Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, released in November 2020, cost approximately 700 million U.S. dollars to develop and went on to sell 30 million copies. In comparison, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, which was published in November 2015, cost 250 million U.S. dollars less and sold 13 million copies more. Video game development costs have been increasing significantly in recent years.
Development costs and unit sales of select Call of Duty video games published between 2015 and 2020
(in million U.S. dollars)
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