By MATT CLAYTON Staff Writer on Dec 5, 2012, at 6:30 PM Updated on 12/05 at 3:52 PM
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Activision announced Wednesday that Call of Duty: Black Ops II has crossed the $1 billion (with a B) mark in worldwide retail sales, according to Chart-Track retail customer information and internal company estimates.
The game achieved the milestone in just 15 days after its launch on November 13, 2012. Last year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 reached $1 billion in retail sales in 16 days.
No sales numbers for Mountain Dew, Doritos or M&M’s could be found.
Since the game's launch, more than 150 million hours have been logged online playing Call of Duty: Black Ops II on Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network.
“The release of Call of Duty has been one of the most significant entertainment events of each of the last six years," said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. "Since Call of Duty was launched, cumulative franchise revenues from players around the world are greater than current worldwide box office receipts to date for the top-10 grossing films of 2012 combined. 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."
Expect a full review of Black Ops II at some point this week or maybe next week, depending on when I stop spending all my available free time getting killed by hopped-up 12-year-olds playing video games in the basement.
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