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Black Ops II sells over 11m in its 1st week worldwide (2m+ less than MW3)

Black Ops II (X360) - 6.21m
Black Ops II (PS3) - 4.61m
Black Ops II (PC) - 401k

Black Ops II 1st week total: 11.22m

Modern Warfare 3 1st week total: 13.36m

Side note: Black Ops: Declassified (PSV) sold 119k in its FW.

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NYC_Gamer4602d ago

I expected Black Ops 2[360] to outsell Halo 4.

StrongMan4602d ago

Who thought Halo 4 would outsell Black Ops 2 on Xbox?

knowyourstuff4602d ago

Halo 4 is at 3.8 million total copies, the PS3 version of Blops 2 outsold it because Halo is for 12 year olds - or at least people who are mentally 12 years old.

Blops also has 12 year olds but it doesn't make up as big a proportion as Halo. You can read the stats.

Plus, there's some serious competition with other big market games like Assassins Creed 3 which sold a hefty 3.5 million copies, twice what Revelations sold.

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Zuperman4602d ago

Black Ops 2 sold less than MW3?!

thats a great sign! 2+million users decided to say NO.

Gaming1014602d ago (Edited 4602d ago )

Mind you all, Modern Warfare sold a lot in its first month and sales dwindled more rapidly than Black Ops, they just made more of the sales early on, however it's still totally possible that Black Ops 2 will not dwindle as quickly and sales will decline more gradually than right away, meaning more people can possibly make BO2 even bigger than MW3, it just depends on what the next 2 months look like, because it isn't until February and March that we get Crysis 3, Dead Space 3, and Bioshock Infinite, where some serious competition will arrive.

Awesome_Gamer4602d ago

Thank God.
Finally! Some people realised how crappy this series, it didn't outsell MW3, can't wait for next year, GTA V will break it's records.

blackbeld4602d ago

Black Ops 1 s#cks thats why Black Ops 2 wont sell well as MW3.

XB1_PS44602d ago

MW3 deserves less sales than BLOPS2.

zyphee4601d ago

Halo 4 didnt outsell black ops 2.... black ops sold 2 million more

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Embeepee4602d ago

What do you mean? It DID!

Black Ops II (X360) FW sales: 6.21m
Halo 4 (X360) FW sales: 3.80m

If you mean that in another way (like your prediction was correct), then your not alone in your prediction. There's no sane person who would've thought Halo 4 would sell higher than BO2. CoD's in a different league to any other game (sales-wise)... Halo 4 is still massively successful though - 4.55m in its first 2 weeks worldwide.

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Dark_Overlord4602d ago

@shempo

Have you played the story? It's one of the best of recent times (With a genuinely well thought out bad guy)

Qrphe4602d ago

I really thought Halo 4 was going to outsell BO2 just because there seemed to be more marketing for it.

Mocat4602d ago

@Dark_Overlord

Yeah because that what people want when they buy cod a good story, fml

edgeofsins4602d ago

@Dark_Overlord

One of the best of CoD's stories sure but it is far too cliche and nonsensical. I don't see why the tank thing with legs exists. The design choices are so stupid and for a war game you would think they would know more about strategic designs. I wouldn't say it is one of the best of recent times. Dozens of indie games that recently came out are better written and more creative and they cost little and had far less funding.

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beerkeg4602d ago

NYC_Gamer is talking a load of horsesh*t again. What else is new.

mynameisEvil4602d ago

I'd just like to point out that he has 6 bubbles... you have two.

So, uh, who's talking a load of horseshit, again?

CraigandDayDay4602d ago

It's not the number of bubbles you have, it's how you use them. haha :p

On topic. This is an insane number of sales, even for CoD. I didn't pick it up myself. I'm gonna just keep playing Black Ops 1 and Battlefield BC2 (PS3). I did pick up LBP Karting last night though for 25 bucks. Score!! haha

ATi_Elite4602d ago

WoW look at those PC Numbers.....401K (I'm sure those numbers are a lot higher when you add in Digital Sales)

But still that's a lot of PC Gamers that are like "this is not better than Planetside 2...why did I buy this"? LMAO....J/k COD has a nice PC community of Gamers!

