Call of Duty 2 is first game to sell 1M units on Xbox 360

by Blake Snow { Sep 12th 2006 at 7:30PM }

Activision announced today that Call of Duty 2 for the Xbox 360 (average review score of 90%) has sold over a million copies in the US making it the first game to do so on Microsoft's next-gen platform. The World War II first-person shooter was a system launch title in November of 2005, and while it may be the first game to reach the one million unit milestone, Wikipedia also recognizes Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion as performing the same feat in less time.

So where does Call of Duty 2 rank on your current list of favorite Xbox 360 titles?

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

B33 @ Sep 12th 2006 7:35PM

It's kind of sad when the first game to sell a million is a game that you can find on any other console... What happened to all those great exclusives I hear so much about.

Ejab @ Sep 12th 2006 7:36PM

first to sell a million units in the USA, they sold a million months ago.

Huey2k2 @ Sep 12th 2006 7:38PM

"It's kind of sad when the first game to sell a million is a game that you can find on any other console... What happened to all those great exclusives I hear so much about."

Excuse me but Call of Duty 2 is currently only available for the 360 and PC. Unless you are counting Call Of Duty 2: Big Red One, in which case you are wrong, because that is a completely different game then the 360 version.

ill trooper @ Sep 12th 2006 7:39PM

I'm not mad at that, it's a great game on the 360. Level design, audio, voice acting, enemy a.i., all excellent. Definitely one of the better titles, even a year after launch. Still have never gone back to try the updated multiplayer, however, even though I heard they addressed many of the issues that were keeping it from being great..

captn blasto @ Sep 12th 2006 7:40PM

Great game but I still prefer PDZ.

Yes to COD2 @ Sep 12th 2006 7:51PM

Definitely a GREAT GAME! Worth Every Penny, Still play it!!!

^ PDZ SUCKS, What a Disappointment that game was... You can't even it put it in the same league as COD2!!! Which Obviously Blows it out the Box!!!

B33 U R AN IDIOT @ Sep 12th 2006 7:52PM

A million sales is a helluva feat for any game on any console. Furthermore Xbox 360 has tons of great games for it. PS3 and Wii are not even out yet but the Xbox 360 has been providing great gaming for the last year and its only gonna get better. Furthermore Microsofts biggest guns havent even fired. Gears of War and Halo 3 are coming.

This doesnt include the other great titles that you can find such as PGR 3 and PGR 4 which is coming in the next year or so. Forget that Oblivion is already out and there are tons of other great games.

Stop trolling. If you have nothing intellectual to say then dont say it.

Judd @ Sep 12th 2006 7:59PM

I'm a big fan of my 360. I love my XBLA, downloading demos, and trying to up my Gamescore. But the sad truth is that although the 360 has been out for almost a year they really haven't had their killer app yet. The 360 has a lot of almost great games, but with a few key faults. For instance, Condemned and Kameo were fun as hell, but too short. I know a lot of people liked Dead Rising, but for me the repetitive gameplay and annoying saving people aspect stopped it from being that "must have" game. The 360's best games are also PC titles(which cost $10 less and look better with a good computer),like Elder Scrolls, Call of Duty 2, and Prey. And then their are the good games that although it plays differently on other systems, aren't exactly exclusives, like GRAW or Fight Night. It might sound like I'm nitpicking, but although I'm impressed that the 360 has over a dozen really good games in it's first 10 months, I'm stilling waiting for that killer app, that is ONLY on Xbox 360. Microsoft please don't put Gears of War on the PC.

EdogLost @ Sep 12th 2006 8:00PM

I have not had a game take up so much of my time. I find myself wasting entire days playing this game. Some people get caught up in the more complex fps style such as GRAW. Or the smooth, lustery shooters like PDZ. I have been talking all day about getting my friend off Halo and on to this game because I think it's the best thing that ever happened to the 360. Much love to the cod2 homies see you on the rooftops of Toujane, Tunisia

2slick @ Sep 12th 2006 8:00PM

top 5 for the 360,just behind oblivion, slightly ahead of madden, dead rising, saints row, graw, and a couple arcade games imo.

Art Guy @ Sep 12th 2006 8:06PM

With 5 million 360s worldwide..

