Call Of Duty: Black Ops Hits Almost A Million XBL Users Overnight

Game has hit amazing sales already

Nov 9 2010, 11:25pm CST | by Mark Raby

Call Of Duty: Black Ops Hits Almost A Million XBL Users Overnight

Just hours after the clock struck midnight to ring in the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops, the Xbox Live game servers lit up like a Chritmas tree, enticing nearly one million players to log onto the Xbox 360 online game service as soon as they could pop in the disc.

This morning at around 4 AM Eastern Time, Josh Olin, the community manager for developer Treyarch, Tweeted, "Almost 1,000,000 players on Xbox LIVE right now."

With more Best Buy midnight opening locations than any game before and a continuously growing Call of Duty following, it could be possible to see Black Ops as having the highest-grossing game launch of all time.

The game is also earning notoriety for being the first multi-platform 3D-enabled console game. In addition to adding to the PS3's growing library of 3D games, Xbox 360 owners with a 3D TV and 3D glasses can also receive the same effect on their system. As such, it is also the first third-party console game for any system to incorporate full 3D resolution.

The last Call of Duty game, Modern Warfare 2, shattered all entertainment records when it raked in $310 million in its first day, beating out the Avatar movie premiere, Halo 3 launch, or any other opening-day sales in American history. We'll see how well Black Ops does, but that's going to be a tough record to beat.

Via Twitter (JD_2020)

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Mark Raby
Based in New York City, Mark follows the consumer electronics industry like a hawk. A published book author, he has a particular affinity for 3D technology and video games, and as such will surely be in the market for a new pair of glasses soon. Mark can be contacted directly at mark@i4u.com.