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    Call of Duty: Black Ops II

    Game » consists of 19 releases. Released Nov 13, 2012

    The Black Ops storyline continues, switching the past Cold War from the game's predecessor to future 2025, as a new Cold War between U.S.A. and China flares up due to the actions of one vengeful drug-runner.

    $1 billion in 15 days, new sales record

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    #1  Edited By jdh5153

    http://news.investors.com/technology/120512-635775-call-of-duty-black-ops-2-sets-sales-record.htm

    Beat Avatar's $1billion by two days and Modern Warfare 3's $1billion by one day.

    I think this is pretty exciting news. Everyone wants to complain about how bad Call of Duty games are, and yet every year they outsell the ENTIRE entertainment industry.

    "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."
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    #2  Edited By colourful_hippie

    I wonder if that means that the game passed the first Black Ops in terms of units sold because MW3 never broke that record, it only broke day 1 sales.

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    #3  Edited By musubi

    @jdh5153 said:

    http://news.investors.com/technology/120512-635775-call-of-duty-black-ops-2-sets-sales-record.htm

    Beat Avatar's $1billion by two days and Modern Warfare 3's $1billion by one day.

    I think this is pretty exciting news. Everyone wants to complain about how bad Call of Duty games are, and yet every year they outsell the ENTIRE entertainment industry.

    "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."

    Yes exciting news that they are going to continue to pump out the same games. Also, a movie ticket is $10 Black Ops is $60 so... not as impressive as everyone would like you to think.

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    #4  Edited By Fredchuckdave

    @Colourful_Hippie: Citation needed

    But yeah people sure do like the same game over and over

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    #5  Edited By Phatmac

    Glad it made money. That game took a ton of risks like making story choices matter. Also the multiplayer is real dope. Love me some BLOPS 2!

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    Comparing video game earnings to box office earnings is the emptiest of statistical exercises. Video games cost just as much to produce and, at minimum, six-fold more to purchase. Of course they're going to outgross films, but that doesn't mean they are any more culturally relevant.

    Not that they aren't culturally relevant, but they don't have the pervasive zeitgeist corporate marketing teams would have you believe.

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    #7  Edited By cmblasko
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    #8  Edited By williamhenry

    @jdh5153 said:

    http://news.investors.com/technology/120512-635775-call-of-duty-black-ops-2-sets-sales-record.htm

    Beat Avatar's $1billion by two days and Modern Warfare 3's $1billion by one day.

    I think this is pretty exciting news. Everyone wants to complain about how bad Call of Duty games are, and yet every year they outsell the ENTIRE entertainment industry.

    "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."

    I think a more interesting and relevant statistic would be comparing the number of games sold to the number of tickets sold. At $60 a pop, they have to sell a hell of a lot less games to earn more than those two movie franchises ever did.

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    #9  Edited By valiantgrizzly

    This thread sure isn't going to get clogged with "waaahhh they released a quality product that I am in no way or shape obliged to buy, I am so mad".

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    #10  Edited By Levio

    Man I wish I had a taste of that action! Even just a little bite of that cash cow would make me feel pretty good about my financial situation.

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    #11  Edited By KittyVonDoom

    Would any of those same people paid $60 to watch Avatar?

    The answer is no. No they would not. It's called value.

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    #12  Edited By Brendan

    @Demoskinos: @Fredchuckdave: Have you two played the game? BLOPS 2 doesn't reinvent the FPS but it definitely brings enough interesting things to the table to not deserve the same attitude that the past 3 or so titles did.

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    #13  Edited By CrossTheAtlantic

    @Demoskinos: I wish movie tickets were 10 bucks where I live :(

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    #14  Edited By nightriff

    More interested in sales numbers. Just as other people pointed out, MW3 made a billion but the drop off was huge in purchases after the first few weeks. I can see no reason why that won't be the same for BLOPS 2.

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    #15  Edited By musubi

    @Brendan: Nope I haven't. Its the first CoD game I've skipped since World at War and I feel okay with that because for every interesting thing done there is another thing that I hear about it like "Gross, strikeforce missions" that makes me pat myself on the back at my decision to skip it and rock with Halo instead.

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    #16  Edited By Brendan

    @Demoskinos said:

    @Brendan: Nope I haven't. Its the first CoD game I've skipped since World at War and I feel okay with that because for every interesting thing done there is another thing that I hear about it like "Gross, strikeforce missions" that makes me pat myself on the back at my decision to skip it and rock with Halo instead.

    That's totally fine, but has little to do with you judging the product as being the same thing, pumped out every year, which isn't the case with this one (regardless of quality) unless your only definition of "different enough" is a reinvention of a product.

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    #17  Edited By musubi

    @Brendan said:

    @Demoskinos said:

    @Brendan: Nope I haven't. Its the first CoD game I've skipped since World at War and I feel okay with that because for every interesting thing done there is another thing that I hear about it like "Gross, strikeforce missions" that makes me pat myself on the back at my decision to skip it and rock with Halo instead.

    That's totally fine, but has little to do with you judging the product as being the same thing, pumped out every year, which isn't the case with this one (regardless of quality) unless your only definition of "different enough" is a reinvention of a product.

    Honestly, that is basically what I'm waiting for because in its current form I think I'm done with it. I want the CoD 4 moment again.

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    #18  Edited By VisariLoyalist

    That's billion bucks

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    #19  Edited By Hizang

    Call of Duty is bigger than it's ever been.

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    #20  Edited By Fredchuckdave

    @Brendan: Yep, my brother is one of many zerglings. If anything I was irritated that there wasn't a readily accessible steady aim perk, how dare they change things ever so slightly from game to game.

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