Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Had the Biggest Launch Month in Call of Duty History - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 December 2024 / 4,696 Views
Publisher Activision and developers Treyarch and Raven Software have announced Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 had the biggest launch month in Call of Duty history.
It was number one in the franchise in terms of total players, hours played, and total matches.
"Thank you to the Call of Duty community for continuing to make the launch of Black Ops 6 one for the records books," said the company.
"In the first 30-days from launch, together you made Black Ops 6 the biggest Call of Duty ever."
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 release for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC via Steam and Microsoft Store, and Xbox Game Pass on October 25.
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Yeah, I think it is pretty obvious that this launch was NOT number one in terms of sales, revenue, profits generated or any other business metric. I think everyone fully expected it to be number one in those things it does mention (players, hours, matches) being that is on Game Pass and still available for PS4 and Xbox One.
Instead of sales or revenue... its about people that played the game? Thats gamepass.
Also there used to be a time, when something like "biggest launch month" would hint at sales.
(the title got me, until I read the story..... )
A lot of the income is from MTX though, and more total players and hours played would suggest better income from MTX's. I do agree though, it is annoying we can no longer see sales of Xbox games anymore because of Gamepass ruining that metric. One of the many downsides of MS trying to turn gaming into a rental service
Sure but it's still lost revenue. Which overall will affect the amount of revenue MS could make. In the past ABK got the $70 and MTX.
but maybe the increased revenue from MTX's counteracts the loss of revenue from games sales. We don't know do we
We don't know but I just don't believe it does. Otherwise in your scenario just giving the game away for free would be the best possible choice for COD. That way you get as many people playing as possible which increases your MTX. Even Bobby Kotick knew putting COD on game pass wasn't a good idea. Taketwo CEO said the same. If we listen to the people who would know they are telling us this is not a good idea.
People that play the game is a more important metric than sales numbers if you are a gamer. Multi player survives off player counts.
Good for MS
Hahahahha most played sure coz it was free on game pass,
Before you boast about sales numbers now it's "Most Played" reminds me of Forza Horizon 5 days
You sound very triggered by this news.
