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Black Ops Is PS3's Best Selling Game Ever, Says Activision

by Harry Monogenis, posted on 03 March 2011 / 2,536 Views

Activision have today come out and stated that Call of Duty: Black Ops on the PlayStation 3 is the platform's best selling game ever. Like, ever ever ever.

Activision made the announcement at the same time that the First Strike map pack was released onto the PS3, which was today. The publishing giant didn't, however, provide any figures and instead said that their claim is backed up by data from Chart-Track, NPD and GfK.

To give you guys an idea of how big this news actually is, Call of Duty: Black Ops has been out for just under four months


21 Comments

xToNy4 (on 08 May 2011)

Killzone and Resistance should be selling over 5 million!


dsage01 (on 05 March 2011)

i have both ps3 and xbox 360 versions and think there equal except the fact that microsoft get all the map packs first. vgchartz has a long list of undertracked ps3 games!


Nybbas (on 04 March 2011)

we have no one to blame but the idiots who would buy a game like this over say uncharted 2... It is the gamers who keep buying this regurgitated crap. We allow activision to treat us like shit.


RLAAMJR. (on 04 March 2011)

Well I'm not surprised at all. :)


vr6GOLFr32 (on 03 March 2011)

@ enrageorange Did I say something to directly attack you in any way? Why did you have to tell me to open my eyes then? I was simply stating the same fucking fact the majority of the people who posted on this topic were stating - "it does not deserve the fucking title of #1 PS3 game." Next time you decide to come at someone for stating their opinion, come prepared and don't sound like such a douche.


Chevinator123 (on 03 March 2011)

it doesnt even deserve that title


viperlegendkiller (on 03 March 2011)

ud think think an 'awesome' ps3 exclusive would be on top


Nighthawk117 (on 03 March 2011)

Well, I'm proud to say I haven't bought it and don't plan to - not even used. Heck, I don't even want to borrow someone else's copy. I'm boycotting all COD games after what they did to Jason West, Vince Zampella, and all. hehehe.


MonstaMack (on 03 March 2011)

Oh and before anyone points fingers at me - I work at the largest retailer in the world (hint hint) and the same goes for both systems. It's the hottest selling game as of the last few months (or at least close to it) so there needs to be constant overstock to fulfill demand.


MonstaMack (on 03 March 2011)

They could mean shipped ahead still. We always have tons of Black Ops copies on the shelf.


enrageorange (on 03 March 2011)

open your fucking eyes vr6G. It seems like activison has no reason to do such things. PS3 fans will buy their game in droves regardless. And yes black ops does seem undertracked, likely in Americas. Won't be beat till the next call of duty. Call of Duty has become so many gamers dirty little pleasure. Hell black ops(PS3) outsold most ps3 exclusives in Japan for crying out loud.


dsage01 (on 03 March 2011)

wow looks like another undertracked ps3 game i love both ps3 and xbxo 360 but this site is just screwed up for ps3 sales mgs4,gt5,black ops,modern warfare 2,gta 4 this list can go on and on!!


vr6GOLFr32 (on 03 March 2011)

Considering it's a very poor attempt of a port - it does not deserve the sales it receives. Open your f***ing eyes Activision and treat PS3 users with a little more respect.


Michael-5 (on 03 March 2011)

According to VGC, it's still 370k behind MW2. However, selling at least 30k weekly more then MW2, we should see it become the best selling PS3 franchise in 12-13 weeks. I think Activision wanted to say it's the biggest to promote the game, and since they are fairly certain now that Black Ops will overtake MW2 in terms of total PS3 software sales. Looking at the 360 version,that game still has 2.29 million to go to close the gap. Why is Black Ops selling more evenly between PS3 and 360 then MW2 did? 380k more to surpass Halo 3


ryuzaki57 (on 03 March 2011)

Nope. Modern Warfare 2 is still ahead, but for how long?


APKenna (on 03 March 2011)

And I'm in shame to be part of it!!! I don't know if I should buy the map pack... :( , hopefully KZ3 keeps me busy until I decide.


TheWon (on 03 March 2011)

To give you guys an idea of how big this news actually is, Call of Duty: Black Ops has been out for just under four months. That's a dam shame! Sony fans should be ashame of their selves.


Tbone (on 03 March 2011)

Yes and its a shame


ArkZero (on 03 March 2011)

it is probably undertracked. blops ps3 sold more in the us in 2010 than halo reach according to npd, yet vgc doesnt show that.


Podings (on 03 March 2011)

Well idn't dat cute?


superchunk (on 03 March 2011)

You'd think an article written on a gaming tracking site would provide said sites own numbers for added info... As of time of this post the total WW PS3 software sales shows CoDMW2 with just over 9m and CoDBO with just unde 9m. Considering statistical room for error, they could be right. Either way they have the top two slots on PS3 and both are CoD games.