Call of Duty: Black Ops game has sold an estimated 7 million units on the day of its launch, making it the best selling video game of all time.
VGChartz estimates that the latest CoD release has sold 7 million copies worldwide, following the 4.5 million pre-orders that were reported last week. If these estimates are to be believed then the game sold 10 per cent more units than Modern Warfare 2.
VGChartz also claimed that around 4 million users have connected to Xbox Live from the game while a massive number of PS3 users have also flocked to PlayStation Network to play Black Ops online.
Based on the estimates, the game sold 3.6 million units in the US, 1.4 million in UK, 350,000 in Canada and over a million units in other European markets.
UK Retailer HMV reported that keen gamers started to arrive up to 12 hours before a sale could be made.
HMV Head of Games, Tim Ellis, said that this latest instalment is set to become 'the fastest and biggest-selling title in games history.'
With its predecessor, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare two, grossing more than one billion dollars in sales, similar predictions have been made for Black Ops.
Mr Ellis expects the hotly anticipated game to become 'not just the most popular game ever, but an iconic release that will take gaming on to a new level.'
UPDATE: 12/11/2010
Activision has revealed earlier today that Call of Duty: Black Ops by Treyarch has sold 5.6 million units during its first day out. Black Ops breaks Modern Warfare 2’s 4.7 million.
According to the press release, Black Ops has generated $360 million just in sales across the U.S. and U.K. Analysts expects Black Ops to top $1 billion in sales this by the end of this holiday.
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