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Activision sells 5 million 'Call of Duty' map packs during second quarter (alone)

Between the months of April and June of this year, Activision sold 5 million map packs for its first-person shooter franchise Call of Duty, the publisher revealed.

The details were part of a presentation tied to their second quarter earnings announcement on Thursday.

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DA_SHREDDER5426d ago

Now if we can get these 5 million retards to buy actual good games, the gaming industry would be in alot better shape.

Hades13375426d ago

Mate the industry would be nowhere near as healthy without franchises like Call of Duty to drive it. It has become a cornerstone franchise.

crematory5426d ago

but if people having fun for $15 let it be,i will say it again people play video games for fun factor ,even if the game is broken like mw2

mobijoker5426d ago

For those kiddies,we are not getting new IPs.We are just getting sequels and sequels.IMO 5 should be the max number the game can get sequelled.Then we could get some majestic unique games from the leading publishers like Activision and Square Enix.

ultramoot5426d ago

I guess that's 5 million people who've never been to N4G.

crematory5426d ago

"According to Activision, sales of the Modern Warfare 2 packs alone would rank them as a top-five retail game through the first half of 2010"

THIS IS CRAZY

Claudinho695426d ago

times the ps3 #s by atleast 3 for the shares

TooTall195426d ago

Curse you Activision and your excellent marketing skills!

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Xbox May Update: Retro Classics Come to Xbox Game Pass, PC Gaming Updates, and More

A variety of new updates are available this month across the gaming platforms. Coming today, Retro Classics games are available to play for Xbox Game Pass members. Players who stream on the Xbox app on PC now have an additional streaming option with GeForce Now. Game Bar introduces quick settings, visual updates for Widgets in Compact Mode, and coming soon, Microsoft Edge Game Assist, an in-game browser that brings an immersive game-centric experience to Edge. And Xbox gift cards can now be redeemed for any amount via Xbox Rewards.

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darthv7224d ago

While i appreciate the gesture.... all of these retro classics have been made available everywhere else. I am hoping to see some other Activision properties make their way out of the shackles of the 5th, 6th and 7th gen. Licensing be damned... bring back the Transformers Cybertron games.

P_Bomb24d ago

Love the Cybertron games! TF games have been shit lately. Would love to see that era revisited. I even did the multiplayer!

MrBaskerville23d ago

Is the retro classics for all consoles?

Obscure_Observer24d ago

Metaphor on Gamepass just announced! O.o

Seriously, this is the best generation of Xbox ever!!!

We can´t catch a freaking break from awesome games arriving all the time!!!

Deathdeliverer24d ago

It’s a HELL of a game. If you like JRPGs in the family of Persona, you will be in heaven… that is until you hear the various battle music…. then you’ll be somewhere BEYOND heaven!

babadivad23d ago

Just finished Clair Obscur. This should be fun.

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Activision Working On Open-World Multiplayer IP Based On New Engine

According to a developer working on the title, Activision is working on a narrative-based open-world game based on a new engine through its new studio.

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Electronic Arts Almost Owned Call of Duty and Blizzard

It was recently revealed in an exclusive episode of the 'Grit' podcast that EA once passed up acquiring Blizzard, Activision, and Call of Duty.

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franwex122d ago

Only a big company that has interest in gaming like Microsoft or Tencent could have acquired Activision. Extremely low interest rates at that time certainly helped.

Not exactly sure that a merger with EA would’ve benefited any of their franchises or gamers. I imagine it would’ve been like the activision blizzard one were each publisher retains their own identity. So Activison-Blizzard-EA. But who knows.

fsfsxii122d ago

If it was owned by EA, COD could’ve disappeared a looong time ago. They have no clue how to manage franchises.

Gamingsince1981108d ago

It's a shame EA didn't buy them then, COD should die, it's past its prime and has been since black ops 2, I started playing it when cod 4 mw first came out and it has been downhill since.

SoloGamer1120d ago

thank goodness we dodged that landmine 😒