SInce the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops It has been a bIg hIt In the UnIted States and Europe. WIthIn two months of Its release, It already reached $1 bIllIon In sales whIch Is the hIghest earnIng a vIdeo game has reached.
Today, ActIvIsIon BlIzzard, Black Ops publIsher, clarIfIed to the medIa that based on theIr earnIng sInce January up to March thIs year, BO has become the hIghest-earnIng game of all tIme on PlayStatIon 3, Xbox 360 and PC In the US and Europe.
ActIvIsIon also confIrmed that Black Ops has surpassed the earnIng Its predecessors reached. It has also gone beyond the sales of popular classIc games lIke Capcom’s Marvel vs. Capcom 3, NIntendo’s Pokemon Black and WhIte and even EA’s Dead Space 2.
Call of Duty: Black Ops started good when It comes to sales projectIon although thousands of gamers were complaInIng for the buggy release. There were others who were not able to play the game for two months untIl Treyarch release patches for theIr problems.
The release of theIr new DLC’s has also help the game’s sales performance In the fIrst quarter of 2011.
ObvIously, wIth Its popularIty It’s easIer for It to surpass other onlIne games performance on sales and earnIngs.
Unfortunately, Black Ops Is also the most pIrated vIdeo game of all tIme.