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UK (Digital/Physical Sales) - Black Ops 6 sales down 15% on MW3: PS5 315K (+30%), PC 72K (-18%), Xbox 45K (-67%), PS4 18K (-59%)

SweetTooth

Gold Member
They’re contractually obligated to develop Switch 2 versions for the lifetime of the system. That doesn’t mean there’ll still be PS4/XBO versions too but every CoD for the next ~7-8 years needs to be content and feature complete on Switch 2!


Launch week unit sales have dropped 46% in two years.
Wait? Why is that?
 

ProtoByte

Weeb Underling
Not shocking. Gamepass was obviously going to cut into PC and Xbox sales. Still cannot believe that anyone took that “Gamepass increases sales” bullshit seriously ever.

Now it’s just a question of if however many new subscriptions there were will stick, or if Microsoft has just provided a discount where the game lasts a month or 2. If Starfield is any indication, it’ll be the latter.
 
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That’s another topic… But this results are a really good start for CoD and GP, at least in UK.
I mean, do we have any numbers about its Gamepass performance?.
All we know is the game "set a record for new Game Pass subscriber additions on launch day".
Let's say the previous record was 1 million in a single day... what's the new record? 10 million? 1.1 million?
I guess we will have to wait a few weeks until more information comes out, but if we don't hear MS themselves give an update on GP subscribers numbers I don't think they got the result they were expecting.
 

Thick Thighs Save Lives

NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
Why are the numbers different from Install Base?
It's due to this tweet from ERALTD, which provided us with the actual unit sales for BO6 in the UK. I guess Astral_lion02 on Install Base has adjusted his unit sales estimates based on this new data and the percentages provided by Cris Dring on his podcast. The link in the OP now points to this new, more accurate data anyway.

A mod should update both the outdated information in the OP and the thread title to reflect this change.

Edit: Looks like they've changed it.

 
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Panajev2001a

GAF's Pleasant Genius
In defense of Phil (I can't believe I'm doing this, but just for the sake of argument), you need GP Ultimate on Xbox to play this, right? So, maaaaaybe, MS just got a bunch of new subs/tier upgrades, at least for a month. Not likely to happen, but it's a possibility.
For only $70 Billion.

Did they hire the famous BPP as their accountant / the real MS Gaming CFO:

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onQ123

Member
So, you’re saying these results are bad?
From 833k in 2 years ago to 450k now even with PS5 numbers being up that's a big drop in sales
UK first week (retail+digital)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Total Sales : 833.000 units

PS5: 285.000 units (34%)
PC: 225.000 units (27%) [Steam: 71.000]
Xbox: 221.000 units (27%)
PS4: 102.000 units (12%)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Total Sales : 529.000 units

PS5: 242.000 units (46%)
Xbox: 136.000 units (26%)
PC: 88.000 units (17%)
PS4: 63.000 units (12%)

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Total Sales : 450.000 units

PS5: 315.000 units (70%)
PC: 72.000 units (16%)
Xbox: 45.000 units (10%)
PS4: 18.000 units (4%)
 

HeWhoWalks

Member
From 833k in 2 years ago to 450k now even with PS5 numbers being up that's a big drop in sales
Yeah, that's a steep drop, no doubt.

This could be more of a waning interest in COD vs just a reduction in Xbox sales. Or perhaps it's both, but I'm thinking that Microsoft expected at least some sort of drop, particularly if it meant Game Pass saw and maintained an uptick.
 
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onQ123

Member
I mean, many of us have been saying this for many years now. Gamepass is not what gaming needs! When will people wake up to this?
Funny I never get any apologies for all the attacks I received any time I tried to give people a heads up on this stuff.

 

MacReady13

Member
Now it’s just a question of if however many new subscriptions there were will stick
Who said they got more subscribers for their rental service anyway? And yes, no one really believed lying Phil when he said that gamepass generates more sales, but this is the bullshit gamepass disciples have been spewing since fat Phil 1st said it.
 

Roxkis_ii

Member
*Inhales a deep breath and releases*
It feels so good to laugh at Microsoft again.
I wish we could laugh at Microsoft forever.


37k though!

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It's about to be some layoffs after this one.
 

DJ12

Member
Magical maths.

‘Just over a tenner’ = £14.99

£70 = 8 x ‘Just over a tenner’ = £119.92

Creative!
I put just over a tenner as I couldn't remember how much PC gamepass cost, turns out it's a tenner so my bad.

Xbox sales were always going to be down anyway, but for the sake of your crying, lets add "lets hope new xbox subscribers also stay subbed for 4 months."

Both cases extremely unlikely.
 
As discussed in another thread, the real loss of sales is measured by the people that already had gamepass and normally would purchase the game every year. These people will be a complete loss of a sale now. I highly doubt anyone that only plays cod all year will sub to gamepass, as it would literally make it more expensive than just buying the game full price.

Hey, if they reach a new milestone of subs I'm sure some marketing mouthbreather at Microsoft (i.e. Greenberg) will come out and say something...
 

BigLee74

Gold Member
I put just over a tenner as I couldn't remember how much PC gamepass cost, turns out it's a tenner so my bad.

Xbox sales were always going to be down anyway, but for the sake of your crying, lets add "lets hope new xbox subscribers also stay subbed for 4 months."

Both cases extremely unlikely.
Never mind my crying, I’m having too much fun enjoying the game.

You need to get back to school though! 😀
 

mckmas8808

Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
As discussed in another thread, the real loss of sales is measured by the people that already had gamepass and normally would purchase the game every year. These people will be a complete loss of a sale now. I highly doubt anyone that only plays cod all year will sub to gamepass, as it would literally make it more expensive than just buying the game full price.

Hey, if they reach a new milestone of subs I'm sure some marketing mouthbreather at Microsoft (i.e. Greenberg) will come out and say something...

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It' insane nobody ever wants to talk about this point!
 

Darsxx82

Member
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Remember the thread where you were disputing a 10% decline in physical because "physical is irrelevant". Well there is a bigger 15% decline with digital included.
And I'm sure you remember what I said very well, but, like that occasion and very typical of you, now you continúe to insist on distorting what I said... Nothing new 😉.

PS. I repeat, phisycal sales data in general are irrelevant and, for a long time, is necessary to have complete data before drawing conclusions, whether for COD or for any type of launch.
A totally innocent comment that you ridiculously insist on distorting and that makes clear what type of uset you are here.
😉
 
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Mr Moose

Member
And I'm sure you remember what I said very well, but, like that occasion and very typical of you, now you continúe to insist on distorting what I said... Nothing new 😉.

PS. I repeat, digital data in general is irrelevant and, for a long time, is necessary to have complete data before drawing conclusions, whether for COD or for any type of launch.
A totally innocent comment that you ridiculously insist on distorting and that makes clear what type of uset you are here.
😉
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Funny that anyone thought cod would significantly increase gamepass subscriptions numbers when the games audience are the exact type of people that don't even know gamepass exists.
 
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