Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, while it wasn't the headline for many inspired articles, still dominated the charts last year. It was the best-selling game overall in 2016 in the US. Surprising, however, is that the industry has decreased in overall sales from last year.
From Games Industry:
This marks the seventh time in the last eight years that Activision’s on-going hit franchise has been the top-selling console franchise worldwide, and the eighth consecutive year in the U.S. According to NPD, the most recent release, Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare is the #1 top-selling video game on console in the U.S. for 2016 based on total revenue and units sold from physical and digital sales (excluding hardware bundle sales).
“Call of Duty is the #1 console franchise worldwide in 2016,” said Eric Hirshberg, Activision CEO. “We’re thankful to our players for once again putting Call of Duty on top, and we recognize how rare this is – to do year after year. That’s why we push to deliver innovations and incredible gameplay that are worthy of the best fans in the world time and again. And we have an exciting year ahead in 2017.”
Interestingly, we also learned that Final Fantasy XV has broken records within its own franchise while also reaching second place in December's best-selling games.
