TOKYO: Since 2003, the launching time of Call of Duty series, it has accomplished the record sales of over $10 billion.
The announcement was made as Activision Blizzard revealed this year’s game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare to be the biggest entertainment launch of the year, “surpassing all movie, music and book launches this year,” according to CEO Bobby Kotick.
Kotick also proudly boasted that the series total “far exceeds box office receipts for such household movie franchises as Hunger Games, Transformers, Iron Man and Avengers, combined.”
On top of everything the Sledgehammer Games-developed Advanced Warfare was also revealed to have been the highest-selling digital launch in console history.
“Sales and engagement are up through the first week compared to last year. Season Pass sales are up, as well. The game has been very positively reviewed and the response from fans has been tremendous. We believe Advanced Warfare will be the most successful game of the year and we thank our fans for making it the biggest entertainment launch of the year.”
Citing their own data Activision claim that more than 370 million online matches have been played since the game’s launch, with players levelling up over 200 million times.
