The main series originally focused on the World War II setting and later branched out with the Modern Warfare series and the Black Ops story arc, which have become the three narrative pillars of the Call of Duty universe. With annual main series releases every fall, Call of Duty has become a mainstay in the PC and console gaming segment, regularly topping the charts until the next release is published.

Currently, the ranking of the best-selling Call of Duty games is topped by the 2010 entry Call of Duty: Black Ops with nearly 31 million unit sales.Ĭall of Duty – familiar presence in PC and console gaming dollars at the end of 2020, making it comparable to the biggest media franchises worldwide. Life-to-date consumer spending generated by Call of Duty series amounted to 27 billion U.S. The CoD series accounts for the majority of its publisher Activision Blizzard’s net bookings, which amounted to 2.49 billion U.S.

At the end of 2020, the series had over 250 million players, up from 70 million people who played Call of Duty in 2018. The most recently stated company figures claim that there were 100 million monthly active users of Call of Duty at the end of 2020.

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