Activision is a little happy as 2015 starts as they managed to deliver 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. 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. 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. 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.
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. Â 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. And Skylanders continued to lead the ‘Toys to Life’ category for the third consecutive year.
