We all know Name of Obligation: Black Ops 7 has had a rougher 12 months than regular for the collection, however now new knowledge is shedding mild on simply how dangerous it actually has been, at the least for a franchise that sometimes dominates the gross sales charts.
Mat Piscatella of Circana has posted their knowledge for the best-selling premium video games of 2025, ranked by greenback gross sales. Circana’s knowledge is often extraordinarily dependable.
The massive factor to notice that’s Name of Obligation: Black Ops 7 ranked simply fifth on the checklist, having managed to leap up two spots because the final replace.
Now, fifth place remains to be very spectacular, particularly because it launched towards the top of the 12 months, giving it much less time to rack up the cash. Any regular recreation can be extremely delighted with fifth. Nonetheless, relative to the remainder of the Name of Obligation collection, that is truly an enormous decline. That is its lowest rating since 2008’s Name of Obligation: World at Warfare. In actual fact, Name of Obligation at all times comes 1st or 2nd on the 12 months charts. It has solely come 2nd in uncommon circumstances, reminiscent of when Hogwarts Legacy or Pink Lifeless Redemption 2 launched.
Now, there’s something to bear in mind with knowledge like this. Since we don’t get precise numbers, we will’t say for sure if Black Ops 7 bought loads lower than earlier entries, or if the video games above it bought an unusually excessive quantity, or if its each. Nonetheless, based mostly on circumstantial participant numbers, different chart knowledge and so forth. the proof factors towards Black Ops 7 promoting significantly fewer copies than regular.
After all, we’ve got to contemplate Recreation Move which is able to virtually definitely have eaten up among the gross sales. Nonetheless, Black Ops 6 was additionally on Recreation Move in 2024 and nonetheless managed to high the gross sales for that 12 months.
The massive winner of the 12 months was Battlefield 6, an enormous success for EA. Its launch couldn’t have been timed higher – not solely was it an important recreation, however it additionally launched on the precise time Name of Obligation fumbled.
I used to be additionally shocked to see Borderlands 4 taking third place for the 12 months, as a result of it sort of flew below the radar. I by no means see anybody discussing it. But it has clearly been quietly promoting copies, which serves as a robust reminder which you could’t at all times belief what the Web crowd says about video games.
Ghost of Yotei slipped out of the highest ten however nonetheless did respectably for a platform-exclusive recreation. I’m fairly certain Sony and Sucker Punch might be proud of that.
I additionally famous Forza Horizon 5 in sixteenth, pushed virtually completely by its PS5 launch. It has allegedly bought 5-million copies on PlayStation, which is completely nuts to consider. It’s, by far, one of the best performing Xbox recreation on PlayStation {hardware} if you happen to don’t rely Name of Obligation.
