Call of Duty: Black Ops is not just a popular game. It’s a very popular game. More popular than Modern Warfare 2 was one year ago, its creators said today.
Activision executive Thomas Tippl told an audience of investors in New York that Black Ops has sold $US360 million worth of copies in its first 24 hours of release in North America and the UK this week, compared to $US310 million in the first day of release for Modern Warfare 2 a year ago. That’s an increase, of course, though Tippl didn’t specify whether Black Ops actually sold more copies (the games are sold in a variety of editions, all at different prices.)
Chris m
Friday, November 12, 2010 at 10:40 AMWhat ever happened to the Call of Duty boycott?
I try and avoid activision games at all cost.
Granted I might be lapse on that rule when it comes to Blizzard.
Matthew Buckner
Friday, November 12, 2010 at 3:51 PMI guess people enjoy playing fun games online with their friends? What an outrage!
Paul Hudson
Friday, November 12, 2010 at 4:53 PMAge old story of thousands of angry people versus millions of happy buyers.
Reece Offer
Friday, November 12, 2010 at 6:03 PMYeah, I agree with you there. For one comment from someone who enjoys the game, you get ten from people who hate it. I guess that’s because the people who like the game are all playing it instead of commenting on forums and the like.
Michael Ormando
Friday, November 12, 2010 at 11:01 PMexactly. people who enjoy the game have better things to do that come whinge about how crap a game is.
Pakka
Saturday, November 13, 2010 at 3:45 PMReally glad it did so well and beat MW2 just to rub it in Infinity’s face – COD4 is probably the best from the series and half of those employees are gone, they were always quick to trash Treyarch.
I really liked World at War and loved the campaign as much as COD4 and thought controls wise, WaW was superior to COD4. MW2 was a good game, just didn’t grab my attention as much as the 2 before it. However Black Ops I really like even though it has the MW2 feel to it. Maybe I’ll give MW2 another go in a few months time… but for now, well done to Treyarch!
But Activision can go die still…