Amazon: Black Ops 2 day one pre-orders higher than Black Ops, Modern Warfare 3

[Heisenberg]

Amazon's pre-order numbers indicate Activsion's Call of Duty gravy train is still going full steam. Earlier today, Amazon UK told MCV that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 pre-orders were three times higher than its predecessor, Black Ops, two years ago. We wanted to know if that anticipation crossed the pond. "Pre-orders from day one of Black Ops 2 were more than ten times the amount of pre-orders for the first Black Ops on its first day of availability," Amazon US told Joystiq this afternoon, but that's not all the buzz. "Black Ops 2 even out pre-ordered the first day of availability for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 by more than 30 percent. Modern Warfare 3 currently holds the record for the most pre-ordered game of all time and was amongst the top 20 pre-orders ever on Amazon.com, including books and movies." Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 went on to gross over $775 million globally in five days, flying past Call of Duty: Black Ops' $650 million record and the $550 million record before it, set by Modern Warfare 2.

Source: Amazon: Black Ops 2 day one pre-orders higher than Black Ops, Modern Warfare 3 | Joystiq

Holy crap, that's insane! Just shows you how many CoD fanboys there is. Wow. But at least Treyarch uses their money that they got from previous games to create a better upcoming game unlike IW who just copy+paste almost everything.

 

[Troy]

So wait a video game made $775 million in five days? That is more than most Hollywood Blockbusters make and that is only through five days and it has a much smaller budget. I am always amazed at how big the video game market now is.

 

[EffectsofRaven]

It's really bad sign for the CoD Market...

Because to be fucking honest, the CoD games are awful and they continously turn out these weakass video games cause they are making so much money, it's killing the market with their like minded fanboys... Other video games barely have a shout.

Transformers War for Cyberton has a much better PvP than CoD... Yet noone cares cause it's not cod... ARGHHHH!

 

[Prodigy]

CoD needs to fuck off now, either for good or for a number of years. I just don't get Activision, or any of the other developers logic in bringing out a game every year, because whilst everyone is still buying into them now, there's only so far they can go before people start getting bored. I bet GTA smashes any record CoD has set, simply because there's been a LONG wait between editions and people are really excited for it.

 

[Defiant]

Because Activision don't really give a fuck. By the time they've finally bled Call of Duty dry they will have found their new cash cow.

 

[Prodigy]

CoD4 is still by far the best Call of Duty in the series, and always will be.