That means about one out of every 3 people in the US bought this game for their 360.

That's impressive.

Jason W @ Sep 12th 2006 8:16PM

Its a great game. I love it online. Im looking forward to the next one as well as the one on the WII. What ever happened to the psp version.

Docc Occ @ Sep 12th 2006 8:23PM

Does this include preowns????

Bill @ Sep 12th 2006 8:24PM

This article is very confusing. It says COD2 is announced as the first to 1 mil. Then that wikipedia says two others did it faster. Then wiki actually still lists COD2 as the #1 selling title but indeed lists 3 over a million. Very confusing.

Anyways, the voracious game buying habits of Xbox/360 owners continues to be one of MS's hidden strengths in the console war. Virtually every game released for 360 sells 100k copies no matter how crappy.

I be in real terms being they cost $60, about ten times as much money is being spent on 360 games where it counts (USA) as on Nintendo DS games. Worse when you consider third parties dont sell on DS.

I agree 360 has lots of "8" games but no killer apps though, graphically or otherwise. PGR3 and GRAW closest in my opinion. I think Gears is what everybody looks for to be that killer app.

For that matter, PS3 sure does not seem to have that killer app for lauch either. Heavenly Sword might be later.

Jason W @ Sep 12th 2006 8:29PM

Its a great game. I love it online. Im looking forward to the next one as well as the one on the WII. What ever happened to the psp version.

NoBullet @ Sep 12th 2006 8:30PM

This is also Infinity Ward's first game developed under that studio's name (they were made up of ex medal of honor:AA devs).

duscrom @ Sep 12th 2006 8:41PM

This article is misleading. Makes one believe that it JUST hit one million. In fact, I've heard from someone that Saint's Row has already hit that mark.

Spiza @ Sep 12th 2006 8:47PM

PC version is better, and doesn't take an expensive machine to run either.

David @ Sep 12th 2006 8:50PM

#18

so your PC is inexpensive?

B33 @ Sep 12th 2006 9:20PM

"With 5 million 360s worldwide..

That means about one out of every 3 people in the US bought this game for their 360.

That's impressive."

It's one of the best FPS currently out on the 360... Plus it was a FPS Launch title. Those are the main reasons why it sold well. Gears of War this year and Halo 3 next year will probally fill in the FPS gap for the 360.

K @ Sep 12th 2006 9:23PM

I'm still playing it every day. I probably kicked your ass on Live. [:

FDrocket

B33 @ Sep 12th 2006 9:24PM

"Stop trolling. If you have nothing intellectual to say then dont say it."

Why is it whenever anything remotely negative is posted about the 360 your automatically refered to as a troll or ignorant?

Cry Havoc @ Sep 12th 2006 9:25PM

David: My laptop was a lot less expensive than a 360 with any kind of decent HDTV. It weighs about.... let's see.... 30-100 pounds less, too.

cheese @ Sep 12th 2006 9:35PM

decent game, but I passed it up since it really wasn't anything special that took advantage of the 360's capabilities. This game, Kameo and PDZ were pretty blah for launch games IMHO

whoiseric @ Sep 12th 2006 9:55PM

Man you guys are crazy everyone knows that Geometry Wars is the Killer App for the 360

Frosty22 @ Sep 12th 2006 10:05PM

It is vitally important that you all check out this blogpost at xbox360fanboy.

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2006/09/12/xbox-360-crazy-lady-please-explain/

Sorry that this has nothing to do with COD.

Miniboss @ Sep 12th 2006 10:11PM

I just sold Call of Duty 2 actually. Only played through the first level.

EnderAl @ Sep 12th 2006 10:31PM

The game is great. No, it's not exclusive. No, it doesn't have unbeatable graphics. But it has solid gameplay, TIGHT controls, and really good AI (at least for the enemies on Veteran setting). I've had this game since launch, and it's gotten decent play on my 360 the entire time. The only thing that knocked it off the radar for a while was Oblivion.

WiiOn360 @ Sep 12th 2006 10:38PM

Thank god this outsold that piece of crap PDZ....What the hell happend to RARE????? Oh thats right, they went off & formed Free Radical & made a little gem called Timesplitters for PS2 tp popularise, thus enabling it to be shared to all the cuurent gen consoles.

