalfigures. Modern Warfare 3 took 16 days to cross the $1 billion mark.
For comparison, James Cameron's Avatar made $1 billion in 17 days.
Since Call of Duty was launched, cumulative franchise revenues from players around the world aregreater than current worldwide box office receipts to date for the top ten grossing films of 2012combined, Activision boss Bobby Kotick said.
Since launch, more than 150 million hours have been logged online playing the game on Xbox Liveand PlayStation Network.
Activision Publishing chief Eric Hirshberg added: "In order for Call of Duty to remain theentertainment juggernaut that it is, and keep our fans coming back for more, we need to continueto bring fresh ideas and new innovations to the table every time, while always staying true to whatpeople fell in love with in the first place. That's what we did with Call of Duty: Black Ops II, andthat's what we intend to keep on doing.
“This is an incredible milestone for an incredible franchise, and I want to thank every passionate,talented, committed person on our team who made it happen."
While Black Ops 2 seems to be doing the business globally, in the UK it hasn't managed to match thesales of previous games in the gargantuan first-person shooter series.
On these shores, Black Ops 2 is the fourth biggest UK game launch ever, behind Black Ops, ModernWarfare 3 and Modern Warfare 2. We know it sold fewer than 1.7 million in launch week becauseModern Warfare 2, released in 2009, sold 1.7 million copies in the UK during launch week.
Black Ops, which released in 2010, sold an incredible two million copies in the UK week one.
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captain_Carl , 4 months ago
"fresh ideas and new innovations"
Funniest thing i've read all week Reply +50 - + Edit Delete
local_celebrity , 4 months ago
Aren't all innovations new?
Tautological twat. Reply +26 - + Edit Delete
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Darksouls13 , 4 months ago
Fantastic news! Reply -10 - + Edit Delete
Daddy-Doom-Bar , 4 months ago
Well if it counts, I got bored of Blops 2 a day quicker than MW3...Seriously though, at least they had the balls to change things up a little. Just wasn't enough ofa change for me. Reply +12 - + Edit Delete
telboy007 , 4 months ago
That Call of Duty keeps on calling! Reply +6 - + Edit Delete
Lubulos , 4 months ago
Sad day for the industry. Reply +10 - + Edit Delete
Ultrasoundwave , 4 months ago
Well its MUCH better than MW3, so this doesnt surprise me. Reply +9 - + Edit Delete
arcam , 4 months ago
I'd be interested to know how the advertising budgets compare. Do they have to spend moreand more each year to break records? Or is the brand so big now that advertising spend candecrease and sales still rise?
There's a lot of talk about how much money it brought in, but not much talk about how much
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money it cost to get there. Reply +7 - + Edit Delete
DrStrangelove , 4 months ago
I first read that as $1bn a day and nearly got a heart attack.
It's funny though how this seems to be a record hunt for the fastest possible cash collection foran ever more impatient publisher, before being more or less thrown away. Like Call of Dutyseems to be a record hunt to give the ever more short-attention-span players the fastest rollercoaster ride possible, before being more or less thrown away. Reply +4 - + Edit Delete
Dynasty2021 , 4 months ago
...we need to continue to bring fresh ideas and new innovations to the table everytime
Yeaahhhh...you've been failing that since Modern Warfare.
Kill confirmed was a "fresh idea" then was it? Hmm, yeah. Seem to remember that being donein Crysis 2 before.
Any more "fresh ideas" you're adding in the net CoD that hasn't already been done.
"We've got this new mode, it's called..Gauntlet Fight, where you fight wave after wave ofenemies..." Reply +5 - + Edit Delete
patchbox360 , 4 months ago
Saint-Tropez - check, yacht - check, rolls royce - check, super model - check, gamers dealingwith lag compensation + i don't care - check
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a day in the life of Bobby Kotick. Reply +4 - + Edit Delete
spiritsnake , 4 months ago
i hear countless ps3 players are having issues connecting, and many many pc players haveatrocious lag. why do people buy this games then?? id much rather prefer games went back toplatforming adventure like jak and daxter, legacy of cain, medievil. will that ever happen?with the power of new tech game worlds would look amazing and magical, effects would bejaw dropping. Reply +3 - + Edit Delete
furrykitty , 4 months ago
Nooooooo , more murder simulators incoming. Reply +3 - + Edit Delete
LunaticPandora , 4 months ago
the sheep buy into CoD once again? what a surprise. Reply 0 - + Edit Delete
vaibhavp , 4 months ago
i have been constantly checking steam community activity every day. never has it hit top spotand is usually at 5th or 6th place behind dota2, tf2, cs, fm2012 etc. wonder if so many arebuying, but why its not going to top? are people just sitting on their copies? Reply 0 - + EditDelete
Mr_Understanding , 4 months ago
Such a brilliant game.Love Black ops 2. Reply +1 - + Edit Delete
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cheebacheeba , 4 months ago
Since Call of Duty was launched, cumulative franchise revenues from playersaround the world are greater than current worldwide box office receipts to datefor the top ten grossing films of 2012 combined, Activision boss Bobby Kotick said.
