Activision announced this morning that, according to data garnered from the NPD, ChartTrack, GfK and internal estimates, the Call of Duty franchise has accumulated $3 billion-with-a-b in sales over its lifetime. As all but the densest among you have likely deduced, CoD was put over the top by the release of Modern Warfare 2, which moved $550 million in its first five days on sale.
For a bit of perspective, $3 billion is pretty darn close to the gross domestic product of the Kingdom of Swaziland, a comparison that's especially appropriate when you realize that 54 percent of Swazis have a Gamerscore over 20,000. ... Oh, wait, this doesn't say "a Gamerscore over 20,000," it says "access to clean water." Sorry, smudge on the page.
Reader Comments (73)
Posted: Nov 27th 2009 12:17PM HighFiveJesus said
People here mock people taking offense over baby killing, religion and violence in video games ALL the time, its really stupid how suddenly a whole bunch of people were doing the same thing over a JOKE. Its the PC police here to save the internet!
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Posted: Nov 27th 2009 12:57PM (Unverified) said
Your parent company is worth 4.2 Billion. I guess they are making too much money, and should cut down on your wages so that they can donate money to Swaziland.
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Posted: Nov 27th 2009 11:35AM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
What was it someone said....?
"Call of duty is a dying franchise, Reach will be better and sell better".
Where is that individual now?
"Call of duty is a dying franchise, Reach will be better and sell better".
Where is that individual now?
Posted: Nov 27th 2009 12:00PM Gandalf the Grey said
Justin was obviously trying to show the greed of corporations when they could be giving clean water or other things to nations like Swaziland. It wasn't the best delivered sarcastic statement, but for me it got the point across.
Posted: Nov 27th 2009 1:11PM Helghast102 said
The fuck?
Posted: Nov 27th 2009 2:14PM Jacksy said
that's a ton of cash, this game franchise is making more money than big AAA movies make, that's amazing .
Posted: Nov 27th 2009 2:52PM killer rin said
ya, it makes you wonder why people say video games are not sources of entertainment
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Posted: Nov 27th 2009 3:44PM (Unverified) said
Also, a lot of movies have huge budgets that are usually way higher than any game budget. I largest game budget I believe is from GTA4 with $100 Million, or it might have been Shenmue.
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Posted: Nov 27th 2009 3:04PM (Unverified) said
Well, that's a lot... a HUGE amount of money to assure more COD for 2010/11/12...
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Posted: Nov 27th 2009 6:19PM (Unverified) said
I know the last paragraph was not in bad taste however the people saying "Get a sense of humour" need to actually think what kind of humour is acceptable.
Generally, jokes that involve people dying e.g. the holocaust are not funny no matter what.
Generally, jokes that involve people dying e.g. the holocaust are not funny no matter what.
Posted: Nov 27th 2009 7:35PM sonicspike41 said
Yeah, don't make fun of the holocaust. My grandfather died there, it was terrible how he died. He got drunk one night and fell off the guard tower.
That was told by a famous band during the Warped Tour, an extremely popular summer-long music tour. Most of the crowd laughed.
What did the Mexican kid get for his birthday? My bike.
What did the German kid get for his birthday? An Easy Bake Oven and a GI Jew.
Why did Hitler kill himself? Because he got the gas bill!
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That was told by a famous band during the Warped Tour, an extremely popular summer-long music tour. Most of the crowd laughed.
What did the Mexican kid get for his birthday? My bike.
What did the German kid get for his birthday? An Easy Bake Oven and a GI Jew.
Why did Hitler kill himself? Because he got the gas bill!
Posted: Nov 27th 2009 7:06PM gonintendo said
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Posted: Nov 27th 2009 7:06PM gonintendo said
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Posted: Nov 29th 2009 8:23PM whnunlife said
Posted: Nov 28th 2009 8:01AM (Unverified) said
did you know the doom series was created by the US military to help train marines, that says alot about this game. the government is secretly training people through these games and its fucking disgusting. you pay 59$ to be trained by the television and completely brainwashed. I think things like COD2 should be completely ignored because these arent games, they are real life simulators. What kind of game is that? Life isnt a game, so why is it when you put it on a television screen?
And dont low rate my post because you like this game, thats just childish and shows how fucking dumb gamers really are. Seriously take a second to think about what I just wrote, with all corruptness in this world...and they just pulled another sheet over your eyes and you didnt even notice it.
And dont low rate my post because you like this game, thats just childish and shows how fucking dumb gamers really are. Seriously take a second to think about what I just wrote, with all corruptness in this world...and they just pulled another sheet over your eyes and you didnt even notice it.
Posted: Nov 30th 2009 3:40PM (Unverified) said
There was a version of Doom that was used by the military.
From Wikipedia;
America's Army (also known as AA or Army Game Project) is a series of video games and other media developed by the United States Army and released as a global public relations initiative to help with recruitment. America's Army was conceived by Colonel Casey Wardynski and is managed by the U.S. Army's Office of Economic and Manpower Analysis at the United States Military Academy.[2] Wardynski envisioned "using computer game technology to provide the public a virtual Soldier experience that was engaging, informative and entertaining.
Money Slave took it farther then I would have but there's some truth to what he's saying. I can't remember the name of it but they made a movie where children are told they are playing a video game, and actually controlling fighter jets and fighting a war. It may seem crazy now, but in 50 years...
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From Wikipedia;
America's Army (also known as AA or Army Game Project) is a series of video games and other media developed by the United States Army and released as a global public relations initiative to help with recruitment. America's Army was conceived by Colonel Casey Wardynski and is managed by the U.S. Army's Office of Economic and Manpower Analysis at the United States Military Academy.[2] Wardynski envisioned "using computer game technology to provide the public a virtual Soldier experience that was engaging, informative and entertaining.
Money Slave took it farther then I would have but there's some truth to what he's saying. I can't remember the name of it but they made a movie where children are told they are playing a video game, and actually controlling fighter jets and fighting a war. It may seem crazy now, but in 50 years...
Posted: Nov 28th 2009 1:32PM Hank Hill said
Because marines fight demons using chainsaws and miniguns on a daily basis.
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