21.12.2017

Call of Duty: WWII earned $1 billion

The revenues of the last part of the Call of Duty franchise exceeded a seven-figure sum. Call of Duty: WWII earned $ 1 billion in less than 2 months, according to the publisher of the game Activision.

Call of Duty: WWII also became the highest-grossing game of this year in North America.

According to the analytical company NPD Group, the release of Call of Duty: WWII in early November became one of the drivers of game sales growth in the United States. Thanks to the CoD release: WII The American gaming market increased by 30% to $2.7 billion compared to the same period last year.

Finally, due to the success of WWII, the Call of Duty series for the 9th time in a row turned out to be the best-selling game franchise of the year in the North American console video game market.

Call of Duty is the main, but not the only success of Activision this year. The MMO shooter Destiny 2 became the second game by revenue in North America and the largest launch of a PC game in the history of the publishing house by the number of copies sold.

In addition, the reissue of the Crash Bandicoot platformer N. Sane Trilogy has become the best-selling collection of remasters in the history of PlayStation 4.

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