Lower numbers than MW3.....is Call of Duty losing it's MOJO? Lets see what the numbers look like after Christmas!

vortis4602d ago

lol Master Race realized if they wanted to play a game with four year old graphics they can just reinstall COD4.

The rest have been engorging on PS2, XCOM, BL2 and the new DayZ mods.

TopDudeMan4602d ago (Edited 4602d ago )

I played the planetside 2 beta. It wasn't bad and does some great things, but it's not for me. Hated travelling miles in a ship piloted by a fool. And when it's in the air you kinda have to stay in it.

lol "is Call of Duty losing it's MOJO?"

It still sold 11 million. It may be suffering from "wait til christmas" syndrome or maybe lack of interest, but 11million is still frightening numbers.

ATi_Elite4602d ago

YES i was just Joking!

11 million is still "Money in the Bank"!

....Kinda like how people now say "WoW is down to 10 million Gamers from 12m! YEH but it's still 10 million....."Money in the Bank"!

GraveLord4602d ago (Edited 4602d ago )

even the PS3 version outsold Halo 4.

LOL @ ApolloTheBoss you think Halo 4 sold better than Black Ops 2?

NeverEnding19894602d ago

Looks like Black Ops II is set to join the elite list of best selling PS3 games. The top 3 now being Modern Warfare 2, Modern Warfare 3, and Black Ops, and the 4th soon to be BLOPS2.

You fellow PS3 owners never cease to amaze me with the support you give developers/publishers who give you broken games.

Buy PS3 exclusives!

testerg354602d ago

NeverEnding1989, what I love is how all they talk about is exclusives this and exclusives that, but yet when it comes to actually buying them... ummm..

StreetsofRage4602d ago

And Halo 4 outsold mostly every Sony exclusive FPS ever combined in just a month. What's your point?

BigStef714602d ago

@StreetsofRage
You never seize to amaze me with your asinine comments you ignoramus!!! FYI, Resistance: Fall of Man sold 4.09 million copies

Bathyj4602d ago

I think his point was CoD sells so much, even on PS3 it outsold a sales mammoth like Halo.

Your point seems to be you're over-sensitive about (incorrectly) perceived slights against Xbox.

Outside_ofthe_Box4602d ago

Wow, can't believe people are taking offense to GraveLord's comment.

jonli764602d ago

u think killzone 2 or 3 would had done better against black ops 2 u tell me

Hicken4601d ago

MAG: 1.26
Killzone 2: 2.87
Killzone 3: 2.36
Resistance 1: 4.09
Resistance 2: 2.34
Resistance 3: 1.22

Yeah, 4.55 million is DEFINITELY more than 14.14 million.

And us PS3 owners should REALLY buy more exclusives. I mean, dozens of million unit-moving games isn't enough to prove we buy a lot and in variety.

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shutUpAndTakeMyMoney4602d ago (Edited 4602d ago )

PCFTW!!! Smart gamers!
Go play planetside 2!

4.61M ps3 owners are playing a buggy hand me down port. smh

And this folks is why you complain about innovation. Why the hell would activition care?

one2thr4602d ago (Edited 4602d ago )

Good thing I skipped it and bought PSASBR instead. Same series title, same problems that plague the online aspect of the series... COD

thezeldadoth4601d ago

considering planetside 2 is free, i can play both. So far planetside 2 is an awesome idea with so-so execution. the gun play doesnt feel very solid.

Outside_ofthe_Box4602d ago (Edited 4602d ago )

Looks like I was right... IF VGChartz is correct...

http://n4g.com/news/943500/...

Shouldn't really be a surprise though. You can't really expect CoD to keep breaking week one records forever. It's going to peak at some point. Doesn't mean that people are losing interest in it though.

Virus2014602d ago

How did this become about Halo 4?

Ohh you guys (N4G)

BrunoM4601d ago

People just don't take in count that between the systems well 4 of u club the wii u there is the digital sale and that well over another M ... So black ops 2 ain't that much behind

tonywood4601d ago

Black ops 2 fun. Be advised...its on multiple platforms, while halo 4 is only on 360. So of course black ops 2 (any cod) will sell more. 11 million copies is incredible though. Pretty much any game that reaches 1.5 sales is really good..3-5mil is outstanding...5-9mil is incedible...over that is classic.

