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Activision 'humbled' by the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

GameZone writes, "If you're an FPS fan, you probably don't need me to remind you that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 released today. The highly-anticipated sequel, which is being called "the most ambitious Call of Duty ever", has already shattered pre-order records set last year by Modern Warfare 3. Activision obviously hasn't yet revealed the numbers of Black Ops 2, but did say its on its way to a "historic launch" — one which has "humbled" the publishing giant."

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AngelicIceDiamond4174d ago

Activision: "I'm so humbled so....so grateful $$$ I love you."

Snookies124174d ago

Yeah, "humbled" isn't the word they're looking for... Obviously they knew it was going to sell millions... -_-

sinncross4174d ago

Then maybe you should have put some effort into the PSV version.. like seriously Activision...

Pushagree4174d ago

They will probably be humbled when GTA V beats that record too. We need a good game on the best sellers list for once.

omi25p4174d ago

Isnt Halo 4 on the Best Sellers list

killerhog4174d ago

Yeah they're humble reviewers once again gave them a pass and consumers will flock in a bevy to buy cod as well.

PS-ADDICT4174d ago

Kotick is Humbled At the Trucks load Of Ca$h so he can fill his Olympic Pool With pure Benjamines.. Take a Swim, maby build a solid diamond heli Pad and Solid Platinumb Brick Mansion, Build a Human Powered Limo , so they can flintstone him to Work

Awesome_Gamer4174d ago (Edited 4174d ago )

Shame that a piece of crap like this outsold great games like Red Dead Redemption, Uncharted 2 and The Witcher 2.

@Pushagree: Agree, GTA V will break this record next year, hopefully.

GraveLord4174d ago

Of course they're greatful for your money, any publisher would be.

Are you implying Activision is the only publisher to love money? Let me remind you they are one of the few publishers that have yet to implement online passes. Think about that for a second.

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cyclonus0074174d ago

Activision? "Humble"?

Doubt it.

Intentions4174d ago

They are going to be 'humble' for Modern Warfare 4, then year after Black ops 3.

Bobertt4174d ago

The single player was awesome, it was different from any other cod. Everyone should definitely play it up to the colussus level.

MattyG4174d ago

Why just up to Colossus? The whole thing is awesome. But Colossus was my favorite.

Bobertt4169d ago

Some people only like multiplayer unfortunately, so playing the entire story might seem boring to them and they wont even try. But if they play up to that level they will see a lot of what single player has to offer and most likely want to finish it then.

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These Call of Duty games are officially dead as servers go offline

Following the Wii U and 3DS servers being taken offline, Call of Duty Black Ops 2 and Ghosts are officially dead.

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Call of Duty players are playing this game for the last time before it's taken offline

Call of Duty players are jumping into Black Ops 2 for the final time before its Wii U servers go offline for good.

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Xbox backwards compatibility sends old Call of Duty games back into the Top Five | UK Monthly Charts

GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 leap up due to summer sales

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shadowT249d ago

Xbox $70 billion bet paid out

fr0sty248d ago

Guess that's what happens when there's no good new games to play...

4Sh0w248d ago (Edited 248d ago )

Well regardless of exclusives, or whatever else there is to play on Xbox or ps, CoD has has still been the top selling game on ps platform since forever also.....so no surprise that the most popular game franchise on any console could easily have a revival due to servers coming back online...this is just credit to xbox backwards compatibility & thats good thing for Xbox gamers.

wiz7191248d ago

@Frosty orrrr maybe it’s a breath of fresh air to be able to go back to the peak of the series .. and it’s beem great lol

mkis007248d ago

It's going to take 10 years for xbox to generate that much profit...

Rhythmattic248d ago

Why worry when they have OS, Server and Background Data in their hands...
Gaming is just the small piece, at the top left in a few K piece jigsaw.

EasilyTheBest248d ago

If you buy a house with cash for 1 million dollars you still own the house. Microsoft don't need to make the money back.

Rhythmattic246d ago

But its not money back, its about how it goes missing.

jznrpg248d ago

Shooters is what Xbox people play most of the time and that’s about it by the numbers and sales of games.

shinoff2183249d ago

Atkeast older gamers nostalgia is good. Jeez.

Jin_Sakai249d ago

Mostly because the new CoD games are garbage. The old games were much better.

Rutaprkl248d ago

Agree 100%. Cod 4, WaW, Black ops 1 & 2, those were the days.

Rhythmattic248d ago

For MP, Unreal tournament , QIII Arena (loved the UT mod) FTW!

RaidenBlack248d ago

Unreal Tournament and Quake III were simply amazing ... CoD's and CoD-likes' rise killed the arena shooter popularity ...
Unreal Tournament 2004 is my favorite in the series.
Didn't enjoy Unreal Tournament III, Quake Champions that much.
Too bad Epic cancelled Unreal Tournament 2014 becoz of Fortnite

Rhythmattic247d ago (Edited 247d ago )

I got hooked on the QIII Urban Terror mod (and my work colleagues I introduced them to)... LAN Sessions at the closing of the doors at work, into the night , sinking beers and eating pizza..... Good times.

thesoftware730248d ago

Wow, good games never get old I guess.

CoD will always be a beast of a franchise, and how awesome is it that you can just boot it up or pop it into your Xbox and play, MS BC is really a neat feature.

CrimsonWing69248d ago

Shows you that backwards compatibility is a worthwhile feature.

1Victor248d ago

@crimson:” Shows you that backwards compatibility is a worthwhile feature.”
I agree it’s worthy at the start of the generation when there’s few new generation games but halfway through the generation it’s not a feature.
Now it’s good that this game is finding a renewed life for its fan but it shows a mayor flaw in new games release when a close decade old game is toppling the charts

CrimsonWing69248d ago

I don't know if I understand what you mean. It's a feature regardless of the time into the generation.

Let's take Armored Core 6 for example. Let's say I'm interested in checking out the previous Armored Core games, sure would be nice if I could play them on my current-gen console.

We're about 3 years into current-gen and old games are hitting in the top 5 for sales charts in the month.

I do get where you're coming from with older games possibly being better than the newer games, but the feature stays the feature. I can only speak for myself, but when there's a lull in game releases or nothing great is out, I like to go back to old titles. It's just nice to not have to have a bunch of consoles out to do so.

I think moving forward it'll be less and less of an issue as like with the PS5 you can access most all of the PS4 games, but I like going back to PS1 and PS2. Would be awesome to kind of make backwards compatibility a prioritized feature moving forward. Hell, Sony was the first to implement it.

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