Black Ops 2 makes $500 million in just 24 hours

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Black Ops 2 has moved an estimated sell-through of over $500 million worldwide in the first 24 hours of its release, according to Chart-Track, Activision has announced.

Black Ops 2 launched November 13, and 16,000 retailers opened at midnight for the launch, with US retailer GameStop selling 1 million copies during its midnight events.

In the UK, Blockbuster reported over 10,000 copies were sold at launch within the first five minutes of availability.

The game has also become the most pre-ordered game in Amazon’s history, according to the company’s figures.

“With first day sales of over half a billion dollars worldwide, we believe Call of Duty is the biggest entertainment launch of the year for the fourth year in a row,” said Activision CEO Bobby Kotick.

“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. Given the challenged macro-economic environment, we remain cautious about the balance of 2012 and 2013.”

Analysts estimated this week the shooter sold between 6.5 million and 7.2 million units day-one, rivaling Modern Warfare 3′s day-one unit sales of 6.5 million in 2011.

The Infinity Ward shooter generated $775 million in revenue during its first five days on the market and hit $1 billion in sale during its first 16 days of availability.

Black Ops 2 is out on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 and will release on Wii U November 18

Source: VG247

Yup. Knew it. All the COD kiddies and their friends got excited and jizzed their pants when they saw the trailers. Everyone I know either has it or plans on getting it. There were tons of people at my local gamestop for the midnight release.

Activision, please, UPGRADE YOUR PILE OF DOGSHIT COD ENGINE FOR ONCE!

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Honestly i'm not surprised and frankly i don't care that much anymore.

I'm still impressed that after so many years they can still make more money from a reskinned outdated game than any other media out there.

http://www.vg247.com/2012/12/05/black-ops-2-crosses-1-billion-mark-in-15-days-worldwide/

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Im proud to say I contributed towards that sum, black ops 2 is the only game I bought this year

SSDG

So it looks like the series isn't running out of steam any time soon.

Deja fucking vu! I feel like I already posted this before.

TheCinemaJack wrote:

So it looks like the series isn't running out of steam any time soon.

True, people will still pay €50 every year for the same game with different maps.

Stoney wrote:

TheCinemaJack wrote:

So it looks like the series isn't running out of steam any time soon.

True, people will still pay €50 every year for the same game with different maps.

Eh, if it's what they wanna do, then who am I to judge?

The good news is the sales are down 11% compared to MW3, so even though the series doesn't look like it's running out of steam anytime soon atleast it’s a step in the right direction.

http://www.examiner.com/article/black-ops-2-is-down-11-from-modern-warfare-3-according-to-video-game-analyst