Black Ops launch

In just 5 days time, Call of Duty Black Ops has sold 2 million units in Britain alone (it sold 5.7 million worldwide on its launch day), which is significantly more than the 1.8 million Modern Warfare 2 sold during the same time period. Predictably, revenue for Black Ops compared to MW2 is up as well, to the tune of £81.9m, or 21% more than Infinity Ward’s CoD: MW2. The higher revenue is probably due to fact that Black Ops was discounted less heavily by retailers than MW2, even though that evidently hasn’t stopped it from selling well. For those interested in the format break up, the Black Ops Xbox 360 version once again sold better, with 55% of all sales compared to the Black Ops PS3 version’s 42%. This isn’t the first the Xbox 360 edition of a multi-format game has outsold the PS3 and it likely won’t be the last.