December 22, 2010
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It has just been over six weeks since Activision released a sequel to its insanely popular Call Of Duty series, Black Ops to be exact, which frankly is better than all other Call Of Duty titles to date, and here’s what’s going to prove this claim. Activision has announced that the Black Ops title has achieved a staggering $1 billion in sales worldwide, which proves that this game in particular has been a massive hit all around the globe.
Excerpts from the Official Press Release given below:
Call of Duty®: Black Ops™ Surpasses $1 Billion in Sales Worldwide
Over 600 Million Hours Logged Playing Call of Duty: Black Ops, Game Continues to Set Entertainment Records
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 21, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that Call of Duty: Black Ops continues to set sell-through records crossing the $1 billion mark in sales worldwide since its launch in November, according to internal Activision estimates.
In its first five days alone, the game sold more than $650 million worldwide, outpacing theatrical box office, book and video game sales records for five-day worldwide sell through in dollars, according to internal Activision estimates and boxofficemojo.com. The game exceeded Activision’s previous five-day worldwide record of $550 million set by last year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare® 2.
To date, more than 600 million hours have been logged playing Call of Duty: Black Ops since the game launched on November 9, 2010. According to Microsoft, the average player logs on more than once a day and plays for more than one hour each time. Over half of that time is spent playing online with and against friends, illustrating the unique social characteristics of the game.
Check out the full official Press Release here.
Call Of Duty: Black Ops is no doubt a spectacular game, and is bound to see more growth in sales as the holiday season has begun, nevertheless it can be said for sure that this game is definitely one of the best titles that Activision has rolled out as yet.
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