PlayStation controlled the split
- by Ben Kerry Yesterday, 4:30 pm
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 was the very first series entry to introduce the first day on Xbox Game Pass, and naturally, that caused concerns about whether such a relocation would impact sales. While the title's Game Pass addition appears to have actually dented Xbox sales particularlyPC and PS5 have more than pulled their weight to offset it.
In a breakdown of the current Circana statistics by expert Mat Piscatella, we can see that the Black Ops 6 on Xbox Game Pass “did not appear to lead to [a] enormous cannibalization of sales” – a minimum of in the United States, where this information is pulled from. Piscatella did go on to state that the general sales share “moved to PlayStation” though, implying an even greater portion of sales took place on PS4/ PS5.
The reality that Black Ops 6 relatively didn't assist Xbox console sales need to be not a surprise either, then. The expert states that regardless of this huge video game launch for Microsoft, Black Ops 6 “did not appear to offer a substantial increase to Xbox Series hardware”. We expect whatever is an Xbox nowadays anyhow, according to Microsoft's brand-new marketing project.
All of this fresh United States sales information supports what we've heard just recently from Xbox HQ too – Black Ops 6 was the most significant launch in franchise history, and the series continues to be an outright juggernaut on practically every platform.
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Ben is a News Writer at Pure Xbox, and is a fan of action, racing and straight-up shootin' in any Xbox video game he can get his hands on. When he's not clutching an Xbox controller like his life depends on it, Ben invests his time listening to music that's far too old for him, enjoying football on the telly and most likely consuming someplace.
