There is no denying that this was going to happen sooner or later with one of the Call of Duty titles. Black Ops however, has stolen the crown.
Although actual February sales figures are unknown, Black Ops became the best selling game of all time in U.S. history, having sold 13.7 millions copies since the game was released on November 9 last year.
The title had spent it’s entire top ten life at the top spot, which actually doesn’t seem that long since November’s release, would have been extended once the additional multiplayer maps, First Strike, was introduced. Not only that, Christmas was around the corner.
The previous top spot holder was Nintendo’s Wii Play, a title which launched back in 2006 with the console. This is a major feat, but also makes us wonder how many copies of Black Ops were sold in the rest of the world.
Not only this, it makes Activision’s next CoD game that ever more important if they are to top this. With Infinty Ward broken down since Modern Warfare 2, the next Modern Warfare instalment will be interesting. But it’ll be good to see some better competition with the likes of Duke Nukem and Battlefield 3 in the coming months. Lets see if they can do any better.
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