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Embeepee4602d ago

Looks like CoD is finally starting to show some franchise fatigue, 2.14m less than MW3 is quite a significant drop. Still a beast though!

BO: Declassified sales are pretty dismal. It's probably a good thing that it's sold so poorly though; judging from the reviews, everyone who buys it will be disappointed :P

jony_dols4602d ago

Then again those Black Ops Declassified sales are only retail units & doesn't include PSN purchases.

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ritsuka6664602d ago

Omg Declassified saved the Vita!!!! Oh wait....

NastyLeftHook04602d ago

did you actually just change your mind and type oh wait... at the same time and press send? there is a deleat button.

MasterCornholio4602d ago

Um this article is about Black Ops 2 so i believe that you are slightly off topic.

SilentNegotiator4602d ago (Edited 4602d ago )

Oh stuff it like a turkey on the yester.

If Activision hadn't thrown Declassified together faster than Crackdown 2 was, it would have been huge for the Vita.

XboxInnovation4602d ago

And to think Bkack ops 2 had a massive preorder incentive campaign, the first cod to do so. I knew something was up when they started doing that. Activision must've foreseen less anticipation for BO2.

darren_poolies4602d ago

Not really considering there are only what? 2 million Vitas sold? 119K, especially in the first week, is pretty good. Assassins Creed: Liberation sold 100K and Ubisoft said they were very happy with it.

dragonyght4602d ago

yeah and also remember the numbers psn sales is not included in those report

BigStef714602d ago

118,615 units isn't bad at all for a handheld game especially one that has lambasted by critics. Think how much that number will go up after sales of the bundle on black friday same with Liberation which sold 113,997 units and has sold 220,000 total so far

Outside_ofthe_Box4602d ago

You trying to say it affected BO2 sales lol?

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Yangus4602d ago

Modern Warfare better!BO2 multi little better.

I wait MW4 next-gen!

DaThreats4602d ago

Good
Want even less for the next COD

AzaziL4602d ago

Maybe then they'll actually put something called "EFFORT" into their work.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III & Warzone - Season 6 Combat Pack Trailer

Free for Playstation owners

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Modern Warfare 3 flooded with cheaters after arrival on Xbox Game Pass

Players are using hacks to gain an advantage in the game, such as aimbots and wall hacks. The first gives a player superhuman aiming abilities, while a wall hack lets you see through walls to gauge where other players are.

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Jin_Sakai335d ago (Edited 335d ago )

“These hacks are typically used by PC players, but those playing on PC via Xbox Game Pass are identified as Xbox players in multiplayer lobbies.”

This is pretty dumb to say the least.

Cacabunga334d ago

All about them headshots for Xbox

badz149334d ago

Gotta pump those numbers up

blackblades334d ago

That's a WTF, they suppose to be labeled as pc users even if its on PC game pass. They mess that up big time.

XiNatsuDragnel335d ago

Oh bad this will be entertaining to watch

ZycoFox334d ago

If AI keeps getting better (and it will) it's just a matter of time before there's more sophisticated cheats even for consoles, and they wouldn't even need to be running on it, I have little doubt about that.

lelo2play335d ago

Don't Gamepass online games have anti-cheat systems?
If not, that's pretty dumb. Microsoft need to fix that asap.

Rynxie334d ago (Edited 334d ago )

They won't ever fix this problem, unless they (developers, publishers, Sony and MS) go after the cheat providers directly. You no longer need to hack consoles to use hacks. During the ps360 days, they were going after cheat devices, but it was a cat and mouse game. These cheating methods were around during those days, it's nothing new, but they kept it under control. Since the PS4/Xbox one generation, they stopped going after these cheating devices and it became widespread. Which I find odd, since they started charging for online play (PS4).