That might have something to do with films not costing sixty bucks a pop with another fifty forthe extras. Reply +9 - + Edit Delete
jetsetwillie , 4 months ago
@cheebacheeba a trip to the cinema with the misses and kids. with popcorn and drinks andstuff soon adds up to the price of a game EASY Reply 0 - + Edit Delete
jetsetwillie , 4 months ago
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SheffAl , 4 months ago
Wow.. Reply +1 - + Edit Delete
jetsetwillie , 4 months ago
@LunaticPandora so what are the free thinkers who go 'agaist' the grain like yourself playing atthe moment? Reply +2 - + Edit Delete
CloudXIV , 4 months ago
News like that really make you lose faith in gaming. I mean, we always had blockbustergames, but it was kinda different when games like Final Fantasy, Tekken, Resident Evil (thePROPER Resident Evil), Zelda, Fallout, Half Life, Tomb Raider and Baldur's Gate made thecharts. Those were unique and great games and they deserved to earn money. Reply +6 - +Edit Delete
zide , 4 months ago
Video games community 2012, ladies and gentlemen. Reply +5 - + Edit Delete
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geeza2020 , 4 months ago
Fuck Call of Duty. Right in the ear. Reply +7 - + Edit Delete
Lookatmynamenowbak2u , 4 months ago
If you bought it, it's your fault. Simple. Reply +9 - + Edit Delete
Bosthian , 4 months ago
Such a shame for such generic and repetitive game. Reply +1 - + Edit Delete
blarty , 4 months ago
@local_celebrity Unless you're Apple, in which case all innovations are theirs Reply +1 - + EditDelete
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Pug-Effect , 4 months ago
Innovation?
Sure as hell did not see that in Black Ops Declassified. Reply +3 - + Edit Delete
priesty_lfc , 4 months ago
@Lookatmynamenowbak2u
If you bought I'd doubt you be moaning about it reaching 1b faster than MW3.
I'm actually glad I bought it and personally I think it's the 2nd best CoD since 4, followedclosely by WaW. Reply 0 - + Edit Delete
BadBoyBonner , 4 months ago
The multiplayer is skewed way way over in to Quake 3 territory. Doesn't feel like you're havinga team firefight in the street. Feels like a free for all that keeps count. The lack of soundanyone makes by moving is crazy. And if anyone wonders if the awareness perk reinstates theoriginal soundfield it doesn't. Levels are small and twisty. Plays more like machinegunjousting. Disappointing Reply +1 - + Edit Delete
BadBoyBonner , 4 months ago
And massive lag on my 80 meg fibre connection Reply 0 - + Edit Delete
jabberwocky , 4 months ago
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Thanks for those fresh ideas and new innovations you stuck in a 6 year old game. Just a pitythe shit from previous versions still floats to the top.
I'll just stick to Killzone and Halo for my FPS fix. Infinitely better games. Reply +4 - + EditDelete
Lossenhyando , 4 months ago
@vaibhavp While I would imagine it's the same game, It's not really aimed at PC users, theprice point is slightly too high compared to the average cost of a PC game, Doesn't have mod'sor fan made maps and is more focused towards the console distribution method and users. Thegames you listed for PC wouldn't do so well on Console.
It's still a mammoth achievement though. Congratulations Treyarch and Activision. (I hatedwriting that.) Reply +1 - + Edit Delete
MDL199 , 4 months ago
Whatever you think about COD (i’m a fan), these sales figures give a good 2 finger salute tothose know it all’s who are now routinely predicting the death of console gaming. Reply -2 - +Edit Delete
Daeltaja , 4 months ago
My penis is one inch bigger than yours. Reply -1 - + Edit Delete
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