Name of Obligation: Black Ops 7’s launch gross sales have been down greater than 60% in Europe in comparison with the sequence’ earlier instalment.
That’s in keeping with knowledge from GSD, which tracks digital and bodily gross sales throughout Europe, printed by The Recreation Enterprise.
This yr’s Name of Obligation launched amid elevated competitors from Digital Arts’ Battlefield 6 and Nexon’s breakout hit Arc Raiders. The sport has additionally acquired middling assessment scores from media shops, and overwhelmingly detrimental person critiques.
In response to the GSD knowledge, Black Ops 7’s opening week gross sales have been 63% beneath what Battlefield 6 managed in its personal debut week. In response to Ampere Evaluation, over 25% of Name of Obligation gamers in September picked up Battlefield 6 in October.
It’s price noting that as a result of Name of Obligation: Black Ops 7 is included within the Xbox Recreation Move subscription service, and Battlefield 6 isn’t, Black Ops 7’s participant depend is probably going a lot greater.
As famous by Kotaku, Activision’s personal communications after Black Ops 7’s launch have been unusually muted.
The writer normally shares celebratory bulletins about participant or gross sales figures following the launch of every Name of Obligation. Nevertheless, this yr the corporate shared no such accolades, stating solely that it had seen a “nice response”.
Microsoft acquired the Name of Obligation franchise as a part of its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard in 2023, and can level to the robust efficiency of its final entry as proof that the FPS stays as widespread as ever.
2024’s Name of Obligation, Black Ops 6, was the primary to launch day-and-date on Xbox Recreation Move. Though early outcomes have been constructive, with Microsoft declaring it the largest CoD launch ever when it comes to gamers, the sport noticed a sharper post-launch decline than normal.
Talking to VGC in October, former Name of Obligation director, Glen Schofield, mentioned he was ‘immensely apprehensive’ about the way forward for the franchise beneath Microsoft, and questioned whether or not the Xbox maker’s tradition might be suitable with the groups behind the FPS over the long run.
