Sony has accidently revealed confidential Call of Duty player and revenue data, shining a light on the importance of the series to the PlayStation business
, highlighted the level of engagement of Call of Duty players on PlayStation consoles. It appears to read:
“In 2021, over [14?] million users spent 30 percent or more of their time playing Call of Duty, over 6 million users spent more than 70% of their time on Call of Duty, and about 1 million users spent 100% of their gaming time on Call of Duty. “In 2021, Call of Duty players spent an average of [116?] hours per year playing Call of Duty. Call of Duty players spending more than 70 percent of their time on Call of Duty spent an average of 296 hours on the franchise.”that Call of Duty software accounted for over $1 billion in sales on PlayStation consoles in 2021.
According to The Verge, Sony’s redacted document suggests Call of Duty games were worth $800 million for PlayStation revenue in the US alone that year — and seemingly $1.5 billion globally. That figure jumps considerably when also factoring in Call of Duty players’ average annual platform spending on PlayStation hardware, accessories, subscriptions and services. The Verge claims the redacted figure appears to be $15.9 billion a year .Activision’s Bobby Kotick says he made ‘a bad decision’ not bringing Call of Duty to SwitchAdditionally, the document confirms that Sony’s existing marketing deal with Activision includes only one more Call of Duty game.
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