A closer look at “Call of Duty: Black Ops Ports Sell 11 Million, But Original Dev Says 'Suits' Reap All Prof”, exactly as the source publishes it. Activision's recent ports of Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010) and Black Ops 2 (2012) for PlayStation 4 and 5 have sold a combined 11 million copies, a massive success that has reignited debate over developer compensation. Gavin Goslin, a former Treyarch developer who worked on the original games, called the ports' success "bittersweet" in a LinkedIn post.
He praised the enduring appeal of the titles but lamented that "the suits" at Activision are earning "giant financial windfalls" while original creators "don't see a dime." Goslin urged that legacy revenue should mean retroactive rewards for developers who endured crunch to build these classics. The ports, which are straightforward re-releases with no new features, tapped into significant pent-up demand: PlayStation owners previously had no way to play these games on modern consoles without a PS3. For the complete material, the listing points back to the source inside the network.