CoD: Black Ops; Makes 1 Billion USD

[Boneasse]

In a gloating move from Activision today, they have released information that Call of Duty: Black Ops has made 1 billion dollars since its release in November.

"In all of entertainment, only Call of Duty and "Avatar" have ever achieved the billion dollar revenue milestone this quickly. 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. Our ability to provide the most compelling, immersive entertainment experience, and enhance it with regular, recurring content that delivers hundreds of hours of audience value, has allowed Call of Duty to continue to set sales and usage records."

- Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision.

Avatar reached the 1 billion dollar mark after just 19 days of running, which is pretty amazing, considering the price of a movie ticket vs that of a console/pc game.

Since launch though, Black Ops has clocked more than 600 million hours, according to Microsoft statistics, which is pretty impressive in itself.

Does this news shock you, or did you kind of expect this result to occur? Is the sales-record well deserved or do you think other titles have deserved to reach this mile-stone?

The worst part is... I can just imagine that smug face on Kotick as he utters those words.

[sub]I'm aware that this is already in the news section, but I just thought I'd add it here, and perhaps we could gain some discussion value out of the whole ordeal!
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[Fawcks]

I expected this. Somebody's always going to be successful aiming for the stupid fratboy demographic. At least 60% of America are idiots, so give them shiny graphics and a gun to shoot, and they're happy.

I just really, REALLY hope that more developers don't try to copy this formula because of these ridiculous profits.

Actually, this is exactly the reason we don't see any innovation anymore in mainstream games.

 

[Piction Froject]

What? It Really Happened? ....I... already knew this kind of thing would happen. It's no surprise considering how many were sold in just the first few days. Also the fanboys made this happen, I personally will only rent it cause of how boring MW2 was so until proved otherwise it's just another generic FPS.

 

[NeedAUserName]

Yeah, theres been an article posted about this already, just check the recent news.

 

[Boneasse]

Yeah, theres been an article posted about this already, just check the recent news.

Yeah, there's also been some rumours circulating lately that some people don't seem to read the entire thread before posting. Just check the last sentence.

 

[Armored Prayer]

I kind of expected this considering its massive popularity. Like I said in the news post, congrats to Treyarch.

 

[lostzombies.com]

Would of been nice of him to thanks to people who went out and bought the game, but you know maybe I'm just old fashioned.

 

[NeedAUserName]

Yeah, theres been an article posted about this already, just check the recent news.

Yeah, there's also been some rumours circulating lately that some people don't seem to read the entire thread before posting. Just check the last sentence.

You know each news article comes with its very own special made comments section?

 

[KissofKetchup]

This news kinda makes me want to shove stakes into my eyes