Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 was the 4th of the most sold game of July in the UK
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is often called one of the best games from the entire Call of Duty series. Despite the fact that the game remains popular to this day, it lost most of the players because of the poor selection of players and numerous problems with cheaters on all platforms.
However, recently Activision and Microsoft corrected the situation with the servers of the old Call of Duty Games on Xbox, which allowed the players to return to the game. As a result, the classic games of the Call of Duty series survived a serious revival.
Among these games, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, which simultaneously play more than 10 thousand, experienced the greatest revival. Human. The new report also reports that last month she took fourth place in the list of best -selling games in the UK.
Why this is important: this success emphasizes the impact of efforts to ensure reverse compatibility. Due to the wide availability of these games on several Xbox consoles, thousands of players have acquired old versions of Call of Duty last month.
Fans should pay attention to the fact that these data take into account only digital sales on PlayStation and Xbox.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 was not the only classic game that fell into the British chart: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 published in 2009 also included in the top 5. The latter is another popular part of the Call of Duty franchise.
Such a revival was made possible thanks to the reverse compatibility implemented in the Xbox consoles. Initially, these games were released on Xbox 360, but they are currently available on Xbox One and Xbox Series S | X.
The merger of Microsoft with Activision Blizzard is nearing completion. The game giant paid about 70 million for this purchase. dollars, which could become one of the reasons for the sudden update of the old games of the Call of Duty series.
According to some reports, Microsoft attached a hand to the corrections. Unfortunately, PS3 and PC users remained aside: on these platforms, users continue to face the same problems.
Despite the update, hackers can still be found on Xbox consoles. Therefore, many fans hope for the emergence of new updates, which will fully rectify the situation in games.
As for Call of Duty, the release of the new part of the series was recently confirmed – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It will become a direct successor to the previous part and introduce such popular characters such as Makarov into the new trilogy.