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Software Call of Duty: Black Ops Tops $1B Mark
Brandon Hill (Blog) - December 21, 2010 5:33 PM

45 comment(s) - last by The Raven.. on Dec 23 at 11:20 AM

Call of Duty franchise continues to rake in the cash

When it comes to gaming franchises, Call of Duty is a force to be reckoned with. Shortly after the Call of Duty: Black Ops launched in early November, Activision declared the game to be the "biggest entertainment launch ever" as it raked in $360 million USD on sales of 5.6 million units.

According to NPD, the game generated sales of 8.4 million units in the month of November which accounted for a staggering 25 percent of all game software sales that month.

Activision today announced that the latest installment in the popular franchise crossed the $1 billion USD mark in sales worldwide. The game publisher also reported that more then 600 million hours have been logged by gamers who have flocked to the Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg was especially impressed with the hours logged, stating, "Even more remarkable than the number of units sold is the number of hours people are playing the game together online which are unprecedented. Call of Duty is more than a game, it's a true community.

"In all of entertainment, only Call of Duty and "Avatar" have ever achieved the billion dollar revenue milestone this quickly," said Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. "This is a tribute to the global appeal of the Call of Duty franchise, the exceptional talent at Treyarch and the hundreds of extraordinary people across our many Call of Duty studios including Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer that work tirelessly on the franchise.

Call of Duty: Black Ops is available for both consoles and PCs and has garnered favorable reviews from critics and gamers alike.

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REally?

By kyleb2112 on 12/21/2010 10:27:01 PM , Rating: 5

It's a sad statement on the gaming community that this garbage outsells Mass Effect 2. The game play is incredibly generic--unless you consider forcing the player to hit a guy with broken glass in his mouth innovative.

RE: REally?

By Visual on 12/22/10, Rating: 0

By Visual on 12/22/2010 5:51:08 AM , Rating: 0

Mass Effect 2 was disappointing in many ways.
Removing armor customization for the other party members, weapon choices being so indistinct from each other and irrelevant, reducing skill choice options - all those were bad decisions in my view.
Party composition was virtually irrelevant and had no effect on situations where you'd expect the opposite. Like a geth inside the citadel, or a justicar during your negotiations with various criminals, etc... The game should have been much better, but it wasted its potential.
The overall story itself was a disappointing boring cliché lacking any surprises and twists. And you were just a pawn without any influence on it.
The bugs were quite annoying too, the number of times I got stuck inside a wall or similar made me want to kill the developers.

The only good thing that ME2 had going for it was the legacy of KOTOR and ME1 which it was supposed to carry. But that can't boost sales by itself, it only raised the expectations and from that increased the disappointment for me.

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RE: REally?

By Hiawa23 on 12/22/2010 9:42:07 AM , Rating: 3

It's a sad statement on the gaming community that this garbage outsells Mass Effect 2

I wouldn't call COD garbage. I tried Mass Effect 1 & 2 but I am just not into RPGs. I wouldn't say ME2 was garbage just cause I did not like it & may prefer a COD game with it's almost infinite multiplayer, plus I really enjoyed the SP campaign.

You guys are hilarious with your broad strokes. I don't look at any game that does well as an indictment on the gaming community much like a movie that does well is an indictment on the movie community. COD games usually always sell well especially here in the US, & come on, there really wasn't that much competition this holiday season, it's a shooter, so I expected it to do even better as a result, but to label the game garbage or trash, just cause you may not like it in an attempt to lift a game you may be pimping is kind of comical to me. Why did AVATAR the movie do almost $3bilion at the box office? Who knows, but I am not going to bash it in an attempt to uplift a movie that I may have felt had a better story or just a better movie. People buy what they want & who am I say what is garbage or is not based on what sells or doesn't.

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RE: REally?

By Rott3nHIppi3 on 12/22/2010 11:29:21 AM , Rating: 2

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People buy what they want & who am I say what is garbage or is not based on what sells or doesn't.

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RE: REally?

By Hiawa23 on 12/22/2010 6:29:10 PM , Rating: 2

Because everyone thinks their opinion is the only one that counts!! I think Lady Gaga sucks... but apparently 1 million+ other people disagree! And despite all positive commentaries and record sales to boot... I still think I'm right! And that's why you too CAN call something garbage! Try it.. its really easy!!!

Glad I don't think like that. I don't like Rock or Country music, but I certainly woudln't say they suck. Just not for me, like ME2, so if that floats your boat, have at it, everything sucks or is garbage that you don't like or agree with. I like the COD series so like you said that is all that should matter to me.

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RE: REally?

By bighairycamel on 12/22/2010 11:09:22 AM , Rating: 4

The sad part to me is this only furthers Activision's intentions of making a CoD game every year. It's going to become a Madden-esque franchise with minimal changes year to year and suckers will still buy it and set sales records.

Each year you'll get a few new weapons, some new perks, and different maps. Things that shouldn't cost more than $15 in DLC.

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