March was undoubtedly a huge month for fans of Activision’s flagship first-person shooterCall of Dutyfranchise, and Sony’s PlayStation 4 download charts reflect that success. TwoCall of Dutygames were listed in the top 10 most-downloaded titles of the month, and thehighly-playedCall of Duty: Warzonebeat both Epic Games’Fortniteand Respawn Entertainment’sApex Legendsin the free-to-play games category.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfarewas the most downloaded PlayStation 4 game of March 2020 according to the charts released by Sony Interactive’s Content Communications Manager Justin Massongill on the PlayStation Blog today. In second was San Diego Studio’sMLB The Show 20, which released on March 17; third was Rockstar Games’Grand Theft Auto V;and fourth wasid Software’sDoom Eternal, which released on March 20.
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The fifth most downloaded game was theCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered, in-turn beating out titles like Team Ninja’sNioh 2and Atlus’Persona 5 Royal. Meanwhile, Beat Games’Beat Sabertopped the highest performing PlayStation VR games chart, whileFortniteand Massive Entertainment’sThe Division 2:Warlords of New Yorkheadlined the DLC and expansions chart.
Between the double-whammy releases ofWarzoneandMW2 Campaign Remastered, it’s not hard to see whyCall of Dutyenjoyed this supremacy on the PlayStation charts last month. The series was discussed widely on social media alongside the dual releases ofDoom Eternaland Nintendo’sAnimal Crossing: New Horizonson March 20.
As Sony prepares to release its next-generation console, the PlayStation 5, plenty of popular titles are still making their way onto current hardware even in spite of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Some games like Naughty Dog’sThe Last of Us 2have been delayed in the wake of worldwide shutdowns that have led to studios instituting work from home policies, but chances areCall of Dutymay be dethroned bySquare Enix’sFinal Fantasy 7 Remakein the charts for April 2020.
However, given the shooter franchise’s ubiquitous presence withModern Warfare,Warzone, andMW2 Campaign Remastered,it’s hard to tell for certain — especially as thethird season of content inModern WarfareandWarzonecirculates. Though with issues already popping up for that new content on Xbox, time will tell whetherCall of Dutyon PlayStation sees a dip in its current supremacy.
