Jesus Christ.

This really surprised me. I guess people don't know the difference between Infinity Ward and Treyarch. They just know Call of Duty.

Activision must die, or give me some of that money then die

Kotick better stock up on gold beds with bundles of cash to have sex with because I bet this will go to the way of Guitar Hero in a couple years.

" This really surprised me. I guess people don't know the difference between Infinity Ward and Treyarch. They just know Call of Duty. "

" Jesus Christ. "

5.6 million people... That leads to a lot of dead commies.

I wonder how Activision will still barely manage to make a profit again this quarter?  With this franchise and WoW they should be pretty well set money-wise, but they're always just scraping by making a few tens of millions a quarter.  I wonder why shareholders don't want a piece of that action and instead let Kotick give 90% of the profits to the top ten executives as eight or nine figure salaries and bonuses.

 
It has to run out of steam sooner or later.....right?

" This really surprised me. I guess people don't know the difference between Infinity Ward and Treyarch. They just know Call of Duty. "

Love it!  Great news.  Good job treyarch.  This game will last me until next november when the next COD comes out.

Good for Treyarch!

Well Deserved

" This really surprised me. I guess people don't know the difference between Infinity Ward and Treyarch. They just know Call of Duty. "

I thought they'd be burned out already.

" This really surprised me. I guess people don't know the difference between Infinity Ward and Treyarch. They just know Call of Duty. "

While this is definitely the better game I would have figured more people would be sick of buying the same game each year.

I was saying how this game was going to fail, Treyarch is horrible, COD sucks, nothing will be better than 4...but then I played it. Going in with full disdain for the product, I really ended up liking it - A LOT! The removal of Stopping Power and Juggernaut plus the freedom to customize your guns and classes is awesome. Also, the game is balanced quite well balanced (besides the sniper rifles). Kill Streaks and perks also feel great.
 
The one thing  I don't like: Every single thing has to be bought.

So how much of those sales figures are due to its qualities as a game, and how much is due to the ads I was constantly bombarded with over the last two months?

I would like some Black Ops, please.

Treyarch with money, good on 'em.

" 5.6 million people... That leads to a lot of dead commies. "

I barely saw any ads for this game (saw way more MoH ads). I'm interested in this game for other reasons. I haven't been able to get it yet though.

" @rjayb89 said:

" Jesus Christ. "

You think Jesus plays? "

actually kind of surprised, thought it would be big but not as big as MW2. When MW2 came out literally everyone on my friends list was playing it, but now I also see people playing Fallout, Halo, Fable, etc. I do agree with Jeff/GB as a whole though, and I think that the numbers will start to drop off either next year or the next couple years.

After what Activision did to Infinity Ward, there are a lot of gamers who should feel ashamed of themselves right now.

" @Matt_ said:

" This really surprised me. I guess people don't know the difference between Infinity Ward and Treyarch. They just know Call of Duty. "

Even if they knew the difference, I don't think they'd care. "

" @Matt_ said:

" This really surprised me. I guess people don't know the difference between Infinity Ward and Treyarch. They just know Call of Duty. "

Most people just don't care either. "

" I barely saw any ads for this game (saw way more MoH ads). I'm interested in this game for other reasons. I haven't been able to get it yet though. "

" I was saying how this game was going to fail, Treyarch is horrible, COD sucks, nothing will be better than 4...  

 This game will last me until next november when the next COD comes out. "

This is a huge surprise to me. I really thought this game didn't have the legs to sell like this. Maybe the clever t.v. commercial sucked in a bunch of casual gamers as well.

Who keeps buying these?

" @TranceAddix said:

" I was saying how this game was going to fail, Treyarch is horrible, COD sucks, nothing will be better than 4...  

What the hell was your purpose of buying it if you thought it was going to fail?! You must be ne of THOSE people...
 
@Jerome85 said:

 This game will last me until next november when the next COD comes out. "

It should be next NEXT November... "

" @awesomeusername said:

" @TranceAddix said:

" I was saying how this game was going to fail, Treyarch is horrible, COD sucks, nothing will be better than 4...  

What the hell was your purpose of buying it if you thought it was going to fail?! You must be ne of THOSE people...
 

I forgot to support my post by saying that  I rented it. Otherwise, yes, I did look like one of those people... "

" This is a huge surprise to me. I really thought this game didn't have the legs to sell like this. Maybe the clever t.v. commercial sucked in a bunch of casual gamers as well. "

I think a lot of people also bought it because they heard how amazing the last game was. Call of Duty is pretty mainstream after all, and both Black Ops and MW2 have gotten a lot of news coverage.

I wonder if this means Black Ops will sell more than Modern Warfare 2, or that a lot of people who bought Modern Warfare 2 later in its lifecycle bought Black Ops sooner than last year?

" I barely saw any ads for this game (saw way more MoH ads). I'm interested in this game for other reasons. I haven't been able to get it yet though. "

" I barely saw any ads for this game (saw way more MoH ads). I'm interested in this game for other reasons. I haven't been able to get it yet though. "

"Who keeps buying these? "

5.4 million people apparently.

Sweet, Black Ops is a Hell of a game.

Oh great, now they're going to make another one.  Thankfully the market isn't flooded with shooters, so we could always use more... :/

I expected this game to sell worse since its not Modern Warfare and because so many people hated on MW2 and that got such rave reviews. This still reviewed well but they werent nearly the MW2 numbers so  im surprised this sold even more. Guess the worst part about this all is the fact that this series still wont die.

" After what Activision did to Infinity Ward, there are a lot of gamers who should feel ashamed of themselves right now. "

" I guess people don't know the difference between Infinity Ward and Treyarch. They just know Call of Duty. "

that's not the only thing it broke.. ohhhhhh

Word.  Innovation from here on out, guys.