Activision: Call of Duty Franchise Tops 250M Units Sold - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 14 January 2016 / 6,050 Views
The Call of Duty franchise has been one of the most popular in gaming for many years. Call of Duty: Black Ops III was the bestselling game in the US in 2015, according to NPD. That is the 7th year in a row the franchise topped the US charts.
Activision has now revealed the franchise has sold more than 250 million units.
"This achievement is thanks to the amazing experiences created by all of our development teams, and would not be possible without the incredible passion from the Call of Duty community," Activison's president and general manager of the Call of Duty franchise Rob Kostich told GameSpot. "We congratulate Treyarch on creating an incredibly engaging and an enormously fun game with Black Ops III and look forward to what's to come in 2016."
Call of Duty: Black Ops III released on November 6th for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows PC.
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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
