User blog:Callofduty4/Black Ops II breaks Gamestop pre-order records and more

According to this article, Call of Duty: Black Ops II has broken all previous Gamestop records for the amounts of pre-orders a game has received.

Gamestop president Tim Bartel says "consumer anticipation for "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2" is tremendous, and that the retail store is currently seeing the highest pre-orders in history.", and that "With its current pace, this Call of Duty is on track to break records and is likely to be our biggest game launch of all time"

This trend of record-breaking pre-orders has been the trend for Call of Duty games since Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

nielsenwire reports that Black Ops II is the second-most anticipated game on Xbox 360 (only just losing out to Halo 4 by 0.25%) and it is is the most anticipated game on PS3.

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What do you think about this? Did you expect it? Or are you surprised that Call of Duty is still there as one of the most anticipated games? Tell us in the comments below

Sources - Holiday 2012’s Most Anticipated Console Games - nielsenwire, Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 Breaks GameStop Pre-Order Records - iTechPost