Wednesday, December 5th 2012
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Grosses $1 Billion In 15 Days
Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc., 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 days.
"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.
"Entertainment franchises that captivate audiences for as long as Call of Duty has, on the scale that Call of Duty has, are very rare things. And it takes a lot of brilliant people working across many different disciplines to make it happen. It is incredibly humbling and gratifying to be a part of," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. "In order for Call of Duty to remain the entertainment juggernaut that it is, and keep our fans coming back for more, we need to continue to bring fresh ideas and new innovations to the table every time, while always staying true to what people fell in love with in the first place. That's what we did with Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and that'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."
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, Wii U game system from Nintendo and Windows PC. The game is rated "M" (Mature - Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Drugs - content suitable for persons ages 18 and older) by the ESRB.
"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."
"Entertainment franchises that captivate audiences for as long as Call of Duty has, on the scale that Call of Duty has, are very rare things. And it takes a lot of brilliant people working across many different disciplines to make it happen. It is incredibly humbling and gratifying to be a part of," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. "In order for Call of Duty to remain the entertainment juggernaut that it is, and keep our fans coming back for more, we need to continue to bring fresh ideas and new innovations to the table every time, while always staying true to what people fell in love with in the first place. That's what we did with Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and that'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."
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, Wii U game system from Nintendo and Windows PC. The game is rated "M" (Mature - Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Drugs - content suitable for persons ages 18 and older) by the ESRB.
47 Comments on Call of Duty: Black Ops II Grosses $1 Billion In 15 Days
"In order for Call of Duty to remain the entertainment juggernaut that it is, and keep our fans coming back for more, we need to continue to bring fresh ideas and new innovations to the table every time, while always staying true to what people fell in love with in the first place."
Oh Activision, you know not what you say :')
You can't argue that the COD games are damn good, very well polished games. I always enjoy the single player, though the multiplayer has grown a bit stale.
they sooo undeserved it :shadedshu
It's all about aim. There is no movement, no brain, no team-control, nothing is involved just pure randomness and aim. It's pretty much the blasphemy of the old arena shooters, it's all about brainlessly administering all kind of bullets (using all kind of weapons) into the other players. How is that might be any fun to anybody is simply beyond me.
I know it's a first world problem and I honestly happy for everybody who loves these games and I also truly respect the devs who are doing a flawless job indeed, but I'm gaming since online games exist, and I still feel so isolated and old seeing news and reports like this. A whole generation loves COD, so they love a game I fail to understand or appreciate:shadedshu
There is not to many "OMG MARIO CAN FLY NOW?!" moments in video games anymore.
but what most of us hate the most, is that they keep recycling things every year, adding only little things into it year by year, "milking the cash cow" as they say and even worse they get huge, maybe the largest profits off of it compared to other more deserving games.
They could at least put the profits into good use, like, developing a new engine, entirely new IP, or just release them as damn expansion packs/DLCs not fully priced games
If Battlefield is becoming COD like because of EA as you say, I should be playing BF4 by now.
Its not that todays movies or games are "bad". Its just they don't have any soul. There is no Mega Man, Mario, Sonic for todays youth. Best they have is "Master Chief".........how sad is that. Put the youth today playing Master Blaster or the original Metroid and watch them have a nervous break down. OMG THATS IT? THE GAMES OVER? NO CONTINUES?! No bitch you just died. Start over. Oh yeah and thats a score in the corner......and your score sucks.