Fun facts:
In 2009, James Cameron released a little Sci-Fi film called Avatar. Its first day, it generated $73 million domestic. Its first week, it sold $232 million worldwide. It went on to become the number one grossing film of all time.
The number two grossing film of all time, Titanic, also belongs to Cameron. The chick flick that could have alternatively been called Romeo and Juliet on a Boat did $28 million opening weekend and an impressive $53 or so million its first week.
This past Tuesday, November 9th, the newest video game entry in the long running Call of Duty series, COD: Black Ops was released.
Its very first day, Black Ops sold $360 million dollars worth of copies.
Still think the video game culture is niche?
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Full disclosure: I’m a fan. Kinda funny phrasing it like that too, but I chalk it up to nerd relflex… Seems like not too long ago I’d have kept that to myself and just spent my nights rockin’ the game online with other nerdy buds. Now it’s almost completely flipped on its ear.
Not a new sentiment here, but the sales on this game kind of point to the signs that the Nerds have finally gotten old enough to start influencing the media market.
What’s really crazy about the staggering, widespread record shattering amount of sales of this game has generated before the end of its first week is that its all been done thus far by impatient gamers like myself! Think about it… Christmas is still yet to come. How many people are holding out on buying this because they’re waiting to be gifted the dang thing?
The prediction here is that this video game is going to rival some of the biggest box office draws of all time by the time the Winter season ends. Tis good to be a Nerd.