StormSnooper334d ago (Edited 334d ago )

Possibly, this is because the companies were going after cheats because the same cheats were being used to pirate the games, whereas today, the companies use online verification to prevent piracy, thus eliminating the need to go after people who cheat only to gain an advantage in the game. As long as the cheater remains below the radar, and does not completely break the game, the companies look the other way as their wallets are not threatened by it. (that is my completely Uneducated opinion on the matter)

pwnmaster3000334d ago

I mean, COD games was always filled with hackers, nothing new. I can’t blame MS on this. Activision had years to try and fix this. Might take MS some time to make some change.

Rude-ro334d ago

It all depends…
Microsoft’s guidance on how to handle gamepass on pc and their love to force crossplay with pc seems like a them issue.
And they own activision, so it is still a them issue.

StormSnooper334d ago

lol well that sucks.

Is there a reason this happened upon arrival on xbox?

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Activision Reportedly Sold An AI-Generated Skin In Call Of Duty

The Yokai's Wrath bundle was released despite previous guarantees by Activision that A.I. would not be used for final assets, per the report. Instead, Activision assured developers it was simply for internal concepts. That, of course, was not followed through. For what it's worth, per the PlayStation Store, 2,400 COD Points cost $19.99, meaning players potentially spent real-life money on a skin that was not created by an actual human.

As far as A.I. use goes across Activision, a source told Wired that 2D artists are utilizing A.I. to aid their work. That is a result of mass layoffs, in which many 2D artists were impacted. “A lot of 2D artists were laid off,” the source named Noah said. “Remaining concept artists were then forced to use A.I. to aid in their work.” Mandatory A.I. trainings have been implemented, according to Noah.

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boing1337d ago (Edited 337d ago )

I mean, is this even surprising?

just_looken337d ago

It is not ubisoft has a ai tool for crating stories/script's they even talked about npc's having there own ai speech like we see with those skyrim mods.

Ai is the future sadly which sucks in so many way's.

S2Killinit337d ago (Edited 337d ago )

Activision. And MS. They will ruin console gaming forever.

Oh and where the FRIGGIN outrage people? When Sony makes a remaster of a masterpiece single player story driven game, they get roasted. But this, this, goes unnoticed? Then don’t complain that you aren’t getting enough single player story games.

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just_looken337d ago

Ea and ubisoft also use ai

ea using ai for development threatening mass layoffs.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/...

ubisoft ai for npc speech
https://www.theverge.com/20...

Almost every big boy in the industry is using ai in some sort of way now

Oh and sony? well they are making spyware ai were they can see how long it took you to do X and adjust difficultly.
https://gamerant.com/sony-a...

Then you got AI agents
https://www.ign.com/article...

https://www.creativebloq.co...

blackblades337d ago

Sony ai is a patent doesnt mean it came to light

just_looken337d ago

@blackblades

Wow this site every time you say the S word or P word they dive in defend there god its beyond nuts

I said "they are making"

You know a term that means its not out yet ffs

S2Killinit337d ago (Edited 337d ago )

How is that a response to what I said? Are they also selling AI generated skins?

Cacabunga336d ago (Edited 336d ago )

Always bringing useless links totally off topic.. just to try to show you are superior in knowledge to everyone else

…simply laughable

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just_looken337d ago

@S2Killinit

You never mentioned skins in your comment just stated its all microsoft's fault like so many others.

When like i showed they are late to the ball game as every other company is using or plans to use ai in various field.

If you combine everything then its getting closer to hitting a button and poof out comes a game no soul no passion nothing.

Right now its art/3d models/skins/writing/voice work some and coding can all be done via ai.

S2Killinit337d ago (Edited 337d ago )

That was the whole point of my comment, I wrote it in response to the article. Instead of focusing on making exciting games and developing talented developers, they are busy making AI generated skins that people are buying for huge sums of money. Then, some people turn around and shit on Sony when it tries to capitalize on single player classics by making remasters, and the same people then complain that they want more single player games. MS cannabalized the industry because they never thought making games was essential to their business. So, instead of nurturing theor own studios, they let them die, then went and shrunk the industry, hurting interests of every gamer in the world. Anytime there is a bad trend in the industry, MS is at the helm, leading the way. That is what I’m saying.

smashman98337d ago

I'm sorry but do you honestly believe Sony will sit out of A.I. Every executive at every one of these publishers is wetting themselves in delight at the prospect of A.I. You best believe that once we start seeing it spread throughout the industry Sony won't be too far behind. The only people we'll have to blame are the consumers themselves.

