The Call of Duty franchise has now surpassed $40 billion in lifetime franchise income within the wake of the launch of its twenty third mainline entry, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, which launched final Friday.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma made the announcement on her X account, posting a graphic displaying a bunch of favorable evaluate scores for Modern Warfare 4 with the caption, “One of probably the most celebrated Call of Duty video games in its 24-year historical past, and now $40B in lifetime franchise income. An unbelievable milestone. Congrats to the Activision staff. And to the gamers, thanks for being with us.”
The endurance of the franchise has been remarkably spectacular, even when some years’ releases are extra appreciated by critics and gamers than different years. The brand-new Modern Warfare 4 appears to be well-received to date; IGN hasn’t finalized its evaluate but, however reviewer Simon Cardy says, “Modern Warfare 4’s marketing campaign made me really feel one thing for the collection once more” and “its expansive behind-enemy-lines mission that borrows most of its concepts from the DMZ mode is an actual spotlight.”
For context, Grand Theft Auto 5 alone has pulled in over $10 billion over the previous 13 years, and the approaching GTA 6 is estimated to clear $5.2 billion by the top of its first week on sale.
Call of Duty will quickly develop past simply video games, nevertheless, as Peter Berg’s Call of Duty film is due out in theaters on June 30, 2028 and can discover “the price of struggle” for its characters.
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