Game News Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 crushed Vanguard!
We knew Activision wasn’t happy with Call of Duty Vanguard sales, but we didn’t think it was that bad. Thanks to some new numbers, it turns out that “MW2” crashed this episode.
Even if Call of Duty is one of the most lucrative licenses in video games: it’s sometimes a bit of a roller coaster! Because yes, mistakes do happen, and not all parts have met with the success expected by the publisher Activision. This is particularly the case with Call of Duty Vanguard, the premium opus of 2021. In a Annual Review last May, we learned that the game “did not meet the expectations” of the company, due to “its own execution”. “The World War II framework was not unanimously accepted by our community”, we can learn – “we did not deliver as many innovations as we would have liked”. In short, a small failure to quickly forget. Now we learn that in the face of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (episode 2022), Vanguard clearly did not measure up.
MW2 x Vanguard, KO victory
The info comes to us from GamesIndustry, which is based on the latest data from ‘Games Sales Data’, an organization that reports on the physical and digital sales of video games in Europe. Beyond the state of the market in 2022 and a FIFA that still performs as well, we can read something very interesting on Call of Duty. From one year to another, Modern Warfare 2 units elapsed increased by almost 73% compared to Vanguard. It is simply gigantic. The 2022 opus thus climbs to second place in the best digital and physical sales in Europe last year, just behind FIFA 23. In 2021, on the same rankingVanguard came in fourth.
2022, the year of all records
To qualify, it must be said that 2022 was a rather exceptional year for Call of Duty. Modern Warfare 2 is still a billion dollars in ten days – more effective than Black Ops 2 – and the best digital launch for the franchise on PlayStation! So yes, a big contender who has stacked the odds in his favor… it’s the sequel to 2019’s Modern Warfare, considered one of the best (if not the best) Call of Duty in recent years . The gameplay, albeit a bit slower, is still just as good here – and there was even single-player access a week ahead of time. All in all, Activision is kicking off the “2.0 era” of its golden egg, with a Warzone 2.0 which also works very well and the famous Warzone Mobile which should arrive during the year 2023.