If PDZ was even half as fun, fast, frenetic & playable as Timesplitters....... It would have sold 1mill 1st & I would still own my 360.

Constance @ Sep 12th 2006 11:01PM

Call of Duty has become my husband's favorite pastime, and though I'm blaming it for his constant time with the monitor, I still have to extend my congratulations to the makes of COD.

Cage @ Sep 12th 2006 11:12PM

"David: My laptop was a lot less expensive than a 360 with any kind of decent HDTV. It weighs about.... let's see.... 30-100 pounds less, too."

Uh...can you tell me where to get a $300 laptop capable of playing the latest PC games? Please...let me know.

Double H @ Sep 12th 2006 11:25PM

@31

No, but I'm sure he can point you to some good reading comprehension courses.

WiiOn360 @ Sep 12th 2006 11:52PM

"No, but I'm sure he can point you to some good reading comprehension courses."

This is cage were talking about here. This moronic Xbot fails to understand that big comprehension word...It is over 3.5 letters (his capacity), so thats fair enough for the poor little special olympian. I'm surprised that the eternally mentally challenged cagey wagey was able to make it up to the $300 laptop part.... I give him 5 for effort, even though he missed the hd tv part of the equation...It was still such a great effort for someone this intellectually challenged.

Cagey Wagey & Squirrelphucker actually catch the same bus to the sheltered workshop..... Sometimes they fight over who gets to lick the drivers windows clean. Poor fellas.

dsub @ Sep 13th 2006 12:03AM

call of duty 2 was a great launch title, but it pales in comparison to 360 titles like Ghost Recon/Oblivion/Dead Rising. Had activison acted sooner and fixed the horrid online issues with the game, it may have stayed in my 360 for longer, but I haven't touched the damn game since I beat the single player campaign.

Bill @ Sep 13th 2006 12:06AM

>>1. "David: My laptop was a lot less expensive than a 360 with any kind of decent HDTV. It weighs about.... let's see.... 30-100 pounds less, too.>>

A)No, it isn't.

B)It's a heavy piece of shit.

C) good luck with your patches, drivers, and not ability to upgrade.

D) What card is in that latop? Odds are it sucks compared to 360 and yay, you cant ever upgrade it.

E) You only need a HDTV for PS3. It's not required for Xbox 360. PS3 needs a 1080p (Mega $$$$).

F)Can you show me your laptop specs please? I'm asking because laptop specs suck. And if they dont then it cost a lot. So either way you lose. So answer the question.

G)Nintendo sucks

H)You can get a 30" widescreen CRT HDTV from Best Buy/Wal Mart for $470.

I) Nintendo still sucks.

J) You can just hook your 360 to your pc monitor if you REALLY WANTED.

K) You dont need HDTV for 360.

L) Most people already have or will get a HDTV anyway. So it's a sunk cost, it's either already spent or will be spent regardless of 360. HDTV is taking over with nothing to do with 360.

Silver R. Wolfe @ Sep 13th 2006 3:02AM

@ Bill

It's called sarcasm. And if Dead Rising is any indication, the 360 does require an HDTV. Not a 1080p one, but still an HDTV. :D

Wild Homes @ Sep 13th 2006 4:40AM

are you serious? it's hard for me to imagine TimeSplitters being called "this little gem." I always thought "this little piece of stunning mediocrity" was more apt. actually, given the very ho-hum response to Free Radical's next-gen project, Haze, when it was shown at E306, I'd say FR isn't doing too much better than Rare, to be honest.

it's cool to be a troll and all, but don't try to flat-out lie to folks. I understand the PS2 has a relative shortage of high quality FPS titles, but that doesn't make TimeSplitters a good game.

