'Call of Duty: Black Ops' Gamers Log 600M Hours of Play Time
Just how popular is "Call of Duty: Black Ops"? If the total number of registered users for the game banded together, they would be the third largest state in the United States, Activision said.
Just how popular is "Call of Duty: Black Ops"? If the total number of registered users for the game banded together, they would be the third largest state in the United States. Since the November 9 launch of "COD: Black Ops," players have logged 600 million hours of game play, equivalent to 68,000 years, according to stats from game maker Activision.
Just in case didn't convince you, Activision released some Christmas Eve stats that suggest the "Black Ops" momentum shows no signs of slowing down. The total number of registered users for the game, Activision said, is more than the audience for the series finale of "Lost" or the 2010 World Series, as well as the combined audiences for late night TV chat shows for the entire week of December 6.
Some major musical acts had trouble filling seats this summer; perhaps they should've been featuring "Call of Duty"-related material. Activision says its players have turned out in numbers that could fill the 83 largest stadiums in the world, every day. Most players spend about 87 minutes per day playing online; trumping the 55 minutes most people spend on Facebook.
"Media is evolving and today the social aspects of technology are more important to the overall entertainment experience than ever before," Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, said in a statement. "Call of Duty creates a shared sense of identify for its community and is as integral to their social lives as any other form of digital communication."
Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing, said "Call of Duty has in many ways become one of the world's most engaged social networks."
The game made its debut on November 9 and worth of games in its first five days, exceeding the previous top earner, "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," which brought in $550 million during its first five days. By month's end it .
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