Call of Duty: Black Ops breaks UK launch records

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We already knew Call of Duty: Black Ops shattered day-one sales records in the UK, but let's just add a full week of intel to that with reports of 2 million units sold in the region over five days. Chart-Track estimates Activision-Blizzard's latest installment of the hit franchise took in a comfortable £81.9 million ($131.5M).

For some disturbing perspective, Black Ops grossed more during its launch than the whole UK entertainment software market did over the past couple weeks ... combined. According to Chart-Track, last week became the highest grossing week in UK entertainment software history, with £113.8 million in sales. The last record breaker was £107.6 million, back in week 52 of 2008. (What was the number one game then? Call of Duty: World at War.)

The record-breaking week was assisted by the launch of Microsoft's Kinect peripheral. Eight of the 11 UK Kinect launch titles debuted in the Top 40. The top premieres were Kinect Sports, Dance Central and Ubi's Motion Sports, which took fourth, 13th and 15th places, respectively. Check out the full UK top ten after the break.

Top 10 UK Software Sales (All Formats); week ending October 16:

Call of Duty: Black Ops
FIFA 11
Just Dance 2
Kinect Sports
Football Manager 2011
Professor Layton and the Lost Future
Fallout: New Vegas
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
The Sims 3
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2

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It seems the Kinect didnt flop as much as I thought it would over here. For a £130 peripheral fourth place is pretty good when face with the heavy hitters of COD Fifa n Just Dance 2

Adding to the fact that

1 kinect sports = 1 Kinect
1 Sports champion =/= 1 Move controller

The motion installation could be alot closer then I thought it would be

@zefur 1 kinect sport does NOT equal 1 kinect, 1 kinect adventures = 1 kinect, so the kinect hardware sales is probably even higher. Really surprised that this did so well in UK, guess never to underestimate MS marketing powers(money) lol

@zefur

My bad thought that was the bundled game.

@zefur Kinect adventures is bundled not kinect sports.

@zefur
Yes, Kinect is doing fine so far.

It'll be interesting to see if it manages to follow a casual-style sales trajectory (some of those titles staying in the top 10 for the long term, like Just Dance, Fifa, Sims do) or the hardcore sales trajectory (almost all sales in week 1, nothing in the charts two weeks later) like traditional 360 games.

Given Christmas is clearly their target, maybe it will manage the former...

@zefur

I'm giving Just Dance 2 my bet of staying up there longer than Kinect.

not surprising considering how hyped it was. im loving it btw

I am really enjoying Black-Ops, despite the crummy spawning. Anyone else annoyed with the horrible running sound effects? It sounds like some placeholder sound effect that they forgot to finalize.

@DeXterminator

In related news, they are gonna buff the sound whoring capability. Currently you cant hear enemy footsteps for anything and Ninja is useless.

One day I'll read this and it will have a good game on top.

zomg, Just Dance 2!
wanna see how long this stays up in the top 10 like its previous one. if it doesnt, i blame snooki

@shadowhowl1900 Snooki?

@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/14/jersey-shore-wants-to-just-dance-2/

i'm just enjoying Black Ops too but i the match making sucks. it always kicks my party out to different games. then the spawning is ehhh i always walk around see no one just to get killed from behind

@EDZiLLUH

Yep the online is annoyingly horrible atm especially on the PS3 I have almost given up trying to game with my friends. My copy also freezes alot but thats probably due to my ps3 overheating alot

@zefur yeah i'm playing on Xbox & the matchmaking is ridiculous. with a party of 2 we always get separated. i try joining wager matches & it takes me to theather or free for all. i'm pretty sure they can fix this with an update i'm just hoping it's soon

@EDZiLLUH i noticed that, i tried joining a wager match, and it put me into some randoms private match!

@EDZiLLUH

Yeah, they will.
Treyarch have always been fairly quick with the patches.

In the meantime, like me and many others, we just have to grin and bare it!

I'm glad this sold well, that means there will some a pre-owned copy for me to pick up in a week or so.

anyone else find it funny how Treyarch often gets the bigger selling launching game when review scores often fair Infinity Ward much higher?

Call of Duty: Black Ops

Call of Duty: Black Ops breaks UK launch records

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