Call of Duty: Vanguard Disappoints; Sells Worse Than CoD: Black Ops - Cold War
Activision Blizzard has admitted that Call of Duty: Vanguard was a commericial disappointment when compared to CoD: Black Ops - Cold War. The mobile installment of the brand, however, is doing great.
It had been rumored for some time that Call of Duty: Vanguard was a flop. Now it has finally been officially admitted by Activision Blizzard, the game's publisher.
Call of Duty: Vanguard blamed for Activision Blizzard's disappointing results
This information was found in the company's new financial report. In the past year, the publisher's revenue was $8.8 billion. This was the highest result in history, but below forecasts.
Weaker than expected results were recorded in the last quarter of 2021 and Activision Blizzard blamed it on Call of Duty: Vanguard.
Last year's installment of the series is selling noticeably worse than Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War in the same time period. Unfortunately, no specific numbers were given.
Of course, this does not mean that CoD: Vanguard sells badly. The game was the biggest bestseller of the year on the American market. It can be called a disappointment only when its results are compared with the achievements of Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War.
Call of Duty Mobile earns like crazy
Activision also included some positive information regarding the series in its report. Call of Duty: Mobile continues to earn like crazy. Last year, this free-to-play game generated more than a billion dollars in revenue.
Information about this year's Call of Duty
The company also confirmed that Infinty Ward is working on this year's installment of the series. This isn't really news, as rumors of this have been known for a long time, but this is the first time Activision Blizzard has officially announced it.
Recall that according to reliable reports this year's game in the series will be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Infinity Ward is the main team responsible for this project, but in total as many as eleven studios are said to be working on the game:
- Infinity Ward (Austin branch, USA)
- Infinity Ward (branch in Los Angeles, USA)
- Infinity Ward Poland
- Demonware
- High Moon Studios
- Toys for Bob
- Beenox
- Activision
- Raven Software
- Sledgehammer
