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Home News Black Ops II Sales Break 8 Million In First Day, 1+ Million Behind Modern Warfare 3

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Black Ops II Sales Break 8 Million In First Day, 1+ Million Behind Modern Warfare 3

Posted on Wednesday, November 14 @ 12:29:35 Eastern by Jonathan_Leack

Call of Duty: Black Ops II has sold millions of units. Are you surprised? Well, you might be.

Metro UK has reported that Call of Duty: Black Ops II managed to push 8 million units in its first 24 hours following launch. While already extremely lucrative, these numbers put it behind last year's Modern Warfare 3 which accrued 9.3 million in the same time frame. On the bright side, it's a step up from Modern Warfare 2 and the original Black Ops which sold 6 million and 7 million respectively.

Black Ops II still has a long road ahead as well as a release on Wii U this Sunday.  However, it does feel a bit strange to see Call of Duty have a decline in launch sales, especially with a profound marketing campaign behind it. Trends made it look like this day would never come, but maybe the age of console hardware and Halo 4's prominence may have taken a toll on poor ol' Call of Duty.
Related Games:   Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
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  • damo_rox619
    damo_rox619
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
    Yes! Take that Activision! I don't know why i'm happy about it, i actually like most Call Of Duty's, but it makes me happy to see that Halo 4 played a part in black ops 2 selling less on launch day :)
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  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 1:39 pm
    Keep the change ya filthy animal.
    0 2
  • RadicalAddiction
    RadicalAddiction
    Joined: Nov 2012
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2012 at 12:26 am
    Just one problem. Black Ops hasn't sold lessIn first day sales lol. Sorry to spoil your excitement lol
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  • damo_rox619
    damo_rox619
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2012 at 2:19 am
    I had a feeling MW3 sold 6 million.... still, Halo is probably a better game, definitely deserves more sales than an annual rehash
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  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2012 at 7:28 am
    Actually the numbers listed are official. You're skewing North America and Global sales.
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  • RadicalAddiction
    RadicalAddiction
    Joined: Nov 2012
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2012 at 1:26 pm
    None of Black Ops 2 numbers are official yet.
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  • TheJx4
    TheJx4
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 2:21 pm
    The numbers for the UK started dropping when MW3 hit, while the US numbers rise...is that the same case here?
    0 1
  • Lien
    Lien
    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 2:48 pm
    AH HA! SEE? instead of making gazillions of dollars, activision ONLY made kazillions of dollars! This show the downfall of an evil empire! Justice is served!

    ...oh what's that? silicon knights went bankrupt? ...WHO CARES!
    0 0
  • cereal13killer
    cereal13killer
    Joined: Nov 2008
    Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 4:11 pm
    It's all about lead-in, like the Jay Leno / Connan O'Brien debacle.

    MW2 didn't have a great lead in with WAW, MW2 was a great predecessor to BO, and the fact that MW3 wasn't great has hurt BO2.
    0 0
  • uptown710
    uptown710
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 4:57 pm
    I was hoping that 1 million people realized they were about to buy the same thing they did last year.
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  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 7:42 pm
    Only partly true. It's very much different, but interactions with other human beings online is still very much the same. Campers, quick-scopers...poor sportsmen.
    0 0
  • Klandathu
    Klandathu
    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 9:52 pm
    So it's basically the same as every online game ever then?
    0 1
  • Andy578
    Andy578
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2012 at 4:12 am
    thats why i stick to Zombies, its fun without all the other bs, only reason i bought and game and the new zombie stuff really is great, much different then the others but also much of the good stuff is still there
    0 0
  • hanzhands
    hanzhands
    Joined: Nov 2012
    Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 10:03 pm
    I'm still too stoked about Halo to buy a shooter that I won't play for months.
    I'm sure it'll make a great rental. Michael Bay movies always are.
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  • damo_rox619
    damo_rox619
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Nov 14th, 2012 at 11:04 pm
    Dito. I'm not interested in getting Black Ops 2 actually, but even if I did buy it, i would neglet it for a long time because i'd be playing Halo. Now that I think about it, i'd be playing Halo until i got a Wii U for christmas. COD would never get played.
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  • RadicalAddiction
    RadicalAddiction
    Joined: Nov 2012
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2012 at 12:25 am
    Correction, MW3 sold 6.5 million in first day sales. 8 million would be a new record. Need to do better research so you don't lead some to make ignorant comments.
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  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2012 at 7:27 am
    You're talking about the 6.5 million in North America. North America =/= The World.
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  • RadicalAddiction
    RadicalAddiction
    Joined: Nov 2012
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2012 at 1:25 pm
    You do realize this number is for North America and the UK alone right? Compared to the 6.5 million MW3 did in its first day in North America and UK. We can discuss this further when actual numbers are released and this misinformed reporting is proven. Deal?
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  • RadicalAddiction
    RadicalAddiction
    Joined: Nov 2012
    Posted: Nov 16th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
    Looks like I was right huh? Down vote this also.
    0 0
  • soumyajyoti
    soumyajyoti
    Joined: Nov 2012
    Posted: Nov 15th, 2012 at 6:45 am
    i dont think it matters ..... 8 million is a pretty big number and then there are other games that activision will release and again there is the fact that its just day one.
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