Surprise?
Year after year, a newCall of Dutyreleases and it makes a tremendous amount of cash. While there have been a few dips in sales numbers with the past few entries,Black Ops 4is off to a ridiculously good start. Activision has announced that the three-day sales figures of Treyarch’s latest creation have topped $500 million for digital and physical sales combined. This roughly matches the same figure from last year’sCall of Duty: WW2.
While that doesn’t sound so insane, both this year and last year’sCall of Dutydoubled sales from 2016’sInfinite Warfare. The number of people playingBlack Ops 4has also set a new franchise record, though Activision didn’t specify an amount. Along with that, the combined number of hours played on average is more than every otherCall of Dutyrelease on current generation hardware.
For digital sales,Black Ops 4is Activision’s best-selling Xbox One game on day one. The game also set records for day one sales on the PlayStation Store. Even the PC version, which is exclusive to Battle.net, has been more successful than previous games on Steam. It looks like theCall of Dutystorm can’t be stopped.
The biggest takeaway is that even without a campaign mode present, people are still willing to lap upCall of Duty. I can safely say that this is the first entry in nearly a decade to get me interested and it’s because Treyarch focused on its strengths rather than following series tradition. I wouldn’t want everyCall of Dutyto ax a campaign mode, but I’m perfectly fine withBlack Ops 4taking a multiplayer only approach.
Only time will tell if the sales momentum will keep up. WithRed Dead Redemption 2coming out next week, I don’t think we’ll seeBlack Ops 4end up as 2018’s most sold game.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4has made over $500 million worldwide in three days[VG 24/7]
