Otra saga de juegos bélicos políticamente incorrectos que tanto nos gustan es la de Call of Duty. Esta semana se puso a la venta Black Ops 2, el noveno título de la franquicia, y Activision ha hecho públicos los datos de ventas: 500 millones de dólares en todo el mundo en las primeras 24 horas.
Modern Warfare 3 sustentaba el récord de la franquicia con 400 millones, con 6.5 millones de copias vendidas en Reino Unido y EE.UU. Esta semana también Microsoft daba las cifras de lo que han ingresado por las primeras 24 horas de Halo 4: "tan solo" 220 millones de dólares.
La campaña de promoción incluía un tráiler de imagen real, con la aparición estelar de Robert Downey Jr.
CALL OF DUTY®: BLACK OPS II DELIVERS
MORE THAN $500 MILLION IN WORLDWIDE RETAIL SALES
IN FIRST 24 HOURS
Santa Monica, CA - November 16, 2012 -Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI), today announced that for the fourth consecutive year, the Call of Duty® franchise has delivered the biggest entertainment launch of the year. The highly-anticipated Call of Duty®: Black Ops II has achieved an estimated sell-through of more than $500 million worldwide in the first 24 hours of its release, according to Chart-Track, retail customer sell-through information and internal company estimates.
"With first day sales of over half a billion dollars worldwide, we believe Call of Duty is the biggest entertainment launch of the year for the fourth year in a row," said Bobby Kotick, CEO, Activision Blizzard, Inc. "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. Given the challenged macro-economic environment, we remain cautious about the balance of 2012 and 2013."
On November 13, 2012, millions of fans attended more than 16,000 midnight openings at retail stores worldwide. Reflecting the wave of excitement that swept the globe, Call of Duty: Black Ops II drove social conversation in its first 24 hours as it was a top trending topic globally on Twitter in 23 cities worldwide. Additionally, there have been more than 30 million YouTube video views of the game's live-action 'Surprise' launch trailer since its release on October 29, 2012.
"Call of Duty has become more than a product people buy, it's become a brand people buy into. And every November we do more than just launch a game, we kick off an annual, unofficial but worldwide phenomenon called Call of Duty season," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. "I want to thank our incredible team at Treyarch for making an amazing game, everyone at Activision for making this brand a force of nature and our retail partners for their unprecedented support of this franchise. But most importantly I want to thank our millions of fans for their continued support and loyalty and for making us better every day."
