That missing campaign didn’t have much of an impact, as Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 generated $500 million worldwide in its opening weekend – roughly the same as Call of Duty: WWII. The three day total is down on Call of Duty: Black Ops III, but combined players, average hours per player, and total number of hours played are all up. The game also set a new sales record on the PlayStation Store, despite fewer physical copies being sold in the UK.
“Black Ops 4 is off to a blockbuster start. Our player counts and hours played are up year over year, our viewership on Twitch has set new standards and is showing just how fun Blackout is to play and to watch, and the weekend results yet again put Call of Duty at that highest tier of entertainment,” Call of Duty general manager Rob Kostich could be heard saying from behind stacks of cash. To be fair, we really like this year’s game.
[source businesswire.com]
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Good thing there are MTX in the game! How else would they cover the development costs?
Can COD have a bad year? It’d probably to the industry some good. Alas, those hopes are probably vain.
Goodbye, CoD campaigns.
@Octane lol. Yeah Ive heard that argument a bunch of times now. Probably undercover employees of the big game companies
People will buy anything. Eventually COD is gonna become a subscription service where they wont make a new game every year. You'll just pay 20 $ a month to access the game(s).
No campaign mean I've skipped it. Held up my end
@Dange same
@RoyalGuard Same
@RogerRoger you got it dead on. I know it's always had it's own appeal to just watch someone git gud (or get rekt) in a game, but to see it verbalized by an executive with the power to influence the gaming industry... it makes you stop and think.
@RogerRoger and of course let's not forget those who say that many of Sony's story-driven games are already like watching a movie.
And that my friends, is the sad truth..
Even with no campaign this year, the call of duty fan base is just too big.
They should do a poll to see how many people bought it just for blackout. In all honesty it should have been a $30 stand alone.
Don’t really see the problem with his saying it’s fun to watch. Watching friends play video games all the way back in the 80’s. twitch is only going to grow year on year! Shroud, courage and the doc command more viewers than most tv shows.
This is a sad sad comment section smh. Ah well glad it's doing well, it will be the first COD game I've purchased!
There's more normies out there than people realize. People that literally buy a console for COD and sports games only. They could care less about a campaign, they care about playing with friends while they're partying.
shoot me down but im having a bunch of fun on multiplayer, level 35 now
@Dange @RoyalGuard @Flaming_Kaiser same here. Then again I skip them all since mww2
This one looks good. I usually don't like CoD, but even I am tempted to buy it. Getting a good 4K HDR tv next weekend (just in time for RDR2), I am waiting for that.
That 500 mil is from revenue that includes season pass probably. Why not mention the # of copies sold? Yet sales are down 50% physical in The UK. The amount of digital copies sold does not make up the difference of that margin. Something is fishy about what Activision is reporting.
@get2sammyb Have you managed to get a win in Blackout yet? I’ve came close a few times playing solo, finishing in the top 3 but I’ve given up now, I find playing in a squad is more difficult, especially if they are randoms with no mic.
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