Call of Duty Development Budgets Exceed $700 Million for Black Ops Cold War

Recently, gamers got a chance to know about the development costs for some of the most successful Call of Duty games. J. Caravella in the Game File report affirms that among the game titles launched Black Ops Cold War was the most expensive with a development cost exceeding to $700 million putting Call of Duty among the priciest game franchise.

Cost analysis of Call of Duty development and production.

• Black Ops III (2015): Black Ops III, which has been under development for three years by Treyarch, cost more than 450 million dollars. As of now, the game has 43 million units sold all over the world.

• Modern Warfare (2019): Activision’s Modern Warfare by Infinity Ward may have taken three years to create with more than $640m in the development costs. In the fourth quarter, this company has sold 41 million copies.

• Black Ops Cold War (2020): The game was developed by Treyarch and Raven Software and it is an eight years in development title with overall budget of over $700mln. Its sales have reached 30 millions of copies.

How big is the production of Call of Duty?

These figures relate only to the cost of developing the games and do not include marketing expenditures which are understood to exceed hundreds of millions of dollars more. The relative levels of investment made to each title go to prove that Activision has no intention of relinquishing the lead in the FPS market to Call of Duty.

Why CoD’s Budgets keep Rising

Experts also say that with the general enhancements of the game technology and particularly the arrival of the players’ high demands, the price factors that are affiliated with the three principal attributes of the typical AAA game have greatly increased. Big teams, rigorous support after game delivery, and narrative approaches that feel like movies also account for these huge costs.

Final Thoughts

Id est, the extent of financial investment in Call of Duty identifies the extent to which franchise is popular and successful. Having sold millions of copies on a global scale, Activision now challenges the world of game developers to bring its greatest asset, Call of Duty, to the public’s attention for good.