Analysts: Call of Duty sales down year-over-year — but it still did better than expected

This article originally said that Destiny was the No. 4 best-selling game at U.S. retailers in 2014. That is not correct. It was No. 3. We’ve fixed this, and I apologize for the error.

We are on the other side of the Call of Duty sales peak, but the military first-person shooter’s sales performance is surprises experts.