The shooter category is largely associated with the Xbox 360 console, and previous games like Modern Warfare 2 and Halo: Reach have posted some incredible numbers on Xbox Live. And while today Activision noted that Black Ops set a new record with over 2.6 million players on Xbox Live for day one, Sony has noted that the game also pushed a huge spike in traffic for the PlayStation Network.
“Call of Duty: Black Ops has been an incredible success on PlayStation 3,” said Jack Tretton, President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA). “Treyarch's latest efforts are driving unprecedented traffic to the PlayStation Network with the flagship online experience this holiday season.”
Sony stopped short of providing actual player data, and we'd guess that the numbers are a good deal lower than what's been seen on Xbox Live so far. In terms of sales for the game, an actual SKU breakdown hasn't been provided, but we'd also guess that the Xbox 360 version of Black Ops is outselling the PS3 version.
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November 19, 2010
Sony always boast about how good they are doing without posting actual numbers(like they did after Move launched, saying it exceeded expectations without giving any hard sales numbers). They need to either start saying exactly how well their games are selling(number-wise) or just shut up. The same thing goes for PSN traffic. It would be alot more convincing if they told us exactly how many more people are on PSN now that Black Ops launched compared to before it launched.