S2Killinit336d ago (Edited 336d ago )

No, I don't believe that Sony will not do the same. But, as I mentioned, MS is always the first to embrace such things and create the worst trends. Once they establish that this is the best way to make money, everyone else will follow. (Have to follow if they want to stay competitive)

thesoftware730336d ago

S2, and blackblades:

All from the Horse's mouth below.

"Artificial intelligence (AI) in video games is crucial for Gen Z and Gen Alpha, who seek “personalization across everything,” says PlayStation executive Asad Qizilbash."

“Advancements in AI will create more personalized experiences and meaningful stories for consumers.”

"He emphasized that AI could enable non-player characters to interact with players based on their actions, enhancing the personal connection within the game."

Yeah, Just MS and Activision...smh

S2Killinit336d ago

I’ve already explained myself twice. Quit your false equivalence, same thing the xbox fateful pulled before and after the ABK acquisitions. Which by the way, blew up in your faces real good. Now, doing the same thing when someone brings up MS’s nefarious behavior, defend them to the end, and watch them scorch gaming as they have been. At least rest of us can take consolation in that the smoke will go in your eyes before anyone else’s.

thesoftware730336d ago (Edited 336d ago )

"Quit your false equivalence, same thing the xbox fateful pulled before and after the ABK acquisitions. Which by the way, blew up in your faces real good."

I'm not sure what you are talking about, you seem to have a issue communicating, because we are on a post about using AI to create video games content, and you put that solely at the feet of MS and Activision, when it's being, and will be used industry wide, right from Sony mouth, I would say it's relevant...then you went on to give Sony a spit shine slob down about a masterpiece TLoU when this had absolutely nothing to do with Sony or TLoU, then you attempted to clean up your rambling spit shine with no real backing for a ridiculous comment.

Obviously you meant to post that nonsensical over exaggerated comment. I also don't know what blew up in people faces, I am perfectly fine with the game industry, I don't have time to be internet outraged about nothingness.

Really read your comment and listen to what you said.

"Activision. And MS. They will ruin console gaming forever."

Bro, for real? Really? Seriously? It's that serious? So there is nothing Sony and Nintendo can do against MS and Activision? MS is 3rd place with you even talking about?

If we stay relevant on MTX, then you still sound ridiculous because again, you lay it all at MS and Activision's feet when almost all companies have used some form of MTX, including yup... Sony.

S2Killinit332d ago

I read this comment, it boiled down to “seeiously?”.

My answer: yes seriously. Since you didn’t say anything else, what else can I tell you? Yes MS is seriously ruining gaming. They have been for some time, and working their way to where we are today, and aren’t even done yet. MS are the worst thing to happen to console gaming.

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swedishMeatwad337d ago

"The Yokai's Wrath bundle was released despite previous guarantees by Activision that A.I. would not be used for final assets, per the report."

We're talking concept art? Because as of right now there's no way to generate a final 3D model with final textures. So the final assets don't use AI. That's not to say that it sucks for 2D artist that it's easier to generate visual ideas and build from them leading to less 2D artists needed (really sucks), but are they say the final concept art was completely AI generated and then 3D artists built from that? And yes, I'll pile on that Activision as a publisher and their developers I have experience with suck and they'll do whatever, ethics be damned.

OldDuffer336d ago

Thats actually a very useful and informative piece, thank you.

just_looken336d ago

@OldDuffer

Your welcome though it seems it went over many users heads.

PapaBop337d ago

Wow I can just imagine the likes of Activision, EA and Ubi etc having an army of AIs creating overpriced crap and the fanboys just lapping it up. I hope the AIs have a good union.

montebristo337d ago

I understand why people think it’s good idea to Unionize to fight back against such things but it’s not. It’s a bad idea. It’s activisions wet dream to have these pumped out weekly by some AI. Protect your neck!

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