NPD has released the data for the 2019 year for the video game industry in the United States.
Their data has revealed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is the best selling game of the year and was the best selling game of December 2019.
The list for December 2019 shows Call of Duty: Modern Warfare at #1 with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order coming in at #2 for the year.
The NPD also showcased the best selling games of the year 2019, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was #1.
The NPD Group also revealed that Call of Duty has been the best selling game in the US in revenue generated for the last 11 years in a row, making it the best selling franchise of all time.
In addition, the NPD Group released the sales results for the last decade, and Call of Duty dominated the charts with 10 games in the top 15 for best selling in the US during the 2010 through 2019 period.
Call of Duty continues to withstand all the competition and generates billions of dollars per year. Activision has continued to release a Call of Duty game every year since the original title in 2003, and the company does not appear to be stopping.
2020 will mark the launch of the next generation of consoles with a new Call of Duty game as well. It won’t be surprised to see Call of Duty #1 this year again.
SuperData Research has released their 2019 report on the video games industry and the overall results from the digital market worldwide.
Their extensive research report is available to download for free and provides insight into the free to play category, premium games, and streaming services for 2019.
The report has revealed that Call of Duty titles collectively generated over $1.1 billion in revenue in 2019.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare generated over $647 million in revenue through the end of the year. The title released in October and, per Activision, is the most played Call of Duty game of this console generation.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s post launch microtransactions also performed well through the end of the year with the game generated $487 million in revenue in 2019. Combining those two, Call of Duty generated $1.13 billion in revenue in 2019.
Source: SuperData
Call of Duty: Mobile also released in 2019, and per Super Data, the title generated $116 million total in revenue.
Bringing AAA game franchises to mobile proved to be a successful strategy for publishers. Call of Duty Mobile earned $116.8M in 2019 a\er its October release, and Mario Kart: World Tour also launched on mobile. Instead of simply applying a franchise brand to a mobile game, these games truly mirror the feel of their console counterparts. Their success also shows that gamers are willing to play a wide range of genres on a touchscreen.
The industry continued to shift towards free to play in 2019 with free to play games generating a 6% increase in revenue in 2019 versus 2018. More companies are slowly starting to adopt the free to play model, bringing more players into their game universe.
2020 is a big year for gaming as the new generation of consoles arrive. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X will be launching in Holiday 2020.
As first showcased after a leak earlier this week, Activision has officially announced a new pre-order bonus for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare today.
Pre-order Call of Duty: Modern Warfare digitally or physically on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC will receive classic Captain Price character to use in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Blackout mode.
‘Playable Blackout Character Classic Captain Price” is how the stores are describing the new bonus. Digital pre-orders also include a Prestige Token to use in Black Ops 4.
Pre-order any version of Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® and immediately unlock the classic version of Captain Price as a playable character in Blackout! The character is now playable on all platforms.
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This is the very first Modern Warfare character to become available in Black Ops 4’s Blackout mode, which thus far has been limited to Treyarch-related characters and themes. It’s not clear if there’s any more MW characters planned for Blackout as of now.
FAQ: How to Redeem Classic Price
Here’s how to claim Classic Price in Call of Duty: Black Op 4 Blackout:
Already Preordered a Digital Edition? If you already pre-ordered any of the digital versions of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, you will be retroactively granted Classic Price.
Already Preordered a Physical Edition? If you already pre-ordered any of the physical versions of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare from a participating retailer, simply contact the retailer from which you purchased, with your receipt or proof of purchase, and request a redeem code to unlock Classic Price. Then log in via your Network or Activision account and redeem the code.
About to Preorder a Digital or Physical Edition? If you haven’t yet pre-ordered a digital or physical version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, simply go to any participating retailer (or you can go here, for example), and redeem Classic Price with your purchase now!
As first showcased after a leak earlier this week, Activision has officially announced a new pre-order bonus for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare today.
The company announced that those who pre-order Call of Duty: Modern Warfare digitally or physically on PlayStation 4 first (with other platforms to follow) will receive classic Captain Price character to use in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Blackout mode.