W!!On360 @ Sep 13th 2006 6:00AM

@wild homes

you cum-drinking fanbitch. ps2 has litterally hundreds of outstanding FPSs so shut the fuck up you don't know what your talking about
also the ps2 controller is perfect for first person shooter, what with the analog sticks in those extremely awkward positions!
the ps3 will have trueHD wich is the only way to play videogames as all videogames witch are not in trueHD aka 1080p all suck bill gay-tes dick!
timesplitters has trueHD!
and for you bitches who keep saying I dont' know what i'm talking about and that trueHD has nothing to do with 1080p, eat it motherfuckers! here's proof:

http://www.dolby.com/consumer/technology/trueHD.html

so, there, assholes

i have to go wash my mom's vagina

toygen @ Sep 13th 2006 6:39AM

@ b33 > In the UK all formats top ten this week the top 5 slots are taken by XBOX 360 titles. #1 being the excellent dead rising. As for exclusives there are a few around and many more on the way that will be system shifters. I don't think every game has to be an exclusive to be a valid and possibly "best version" of a game across formats. Stop yer whining.

Anyway, It's obvious to me that DEAD RISING is going to surpass COD2 in sales eventually and be the biggest seller until Gears Of War. It is already the fastest selling 360 title in the UK (and no doubt the rest of the world).

source: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=67565

Mark @ Sep 13th 2006 7:24AM

Bill sucks.

Bill @ Sep 13th 2006 7:25AM

Who cares if it's better than PC version? (I dont know if it is or isn't)

Because I'm not here to beat the PC. I'm here to beat the PS3 and Wii's ass. Thanks and drive through please.

Cus we all know at the heart of all these PC version>x360 version is an Sony or Nintendo fanboy looking to take a stab at his opponent.

So that's why I feel it necessary to point out the 360 is here to beat the WII, PS3, and DS's ass. I dont care about the PC. Just like those posting the comments dont care about the PC, they just want to bash 360.

Rizzo @ Sep 13th 2006 8:57AM

CoD2 is the only 360 game to sell over a million units in the US. This does not include used games. The Wikipedia list is for worldwide sales.

dsub @ Sep 13th 2006 9:22AM

there is no way that this JUST NOW hit 1,000,000 sold it was the top selling 360 game in the US for almost the first 6 months the 360 was on the market. Do I believe that COD2 was the first 360 game to go platinum? Sure. Do I believe it went platinum now? No.

I think this is just a late announcement from activision, probably trying to create some positive buzz for it's investors and stockholders. Nothing more.

Hell, Capcom had shipped 500,000 copies of Dead Rising within the first month it was on shelves, and Oblivion and Ghost Recon shipped 1,000,000 months ago.

Hank @ Sep 13th 2006 9:51AM

Hey dsub, I believe you are right.
You know, when I first played Call of Duty 2, I thought that it was not high tech enough to be on the 360 but was suprised by the subtle nature of the graphics in which there was a lot of next gen tech going on.
Not bad for a starting title, a enjoyable game.

Rizzo @ Sep 13th 2006 11:11AM

It just hit a million units sold in August. Oblivion and Ghost Recon may have shipped their one millionth units months ago, but shipping and sales are two completely different things.

Only 2.4 million 360s have been sold in the US, so far, so I don't think CoD2 just selling its one millionth copy is a stretch. And why would Activision sit on that information? It's something they would like to have known as soon as possible...

Ciaran Gallagher @ Sep 13th 2006 11:15AM

One of my top games, even still after 9 months since purchase. I've done the campaign mode 2 or 3 times now and have replayed various missions at different difficulty levels.
And I can never ever get enough of 2-4 splitscreen multiplayer and especially online play.
Call of Duty 2 ranks as one of my top Xbox Live games.

Les Doodis @ Sep 13th 2006 12:53PM

I'm sorry, but is anyone else sick to death of WWII games? I mean, come on, let's do something different already. Now, that's not to say I didn't rent COD2 and play through it completely. I did. But I think it will be the last WWII game I ever play.

On a side note, anyone interested in the PS3's Resistance: Fall of Man, which melds WWII and aliens? I'm not getting a PS3, but I am hearing a lot of talk about this game being the PS3's Halo killer.

Atma @ Sep 13th 2006 5:40PM

Personally, only two WWII games/series have really stood out to me (Battlefield 1942 and CoD). I never took to the MoH series, and the Brothers in Arms games left a sick taste in my mouth.

I'm just a little tired of hearing everyone complain about WWII games, though. There's obviously a market for them, and as long as that market stays as strong as it is, then more games will keep pumping out of the machine. So you don't like the genre... whoopie, go play something else.