Black Ops 2 shows Cod slowing Down.

[Barozi]

NightDragon83 said:

Barozi said:

NightDragon83 said:
If that's your idea of a decline, then I think 99% of game developers and publishers would sign up for that sort of "decline".

By the way didn't BLOPS2 break MW3's day 1 record? I'm surprised it did that but sold less overall week 1. Doesn't really matter though as this game will have massive legs just like its predecessors have, and it's yet to be seen how well the Wii U version sells. I'm sure many people who got a Wii U at launch were holding out for that version of BLOPS2.

No people just didn't properly read the news.

MW3 $400m UK+US only
BlOps2 $500m Worldwide

So what was MW3's WW total then?  Is every media outlet that reported BLOPS2's WW day 1 sales as being a new record wrong then?

They're mostly just copying what the previous author wrote. I've seen plenty of wrong news over the year. There was no official day 1 WW total for MW3.

Official press releases:

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.
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Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 Sets All-Time Record for the Biggest Entertainment Launch with More than $400 Million in North America and United Kingdom Sales Alone

 More Than 6.5 Million Units Sold in U.S. and U.K. in 24 Hours

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Shattering its own day-one sales records, Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced that its highly-anticipated Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 has become the biggest entertainment launch ever with an estimated sell-through of more than $400 million and more than 6.5 million units in North America and the United Kingdom alone in the first 24 hours of its release, according to Charttrack and retail customer sell-through information.

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