Activision had a really worthwhile 2017, topping the console gross sales listing with the 12 months’s two greatest console video games.
Call of Duty: WW2 has been an enormous success. We already knew that it handily topped the NPC charts in November, outselling each different console recreation this 12 months, and that a lot of people have been playing it too. But now we now have a barely clearer image of simply how properly it has finished.
As reported by gamesindustry.biz, Call of Duty: WW2 has topped $1 billion in gross sales worldwide since its launch on November three. An precise variety of copies isn’t offered, however that’s large, indicating that the sport has been an unlimited success exterior the US as properly.
According to a quote within the article from Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg, “Call of Duty has been the #1 top grossing console gaming franchise in North America for a staggering nine years in a row, and worldwide eight out of the last nine years.” That’s wonderful. This one has finished notably properly, although – it’s the top-selling Call of Duty recreation of this console era already, which means that it has outsold Ghosts, Advanced Warfare, Black Ops three and Infinite Warfare.
Destiny 2 (which we now have, in fact, covered extensively this year) has additionally finished very properly for itself. It’s the #2 promoting recreation of the 12 months on consoles, and in addition loved the most important PC launch in Activision’s historical past. The incontrovertible fact that the sport has run into just a few issues post-launch doesn’t diminish how extremely profitable it has been.
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