We all know Name of Obligation: Black Ops 7 has had a rougher 12 months than standard for the sequence, however now new information is shedding mild on simply how unhealthy it actually has been, at the least for a franchise that sometimes dominates the gross sales charts.
Mat Piscatella of Circana has posted their information for the best-selling premium video games of 2025, ranked by greenback gross sales. Circana’s information is normally 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 for the reason that final replace.
Now, fifth place continues to be very spectacular, particularly because it launched towards the tip of the 12 months, giving it much less time to rack up the cash. Any regular sport could be extremely delighted with fifth. Nonetheless, relative to the remainder of the Name of Obligation sequence, that is truly a giant decline. That is its lowest rating since 2008’s Name of Obligation: World at Warfare. Actually, Name of Obligation all the time comes 1st or 2nd on the 12 months charts. It has solely come 2nd in uncommon circumstances, equivalent to when Hogwarts Legacy or Crimson Lifeless Redemption 2 launched.
Now, there’s something to remember with information like this. Since we don’t get precise numbers, we will’t say for sure if Black Ops 7 bought quite a bit 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 information and so forth. the proof factors towards Black Ops 7 promoting significantly fewer copies than regular.
After all, we’ve got to contemplate Recreation Go which is able to nearly actually have eaten up a number of the gross sales. Nonetheless, Black Ops 6 was additionally on Recreation Go in 2024 and nonetheless managed to prime 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 incredible sport, 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 type of flew beneath the radar. I by no means see anybody discussing it. But it has clearly been quietly promoting copies, which serves as a powerful reminder which you can’t all the time 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 sport. I’m fairly certain Sony and Sucker Punch can be proud of that.
I additionally famous Forza Horizon 5 in sixteenth, pushed nearly 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 sport on PlayStation {hardware} when you don’t depend Name of Obligation.