‘Playable Blackout Character Classic Captain Price” is how the stores are describing the new bonus. Digital pre-orders also include a Prestige Token to use in Black Ops 4.
Pre-order any version of Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® and immediately unlock the classic version of Captain Price as a playable character in Blackout! The character will be playable on PlayStation 4 today, with other platforms to follow on July 18.
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This is the very first Modern Warfare character to become available in Black Ops 4’s Blackout mode, which thus far has been limited to Treyarch-related characters and themes. It’s not clear if there’s any more MW characters planned for Blackout as of now.
FAQ: How to Redeem Classic Price
Here’s how to claim Classic Price in Call of Duty: Black Op 4 Blackout:
Already Preordered a Digital Edition? If you already pre-ordered any of the digital versions of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, you will be retroactively granted Classic Price.
Already Preordered a Physical Edition? If you already pre-ordered any of the physical versions of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare from a participating retailer, simply contact the retailer from which you purchased, with your receipt or proof of purchase, and request a redeem code to unlock Classic Price. Then log in via your Network or Activision account and redeem the code.
About to Preorder a Digital or Physical Edition? If you haven’t yet pre-ordered a digital or physical version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, simply go to any participating retailer (or you can go here, for example), and redeem Classic Price with your purchase now!
A new digital pre-order bonus for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has reportedly been revealed prior to official announcement.
A user on Xbox One noticed in the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Store under the ‘Modern Warfare’ tab that there was a new Pre-Order Bonus listed: Captain Price + Prestige Token to use in Black Ops 4. The image says ‘Playable Blackout Character Classic Captain Price.’
Here’s the image shared by @GHarbridge27:
Another user showcased a video:
If Pre-Order Modern Warfare on the Black Ops 4 store you can get a Captain Price skin for Blackout. As of now you can’t actually use the skin. pic.twitter.com/9Cm4UsfilW
Activision has not officially announced this new pre-order bonus for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and the Xbox Store does not have any listings for the bonus. It’s only links to the Prestige Token bonus in game for now.
In the latest blog post, Activision has announced an additional pre-order bonus for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare if you pre-order a digital version of the game directly from within the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 in-game store.
The first bonus, which was announced with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s reveal, is a Prestige Token to use in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. This bonus is available for anyone who pre-orders any digital edition of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on any of the digital stores (PS4 Store, Xbox One Store, or Battle.net).
The new bonus, announced today, is for players who pre-order Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Operator Enhanced Edition on PS4 or PC directly from the in-game store in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Players will get 5 additional Reserve Crates to unlock in Black Ops 4 plus the Prestige Token by pre-ordering Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in-game in Black Ops 4.
Prestige Token: If you pre-order any digital version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare from the Sony (PlayStation® 4), Microsoft (Xbox One), or Battle.net (PC) stores, you’ll receive a Prestige Token to permanently unlock any Create-a-Class item for Black Ops 4.
Reserve Cases: If you pre-order the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Operator Enhanced Edition directly from the Black Ops 4 in-game store, you’ll receive five Reserve Crates for Black Ops 4. These are redeemed in the usual manner.
Next year’s Call of Duty has gone through a major upheaval, as publisher Activision informed developers this week that studios Raven and Sledgehammer, which had until now led the project, will no longer be in charge. Instead, according to three people familiar with goings-on at the companies, Treyarch will lead development on a new Black Ops for 2020.
It’s a significant shift for Activision’s massive first-person shooter franchise, which is one of the most lucrative video game series on the planet. Every fall for the past 15 years, Activision has put out a new Call of Duty game, supported by a stable of different developers who rotated duties as required. Since 2012, Activision has followed a three-year cycle for its three lead studios: Infinity Ward, Treyarch, and Sledgehammer. The results have looked like this:
2012 – Treyarch – Call of Duty: Black Ops II
2013 – Infinity Ward – Call of Duty: Ghosts
2014 – Sledgehammer – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
2015 – Treyarch – Call of Duty: Black Ops III
2016 – Infinity Ward – Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
2017 – Sledgehammer – Call of Duty: WWII
2018 – Treyarch – Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
2019 – Infinity Ward – Unannounced (but at this point it’s basically an open secret that it’s a new Modern Warfare)
For 2020, Activision had originally switched things up, assigning the Wisconsin-based support studio Raven to take a leadership role alongside Sledgehammer to make a Call of Duty game set during the Cold War (likely involving Vietnam). As of very recently, that’s changed. Now Treyarch, based in Santa Monica, California, is in charge of leading Call of Duty: Black Ops 5 for2020.
