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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


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SheffAl , 4 months ago

Wow.. Reply +1 - + Edit Delete


@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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