You are a junior analyst at Activision Blizzard Inc., the publisher of the Call of Duty franchise of video games. It is November 1, 2012 and the company is poised to release the next version: Call of Duty Black Ops II. The VP of marketing has asked you to produce a forecast of sales for 2013 using the historic sales growth of the whole franchise. The table below provides total sales for each version of the game. If first years sales (for 2012) are expected to be 28 million, then what is your forecast for 2013?

A History of Sales for the Call of Duty Franchise Game Title Release Date Total Sales (millions of units) Finest Hour Nov, 2004 5.56 Call of Duty 2 Nov, 2005 6.89 Call of Duty 3 Nov, 2006 8.15 Modern Warfare Nov, 2007 15.73 World at War Nov, 2008 15.98 Modern Warfare 2 Nov, 2009 22.69 Black Ops Nov, 2010 26.21 Modern Warfare 3 Nov, 2011 26.50 O 36M 38M O 37M O 35M