Call of Duty games have brought in $ 3 billion in a year

All Call of Duty games combined have generated sales of three billion dollars in the past twelve months. That is an increase of eighty percent compared to a year ago. The major growth is partly due to free-to-play games such as Warzone and Call of Duty: Mobile.

Activision does not disclose the most profitable Call of Duty game or the ratio of revenue from game sales to revenue from in-game purchases. The publisher does say that Call of Duty: Warzone now has 85 million players. Warzone is free to play on PC and consoles and includes optional in-game purchases. The same goes for Call of Duty: Mobile, the smartphone game that has already been downloaded more than 300 million times.

The high turnover is also due to good sales of full Call of Duty games, Activision writes. According to the publisher, sales were 40 percent higher than last year. The numbers are for all Call of Duty games sold this year. Not only the new game CoD: Black Ops Cold War, but also games released in previous years.

According to Activision, 200 million people have played a Call of Duty game this year. That’s an estimate from the publisher, and the number also includes mobile games. The number of players is the highest ever for the CoD franchise. November was a record month for the number of players and hours played, the publisher says.

Activision wants to keep players engaged by releasing more free post-release content. The publisher does this in the form of seasons, for example Black Ops Cold War and Warzone. On December 10, Black Ops will get a Season 1 expansion.