Posts tagged Entertainment Records
Week in review: Microsoft’s Ray Ozzie on apps, Al Gore at GreenBeat
Nov 21st
Here’s our rundown of the week’s business and tech news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:
Microsoft’s Ray Ozzie: Apps don’t make your phone special — “It’s not the applications available on the various platforms that will be the differentiators, Ozzie said, even though that’s what many companies and writers [...]
Modern Warfare 2 continues to blow away entertainment records
Nov 18th
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has set the all-time entertainment industry record, generating $550 million in sales in its first five days on the market.
That number means it has beaten all other video game launches as well as generated more revenue in its first five days than any movie. It has done that in [...]
Modern Warfare 2 sells 4.7 million copies in US and UK on first day
Nov 12th
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 had the biggest opening day of any video game, selling 4.7 million copies in North America and the United Kingdom alone in its first 24 hours. That generated an estimated $310 million in revenue at retail, according to game publisher Activision Blizzard.
The sales in the rest of the world [...]
Modern Warfare 2 sells 4.7 million copies in two regions on first day
Nov 12th
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 had the biggest opening day of any video game, selling 4.7 million copies in North America and the United Kingdom alone in its first 24 hours. That generated an estimated $310 million in revenue at retail, according to game publisher Activision Blizzard.
The sales in the rest of the world [...]
