Daniel Alegre, president and chief operating officer of Activision, recently extolled the success of "Call of Duty," particularly "Warzone," during a recent earnings call. Across all platforms, the series boasts an astounding 111 million monthly active users, which is triple the number of the previous year. This is a ridiculous increase and neatly reflects the fact that with "Call of Duty: Mobile" (October 2019) and "Warzone" (March 2020), COD now has three huge and distinct offerings

Alegre added, " Warzone" specifically, and noted that "the monthly player count on PC has increased more than tenfold year over year. In other words, there are 10 times more Call of Duty players on PC than there were this time last year. By any measure, this is a remarkable leap for a series with such a long history.

Not only that, but Warzone has managed to get players to buy Modern Warfare as well, making it the highest first-year sales in the series' history. Across platforms, the amount of time spent playing Modern Warfare around the world was approximately seven times greater than the previous year.Warzone players chose to upgrade to the full version of Call of Duty, and premium game sales were up significantly year over year. increased; first-year sales of "Modern Warfare" were the highest in "Call of Duty" history, with two-thirds of all lifetime units sold digitally.

Warfare. What's it all about? Big profits.