Black Ops 2 has crushed MW3's earnings record - Gained $500 mio. within 24 hours.

[Nachos]

Today, Activision announced that Black Ops 2 delivered more than $500 million within the 24 hours of the release. This beats MW3's record at $400 million by $100 million.

Here is the official press release:

MONICA, Calif., Nov. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), 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."

- The Press Release

[Kenshin13]

Well they certainly put enough things to attract people so I'm not surprised.

[Nachos]

Well they certainly put enough things to attract people so I'm not surprised.

Me neither... Activision always does an incredible regarding PR.

[kwai]

sick amount of money xD i guess they gonna earn more coz i have the feeling many people will get banned and have to buy the game again xD

[again i have only the feeling people will get banned a lot and have to buy the game again.... also i think many no hackers will get banned many more kids will play the game again and bithc and wine and report people]

[Nachos]

sick amount of money xD i guess they gonna earn more coz i have the feeling many people will get banned and have to buy the game again xD

[again i have only the feeling people will get banned a lot and have to buy the game again.... also i think many no hackers will get banned many more kids will play the game again and bithc and wine and report people]

I'm pretty sure they can manage not to ban non-hackers At least I hope so...

[kwai]

I'm pretty sure they can manage not to ban non-hackers At least I hope so...

well they have improved a "easy to use" ingame report system , i have seen in many text chat while playin MW3 multiplayer people ask for hot report people
i have seen quite many stories for banned wihout hacking they can't all be true but for sure they almost will do cause i guess and hacking is growing hype i helped one guy he was really good K/D ratio was like 25K/4D and even he asked for some hacks @ me lol

[Larity2056]

What about Black Ops 1?

[Nachos]

What about Black Ops 1?

1.4 billion in the first 2 months. I don't think any number was released before that.

[Jorndel]

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