According to those briefed on the overhaul, Treyarch will take creative leadership on this new Black Ops while Raven and Sledgehammer will serve as support studios for the game, transforming the work they’ve done on their own single-player story mode into a campaign for Black Ops 5, which will also be set during the Cold War. (This may be a welcome return for fans, who criticized the lack of campaign in Black Ops 4.) It will likely be a cross-gen game, to coincide with the launch of the next PlayStation and Xbox, which are also expected in the fall of 2020.
What this means is that rather than getting three years to make their next game after Black Ops 4, Treyarch will have just two. Some at the company say they’re not pleased about that, and are already bracing for brutal overtime hours like they faced last year on Black Ops 4. Others have told Kotaku they’re excited about the change, as they have a solid game plan that isn’t likely to change drastically, unlike their last two projects. (We’ll have more to share about Treyarch and the development of Black Ops 4 in the coming weeks.)
This news comes during a strange time for Activision and Call of Duty. Although Black Ops 4 sold well at first, we’ve heard that it hasn’t had quite the revenue tail that Activision’s bean-counters were hoping to see. Internally, Activision executives have started to talk about embracing free-to-play as a revenue model—once anathema to the publisher—and, three sources say, are looking into offering a free-to-play component for this year’s new Modern Warfare, although the specifics may not be finalized yet. Some within Activision have remained resistant to the idea.
The past year has also been rough for the San Francisco-based Sledgehammer. In February 2018, Kotaku broke the news that Sledgehammer’s co-founders, Michael Condrey and Glen Schofield, had left the studio. Although Activision spun it as a promotion, saying they’d take on “new executive duties,” it was very clearly an ousting, and the two quietly exited shortly afterwards. Earlier this year, Condrey started a new Silicon Valley studio with the publisher 2K, where he’s recruited dozens of Sledgehammer staff. The studio has been hemorrhaging employees over the past few months, much to the dismay of those who remain.
One primary reason behind this Call of Duty upheaval, according to two people familiar with happenings at Activision, is the tension between Sledgehammer and Raven, whose staff are said to have argued frequently during the past year of development on Call of Duty 2020. Two people familiar with the project described it as a mess. Now, both studios will serve as support for Treyarch as the publisher prepares to release Black Ops 5.
Treyarch has released the latest game settings update for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 across platforms today.
For PlayStation 4 players, Prop Hunt finally makes its way to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, after being announced back in February. Prop Hunts is one of the new modes for the game with Operation Spectre Rising in MP!
Prop Hunt was first introduced in Modern Warfare Remastered as an official game mode, where players search the map for props and take them out to win. The mode goes live May 10 on Xbox One and PC.
From Treyarch:
If you’ve ever played this fan-favorite game mode before, you know the deal: one team scatters to their best hiding places disguised as props throughout the map while the other team hunts them down.
In Black Ops 4, Hunters are equipped with an MX9 and a Concussion grenade to help flush out those pesky Props. Teams playing as Props are equipped with one Concussion, three Prop decoys, and two Prop changes, so players can disguise themselves as up to three different Props per round. But beware… changing to a new Prop in plain sight isn’t a great strategy if you want to survive the round.
Props will have 30 seconds to hide at the start of the round, and will whistle every 20 seconds to give the Hunters a clue of where to search. Each round lasts 4 minutes, or until every Prop is destroyed. Prop Hunt will be available on seven maps at launch: Seaside, Contraband, Militia, Frequency, Firing Range, Nuketown, Hacienda.
Stay tuned for full update notes for today’s game settings update.
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