Friday, November 16th 2012
Call Of Duty: Black Ops II Passes $500 Million In Retail Sales In First 24 Hours
Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc., today announced that for the fourth consecutive year, the Call of Duty franchise has delivered the biggest entertainment launch of the year. The highly-anticipated Call of Duty: Black Ops II has achieved an estimated sell-through of more than $500 million worldwide in the first 24 hours of its release, according to Chart-Track, retail customer sell-through information and internal company estimates.
"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 Bobby Kotick, CEO, Activision Blizzard, Inc. "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."
On November 13, 2012, millions of fans attended more than 16,000 midnight openings at retail stores worldwide. Reflecting the wave of excitement that swept the globe, Call of Duty: Black Ops II drove social conversation in its first 24 hours as it was a top trending topic globally on Twitter in 23 cities worldwide. Additionally, there have been more than 30 million YouTube video views of the game's live-action 'Surprise' launch trailer since its release on October 29, 2012.
"Call of Duty has become more than a product people buy, it's a brand people buy into. And every November we do more than just the launch of a game, we kick off an annual, unofficial but worldwide phenomenon called the Call of Duty season," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. "I want to thank our incredible team at Treyarch for making an amazing game, everyone at Activision for making this brand a force of nature and our retail partners for their unprecedented support of this franchise. But most importantly I want to thank our millions of fans for their continued support and loyalty and for making us better every day."
Call of Duty: Black Ops II is available at retail locations worldwide on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, and Windows PC. The title is also expected to be released in North America for the new Wii U game system from Nintendo on November 18, 2012.
"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 Bobby Kotick, CEO, Activision Blizzard, Inc. "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."
"Call of Duty has become more than a product people buy, it's a brand people buy into. And every November we do more than just the launch of a game, we kick off an annual, unofficial but worldwide phenomenon called the Call of Duty season," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. "I want to thank our incredible team at Treyarch for making an amazing game, everyone at Activision for making this brand a force of nature and our retail partners for their unprecedented support of this franchise. But most importantly I want to thank our millions of fans for their continued support and loyalty and for making us better every day."
Call of Duty: Black Ops II is available at retail locations worldwide on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, and Windows PC. The title is also expected to be released in North America for the new Wii U game system from Nintendo on November 18, 2012.
93 Comments on Call Of Duty: Black Ops II Passes $500 Million In Retail Sales In First 24 Hours
Honestly, the consumer world would probably be doomed if EA and Apple teamed up or something.
RIP CoD.... this is just a shell of its former self.
Also even playing at 2560x1440 the HUD and FOV are so poorly implemented it feels like I'm running 800x600. But at least it supports borderless windows and some nice eye candy options to make it look pretty decent. The tiny maps are also a mess, requires no skill just a matter of dumb luck where you spawn and how often your enemy spawns behind you vs how many times you spawn behind them. But the bigger maps are more balanced it seems.
So I wouldn't recommend it at $60, but if you see it drop for the holidays you may get some fun out of it. But I still think the franchise is gone to shit, and BF3 is still the better game in my book.
I don't get the 60 doll hairs (for PC)price tag though... i woulda thought the price would come down to around 35 doll hairs..
lol PC gamer get no love anymore from Activision. I hope the guys that left Activision creates an extraordinary game.
Dice better not shorten the lifespan of each battlefield.. i DOn't want to see another battlefield till 2014. But alas we have one incoming next year october, I love this one and it takes a while to master. They should just imprve their netcode and bring in spectator mode so we can play this thing properly competitively, hopefully they add that ability to and improved version of frostbite 2..
And i'd fully expect poor FOV and HUD on a 8 year old console that is developed to display in a living room 5-10feet away from a couch. It was never made to be visibly perfect for the pc gamer, it is entirely created for a 360 setting, i wouldnt expect any more from them really... They just add in anti-jaggie options to make pc gamers whine less, and scale their 720p textures to 1080p to satisfy the option of selecting it in the options menu.
Stupid ass sheeple.
Not sure if i'd want this new Black Ops game...