Call of Duty: Mobile Crosses $1.5-Billion Mark
By- Rishabh Jain
Call of Duty: Mobile has surpassed the $1.5 billion mark, according to the most current Sensor Tower data (approximately Rs. 11,265 crores) sales record in lifetime microtransactions. The game has reached this profitability benchmark in terms of lifetime expenditure on both Android and iOS. Call of Duty: Mobile was released in 2019 by Tencent's Timi Studios in collaboration with Activision. According to Sensor Tower, the United States is the top country in terms of income spent on Call of Duty: Mobile, with far more than $647 million (approximately Rs. 4,855 crores).
PUBG Mobile is nothing short of a revolution in mobile gaming. Never before has a gaming title, let alone a mobile game, received such widespread acclaim.
For a very long time, PUBG Mobile has ruled the mobile battle royale arena. The actual competition for PUBG came in the form of Activision's latest release, Call of Duty: Mobile. Both of these games are attempting to achieve a degree of realism while offering a mix of furious combat, variety, and numerous gameplay modes, as well as large multiplayer action.
Since its inception, PUBG has been a game-changer for all mobile gamers and the mobile gaming industry as a whole. Every few weeks, new titles with visuals and gameplay that can compete with actual console games on any given day keep the gamers attract.
However, according to Sensor Tower, 2021 is the highest full-year achievement for Call of Duty: Mobile, with player expenditure increasing by 45 percent year on year. When Activision's mobile shooter was finally published in China in 2020, its sales skyrocketed.
Tencent, which publishes both COD and PUBG, has done an outstanding job of elevating mobile gaming. The publisher of PUBG Mobile may have solved the recipe for a profitable title in a region where Esports were previously unimportant. Just as it appeared like the popularity of PUBG would continue to rise.
Activision launches an attack with Call of Duty: Mobile game, bringing the world-renowned series to the mobile platform and sparking the PUBG vs COD discussion.
To be sure, Call of Duty has previously been available on mobile phones, but the gameplay has been limited to largely single-player. However, Activision has created a full-fledged console-like multiplayer experience for Android/iOS with the new Call of Duty: Mobile.
What is Activision?
Activision, the company behind the international smash title Call of Duty (COD), has teamed up with Tencent to bring the game to mobile, and it's already in beta.
PUBG Mobile was the highest-grossing game in 2020, with $2.6 billion in revenue and 730 million downloads. Over 50 million individuals played the game daily in the third quarter of 2020. The Chinese equivalent, Game for Peace, was played by another 70 million people. Over 50% of PUBG Mobile's revenue is generated by Game for Peace (Sensor Tower)Before the ban, India accounted for half of all PUBG Mobile users (App Annie) In India, almost 75% of PUBG Mobile gamers are men, while in the US, 60% of players are men.
Call of Duty: Mobile is an available first-person shooter game for Android and iOS that was released on October 1, 2019. The game was a smashing success in its early days, with 88 million downloads in the first month following its release. In January 2022, the title's IAP income was around 34.96 million dollars. Since its launch, the app has generated a total of $835 million in revenue.
