The Call of Duty series is still the most profitable game franchise, which is released simultaneously on PC and consoles. It brings its owners impressive revenues, of course, because of its enormous popularity among gamers all over the world.
Let's say at once that not all the games of this franchise are distributed for money. Some of them you can download for free. For example, Call of Duty: Warzone will please fans of the royal battles with dynamic combats, great choice of weapons and lots of interesting skins. You can read about them here.
Some users treat CoD with some irritation, considering it a kind of conveyor of games. However, the franchise has not lost popularity since 2003 (that's when the first project came out) and brings profit through microtransactions, as well as through regular sales. By this parameter Call of Duty entered the Guinness Book of Records with 400 million copies sold. In our article we will talk about the top five best selling games.
5. Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3 (26 million copies)
Suddenly Black Ops 3 became one of the best-selling games in the franchise. The critics didn't like this game, so the sales were probably influenced by the competent marketing campaign, which focused on the Black Ops sub-series.
4. Call of Duty: Ghosts (28.5 million copies)
This CoD, which added a dog, was presented to the public as an innovation in the game world that would give users a unique experience. Several years after its release, the project is perceived by players and critics as one of the weakest parts. Perhaps such assessments are well-deserved, but in 2013 and 2014 it sold almost 29 million copies of Call of Duty: Ghosts.
3. Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 (29.5 million copies)
The continuation of Black Ops has clearly attracted the attention of users. The first game is remembered for its well-thought-out campaign and storyline, and that is why the second part was expected a lot. Unfortunately, the developers didn't manage to surpass Black Ops, but the game was one of three of the most profitable projects in the franchise.
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (30 million copies)
MW3 was released in 2011, but even today this first-person shooter is the benchmark in its genre. MW3 is outdated, but still beloved by users, so the second place in the ranking is deserved.
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops (30.5 million copies)
Black Ops was released 12 years ago, that is, in the days when CoD was an assembly line, but the studio Activision has published high-quality games, balanced in every way. This also applied to the story and the online mode. Experienced gamers will remember how great the story was Black Ops. On the first day 5 million copies were sold, which is a daily record in the gaming industry. Later the popularity of the project has only been growing. Call of Duty: Black Ops justly becomes the leader of our rating.
