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Call of Duty is the best selling franchise in the United States according to a report by the NPD Group. While the Call of Duty franchise started with its first game in 2003, this measure of success has been seen from 2009 onwards. In 2009, Call of Duty released its wildly successful Modern Warfare 2 game. Activision has posted a blog post to celebrate this mark of success for the franchise.
The below were the games that were released between 2009 to 2018 for the Call of Duty series from Activision:
- 2018 – Black Ops 4
- 2017 – WWII
- 2016 – Infinite Warfare
- 2015 – Black Ops III
- 2014 – Advanced Warfare
- 2013 – Ghosts
- 2012 – Black Ops II
- 2011 – Modern Warfare 3
- 2010 – Black Ops
- 2009 – Modern Warfare 2
Since Modern Warfare 2, the series kept placing the premise of each game more and more into the future. Infinite Warfare was set far into the future, focusing on space warfare, futuristic weapons and space colonization. The series went back to its World War 2 roots with its 2017 release of WW 2. The latest release, Black Ops 4, features a rich story from the Black Ops series as well as a new Battle Royale called Blackout.
Activision did have a rocky road while getting here. It's 2013 entry Ghosts and 2016 entry Infinite Warfare were negatively received among fans, especially after the high bar they set with the Black Ops and Modern Warfare series. When Infinite Warfare released, Call of Duty lost to competing Battlefield 1 whose game setting was in World War 1. It seems like Call of Duty fans were just not happy with futuristic settings.
The sales account for physical sales within the US, not digital. We don't quite know how well Call of Duty has faired worldwide but it seems like it does well enough to still be a long-surviving series.
