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Black Ops II Sells $1B in 15 Days

[Dec 05, 2012, 10:59 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Activision announces that Call of Duty: Black Ops II has tallied over one billion dollars in gross sales in the just over two weeks since the release of the military shooter sequel:

Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced today that Call of Duty®: Black Ops II has crossed the $1 billion mark in worldwide retail sales, according to Chart-Track retail customer sell-through information and internal company estimates. Illustrating the strong appeal of interactive entertainment to audiences worldwide, the game achieved this milestone in just 15 days after its launch on November 13, 2012. Last year's Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare®3 reached $1 billion in retail sales in 16 days. The box office record set for feature films in 2009 by "Avatar" was $1 billion in 17 days¹.

"The release of Call of Duty® has been one of the most significant entertainment events of each of the last six years," said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. "Since Call of Duty was launched, cumulative franchise revenues from players around the world are greater than current worldwide box office receipts to date for the top-10 grossing films of 2012 combined. Life-to-date sales for the Call of Duty franchise have exceeded worldwide theatrical box office receipts for 'Harry Potter' and 'Star Wars,' the two most successful movie franchises of all time."

Since the game's launch, more than 150 million hours have been logged online playing Call of Duty: Black Ops II on Xbox® LIVE® and PlayStation Network.

¹According to screenrant.com

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Re: Black Ops II Sells $1B in 15 Days

Dec 5, 2012, 16:42

Shineyguy

DeadlyAccurate wrote on Dec 5, 2012, 16:08: Yakubs wrote on Dec 5, 2012, 15:39: While I agree with you that RAGE sucked, let's be real. Your list of games sucks just as much -- you countered a mainstream dumbed-down AAA title by listing a bunch of other mainstream dumbed-down titles. Dude, Saints Row The Third is incredible! So much style and entertainment and humor packed into one title. I wasn't really trying to counter RAGE. I was just asked what I thought was a good game. For me, it's about being entertained and not feeling like the developers completely forgot how to actually make a game work on a PC. I always thought Saints Row the Third was just a GTA knock off until I was gifted the game on Steam. Holy hell did I put a lot of time into that game after I installed it. So very entertaining and as you said the humor of the game is insane.

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Comment [quote="Shineyguy"Dec 5, 2012, 16:42][quote="DeadlyAccurate"Dec 5, 2012, 16:08][quote="Yakubs"Dec 5, 2012, 15:39]While I agree with you that RAGE sucked, let's be real. Your list of games sucks just as much -- you countered a mainstream dumbed-down AAA title by listing a bunch of other mainstream dumbed-down titles. :D [/quote] Dude, Saints Row The Third is incredible! So much style and entertainment and humor packed into one title. I wasn't really trying to counter RAGE. I was just asked what I thought was a good game. For me, it's about being entertained and not feeling like the developers completely forgot how to actually make a game work on a PC. [/quote] I always thought Saints Row the Third was just a GTA knock off until I was gifted the game on Steam. Holy hell did I put a lot of time into that game after I installed it. So very entertaining and as you said the humor of the game is insane. [/quote]

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