Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is Activision’s biggest Call of Duty launch ever, Microsoft said during an earnings presentation on Wednesday. On the earnings call, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Black Ops 6 setting a franchise record for release day players and new Xbox Game Pass subscribers. Sales on PlayStation and Windows PCs through Steam were up 60% compared to last year, he added. Microsoft didn’t mention how the game sold on Xbox. Activision Blizzard also told the Washington Post The Call of Duty franchise has sold more than 500 million copies To date, it remains one of the best-selling franchises in the video game industry.
This is what Microsoft CFO Amy Hood said Black Ops 6 The start is different from last year Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Release – most purchases for this game were made in the first financial quarter of its release date, but Hood assumes that Black Ops 6 to continue to be a money maker. Firstly, because Black Ops 6 is playable on Game Pass from day one, players must remain subscribed to play and therefore continue to pay. Secondly, because Black Ops 6 Because Xbox players require an online connection to play, people who purchased the game outright will still need an Xbox subscription, where they pay Microsoft monthly to play.
Thanks to Black Ops 6 and other publications, Xbox content and services revenue increased to 61%, Hood said. “Results were above expectations, driven by stronger-than-expected performance across both first- and third-party content and consoles,” she said.
Black Ops 6 was released on October 25th with several different editions ranging in price from $70 to $100. Like other games in the Black Ops series Black Ops 6 focuses on covert operations inspired by real war. This iteration transports the player to the early 1990s and the Gulf War. Black Ops 6 is ironically the seventh game in the Call of Duty subset.
Thanks to Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, it is the first Call of Duty game to launch on Game Pass on day one. A big question after that Black Ops 6 The question after the release and the increase in Game Pass subscribers is whether these new subscribers will do so remain drawn. Microsoft’s Game Pass is a monthly subscription that costs $10 on the most basic plan and $20 per month on higher tiers. Only Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers will have access to it Black Ops 6 without additional costs. If you unsubscribe from Game Pass, you will lose access to the game. Black Ops 6 Xbox players who purchased the game outright must have at least a Game Pass Core subscription, which costs $10.
