Activision dominates 2014 with Call of Duty, Destiny, Skylanders

Say what you will about Activision, but they really know how to market and sell their games. As they were originally expecting, the company has a trio of titles that pretty much dominated the console software space for all of 2014.

Officially, for 2014, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is the top-selling console in the U.S. and the world, and the top franchise in the U.S. for the sixth straight year. Destiny is the “biggest new video game franchise launch in history”, the #2 title in the U.S. and the top selling new IP for the year. Skylanders Trap Team is the #1 kids game, worldwide, for the 3rd year in a row thanks to the game, figures and accessories.

Of course some of these figures refer to retail sell through and others revenue, but the company clearly still has what it takes to top the charts consistently.

Read on for the announcement with more figures.

Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc., delivered the top-selling console video game of 2014 with Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and the top-selling kids video game in the world with Skylanders Trap Team.¹ Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare topped the U.S. charts for 2014 and claimed the title of the #1 top-selling console game of 2014 globally.¹ Call of Duty is also the #1 franchise in the U.S. for the sixth year in a row in the U.S., based on revenue.² Skylanders Trap Team is the #1 top-selling kids video game globally, and Skylanders is the #1 kids video game franchise of the year in the U.S, and globally, for the third year in a row, based on retail sell-through including toys and accessories.¹

?We?d like to thank our fans for making Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare the #1 top-selling video game in the world, Skylanders Trap Team the top-selling kids game in the world and Destiny the #1 new video game IP of 2014,? said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. ?As much fun as we had making these games, we?ve had even more fun playing alongside you. Stay tuned. We have more exciting games in store for fans this year.?

In addition to these wins, Destiny, the epic new game from Activision and Bungie, is the #2 top-selling console game among all titles in the U.S. in 2014, based on revenue.² Destiny is also the top-selling new video game IP of the year and had the biggest launch of a new video game franchise in history.¹And Skylanders continued to lead the ?Toys to Life? category for the third consecutive year.

“Skylanders continues its leadership position as the #1 kids video game franchise globally as well as in the U.S. by wide margins. As a global franchise in 2014, Skylanders is 30% bigger than its nearest competitor. And Skylanders Trap Team outsold its nearest competitor globally by 17%,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. “As the creators of the ‘Toys to Life’ category, we are thrilled to continue to lead it for the third consecutive year.”

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is developed by Sledgehammer Games for Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system and PC, and is available via direct digital download. A current gen version for Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system is also available. The title is rated M for Mature with Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence and Strong Language.

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Skylanders? Trap Team introduces a ground-breaking innovation that lets Portal Masters ?trap? the most wanted villains in Skylands and then play as them in the game in the battle for good. The game offers an unprecedented new addition to the game?s play pattern in the form of Traptanium Traps. When this new type of toy is placed into the Traptanium Portal, Portal Masters can ?capture? a variety of special villains from the game and magically transport them from Skylands into the real world — effectively bringing life to toys. Additionally, Skylanders Trap Team advances the gaming industry by offering the full AAA game experience on both tablet and console for the first time ever.

The fourth installment of the award-winning, $2 billion game franchise, Skylanders Trap Team is playable with more than 175 unique toys from all previous Skylanders games. Every character is able to defeat and trap villains using Traptanium Traps, providing fans more ways to enjoy their collections. The game is available on the following platforms: Nintendo’s Wii system and Nintendo’s Wii U system; a variety of iPads, Kindle Fire and Android tablets; Xbox One and Xbox 360 games and entertainment systems from Microsoft; PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 computer entertainment systems from Sony. A different adventure is also available on the Nintendo 3DS hand-held system. For more information, please visit: www.skylanders.com andActivision.com/presscenter.

Destiny casts players as a Guardian of the last city on Earth, able to explore the ancient ruins of our solar system in a social, living universe filled with other players. Players will journey through environments spanning the red dunes of Mars to the lush jungles of Venus while creating their own legend as they and their friends venture out into the stars to reclaim the treasures and secrets lost after the collapse of humanity. Over the course of their adventures, players will become more powerful as they wield rare and exotic weapons, gear, and super abilities.

Destiny is rated T for Teen by the ESRB (Animated Blood and Violence), and is available now for the PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system (PlayStation Plus required for some features), PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system and Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft (Xbox Live Gold required for some features).