Black Ops 6 is massively outselling last year’s Call of Duty even though it’s on Game Pass, which probably tells you how Modern Warfare 3 went

This may not shock you, however the newest Name of Responsibility is doing numbers. Addressing traders immediately, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduced that Black Ops 6 is not solely successful, nevertheless it’s the “greatest Name of Responsibility launch ever,” setting a day one participant file.

Nadella should be settling properly into his new function as Name of Responsibility overlord, as a result of declaring that this 12 months’s Name of Responsibility is the brand new greatest Name of Responsibility you’ve got ever made is basic Activision. Even when CoD was clearly in a down 12 months, Activison’s earlier stewards all the time discovered a metric that it excels in. To be honest, anybody might’ve guessed Black Ops 6 was gonna break a CoD file or two: It is the primary Name of Responsibility to launch on Recreation Cross, so it could’ve been greater information if it weren’t instantly the most-played on launch day.

Nadella additionally talked about that gross sales on PlayStation and Steam are up 60% over final 12 months. A optimistic signal for the collection’ well being, however with out gross sales numbers to check, I’m wondering if this speaks extra to how a lot of a stinker final 12 months’s Fashionable Warfare 3 was.

The victory lap continued on social media, the place the Name of Responsibility X account shared engagement data (once more, no precise figures included). Over a three-day opening weekend interval, Black Ops 6 racked up essentially the most hours and matches performed in collection historical past, which is in line with the overall participant file. Launching the largest sport of yearly on Microsoft’s subscription service is having the supposed impression on subscribers, too: Nadella added that BO6 contributed to Recreation Cross’ highest single-day subscriber provides.