call of duty is a dominant force in console gaming and the ongoing ftc case against microsoft serves as a potent reminder of that factlast night reporters covering the latest development in the xbox activision deal discovered that some of the documents sony had submitted had been incorrectly redacted meaning information in those documents could still be deciphered the biggest takeaway was the 200 million budgets for games like the last of us part 2 and horizon forbidden west but information about the ongoing strength of call of duty was also uncoveredcharlieintel notes a passage that begins by stating that more than 13 million unique playstation users have played call of duty thats twothirds of the consoles us user base who have dipped into the franchise but theres also evidence that points out how diehard some of its fans arein 2021 sony claims that about 1 million users spent 100 of their playing time on call of duty additionally while the average player spent 16 hours per year playing call of duty six million spent 70 of their time on the platform with this specific franchise amounting to an average of 296 hours a yearall that gametime adds up to some significant spending the verge notes that cod represented 800 million in playstation revenue in the united states alone totalling around 15 billion worldwide thats before we count for ingame purchases which playstation chief jim ryan said amounts to 159 billion per year on average all this goes a long way towards explaining why sony is so afraid of an xboxexclusive call of duty millions of extremely loyal fans leaving playstation to go and spend their time and money with xbox would be a significant hit and even if a partnership deal is reached therell be a ticking clock hanging over the franchiseplaystation boss jim ryan wasnt worried about call of duty becoming xbox exclusive after microsoft activision deal was announced