We admit it; we were among the many people who had some doubts regarding Activision’s claim that Black Ops would be the biggest launch game ever. Surely not bigger than Modern Warfare 2, the first game ever to surpass 1 billion dollars in sales! Lesson learned people, when it comes to sales projections, Activision know their beans.
Then again, with an increased 360 and PS3 install base (and DS and Wii versions of the new Call of Duty game, versions that didn’t exist for Modern Warfare 2) it’s probably not that surprising. However, taking into account Black Ops sold 14% more than Modern Warfare 2, and only 4% of its sales were on Nintendo’s platforms, that’s still a 10% increase. Has the PS3 and 360 install base increased by 10% since Modern Warfare 2 came out? Probably. All of a sudden that sales prediction is looking less like voodoo magic and more like common sense.
In terms of numbers, in just one day, Call of Duty: Black Ops sold a staggering 1.4 million units in the UK. By comparison, previous record holder, Modern Warfare 2, sold 1.23 million copies on its first day. The US kicked in another 4.2 million units, generating $360 million across both regions.
Now we sit and wait to see if (more likely when) Blops surpasses the one billion mark. Any second now …
Source: MCVUK
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Im glad Black Ops has done better as it brought more new stuff to the table than MW2 did. Bot support, wager matches, new zombie modes. Im not a huge COD fan but if I had to pick one out of the two I would go for Black Ops personally.
a inferior race
I thought Guitar Hero 3 was the first game to break the billion dollar barrier.
Kovacs
Guitar Hero is a billion dollar franchise. I’d be very surprised to hear GH3 alone sold over a billion.
http://www.tgdaily.com/games-and-entertainment-features/35708-guitar-hero-becomes-a-billion-dollar-franchise.
I could be wrong. It does happen.
:)
a inferior race
I’m not sure how trustworty this is as I can’t find their source but…
http://www.next-gen.biz/news/activision-guitar-hero-iii-passes-1b
a inferior race
Oops. It looks more likely that it included DLC as well.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=205690
gazzagb
Everyone on my friend list is blacking Black Ops, apart from a few playing F1 2010. They’ll make the $1billion shortly after xmas I reckon.
Deathmunger
Mines in the post… YARGH GET HERE NOW XD
Impressive figures, I could also blab on about how the previous game released was in the middle of a recession bladebla, but I’d probably be wrong :P