James Spratt recalls dashing home from school as a teenager to band together online with friends to do battle in 'Call of Duty', the global video game juggernaut that never gets old.
The 'Call of Duty' video game franchise has brought in more than $30 billion since it was launched 20 years ago, becoming synonymous with the military shooter genre. Photo: BERTRAND GUAY / AFPas a teenager to band together online with friends to do battle in"Call of Duty", the global video game juggernaut that never gets old.And Spratt, to the amazement of his dad, now makes a living sharing his"CoD" sniper skills on his YouTube channel from his home in Britain.
"Players almost set their watch to when a new 'Call of Duty' is coming to the forefront," Faries said. "I feel like it was a teenager thing when I started, but now you've got the old gamers and the new gamers," Spratt said.A Call of Duty forum at Reddit has 1.2 million members, bonding over memories of favorite moments in past installments and opinions on the newest version, which some were able to access early.
More than 70 percent of people who bought an Xbox 360 in the weeks after its launch also bought"Call of Duty," said Piscatella.
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