Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is Call of Duty’s biggest launch ever, but Activision hasn’t revealed any firm numbers yet

We’ve officially passed the launch weekend for this year’s Call of Duty game, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. This is usually when players start picking out all the things they don’t actually like about the game, as the honeymoon phase begins. fade.

This is also about the time we expect Activision Blizzard to make that “this Call of Duty is a hit” statement almost every year, and the publisher didn’t disappoint this year.

Activision announced Thursday that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 achieved the series’ “biggest three-day opening weekend.” During this period, the game had the most total players, the most hours played, and the most multiplayer matches. Unfortunately, none of these statements provide actual numbers.

Of course, this year’s digital announcement carries much less weight, as Black Ops 6 is also the first Call of Duty to launch day one on Game Pass on PC and Xbox consoles, giving players more access than ever before It’s easier to play this game.

These game launch statements are usually pretty qualified to paint a game in the best light possible, but Microsoft (now owner of Activision Blizzard) shed more light on the game’s full-price sales performance in its press release.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed that the sales of “Black Ops 6” on Steam and PlayStation, two platforms that do not offer Game Pass, increased by 60%, but apparently PC players can still access the Game Pass version on the Microsoft Store, but Not on Steam. Nadella also said the game hit a new record for “Game Pass subscribers” on launch day.

Black Ops 6 may also top Circana’s (formerly NPD) October sales charts. Considering the lack of blockbuster games that can challenge it this year, it is likely to become the best-selling game in 2024.

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