The new shooter will overtake the first Black Ops in terms of lifetime sales

Apr 24, 2013 12:31 GMT  ·  By

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, last year's installment in the popular shooter series, is on track to beat the franchise's previous sales records set by the original Black Ops back in 2010, at least according to an analyst.

The Call of Duty series, despite still earning publisher Activision millions in terms of profit each year thanks to its regular iterations, has been seeing sales figures decline ever since the release of the first Black Ops.

Now, it seems that Black Ops 2 might actually surpass its predecessor in terms of sales, at least according to a forecast made by Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz.

He told CVG that "Post-holiday sales trends for BO2 have been significantly better than those for last year's Modern Warfare 3, and we expect BO2 to slightly beat the previous franchise high watermark of the original Black Ops on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms across its life cycle."

Activision is preparing to reveal this year's Call of Duty game but, until then, Black Ops 2 will continue to receive more DLC.